Assiniboine to welcome 70 more nursing students in January thanks to provincial investment

The Province of Manitoba announced a $2 million investment in Practical Nursing at Assiniboine Community College that will allow an additional 70 students, 35 in Brandon and 35 in Winnipeg to enroll in the college’s Practical Nursing program.

These seats will be available in January 2024. Applications will open in the coming weeks and the college will release additional details about these intakes at that time.

“We recognize that there continues to be a high demand for nurses and we are committed to doing everything we can to contribute helping more people into the profession in Manitoba,” said Mark Frison, President of Assiniboine. “Today’s announcement allows us to offer more seats sooner.”

Those interested in being contacted when applications for these additional seats in Brandon and Winnipeg are open should contact recruit@assiniboine.net. Important updates, information, and checklists for prospective applicants are available at assiniboine.net/nursing.

Today’s announcement follows a significant provincial investment in Practical Nursing in 2021 that expanded Assiniboine’s Portage la Prairie nursing site to welcome 35 new students each year and allowed for three additional rural rotating sites every two years.

The demand for Assiniboine nursing graduates continues to be high; 100 per cent of practical nursing graduates surveyed from the 2021-22 academic year said they had jobs, making on average more than $57,000 a year.

The college has permanent Practical Nursing programs at its campuses in Brandon, Winnipeg, Dauphin and Portage la Prairie, along with four rural rotating sites every two years. Upcoming rural rotating sites will be hosted in Virden, Otterburne and Morden, with the fourth site to be announced on July 31.