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Assiniboine faculty researcher receives NSERC funding to kickstart new sustainable growing project
An Assiniboine-led research project to determine a low-environmental-impact growing media alternative to peat has received $25K funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council...
Program Spotlight: Heavy Equipment Technician
Are you known as a tinkerer, a problem solver, someone who enjoys precision work? Do you like physically-challenging tasks? Assiniboine’s 9-month Heavy Equipment Technician (HET) certificate program...
Assiniboine to deliver new tuition-free, Ag Equipment Operator program
Assiniboine Community College is announcing a new partnership with the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) to deliver a tuition-free Agriculture Equipment Operator program to meet a labour market...
Manitoba’s Ag College works to build new, leading-edge agricultural training centre
The Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture is Assiniboine’s vision for the future of agriculture training and a Manitoba-made response to labour market gaps in the industry. Assiniboine...
Gord & Diane Peters and the Brandon Area Community Foundation donate joint $500K to Prairie Innovation Centre
Assiniboine’s Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture is welcoming a $500,000 donation from local community and business leaders, Gord and Diane Peters and the Brandon Area Community...
Program Spotlight: Social Service Worker
Be a force of change; advocate for those who can’t always advocate for themselves; help right the inequities in the world. Assiniboine’s two-year Social Service Worker diploma program helps you learn...
Assiniboine delivers free employment skills training to 34 youth participants
Assiniboine Community College’s Youth Employment Skills Strategy (YESS) program wrapped up its second successful offering at the end of November. The 11-week program was delivered to 34 participants...
Assiniboine provides $600K in financial awards to 2021/22 students
Assiniboine has now distributed most of its student financial awards for the current academic year, and with the final count, has awarded more than $600,000 in financial awards to students for the...
Province of Manitoba commits to increased nursing seats at Assiniboine
The Province of Manitoba announced an investment to increase capacity in nursing programs throughout Manitoba on December 15, 2021. Assiniboine is receiving additional funding for three rural rotating...
Rotating trades at the Parkland campus
Assiniboine is introducing a suite of rotating trades programs at the college’s Parkland campus that will add Applied Electrical Installation and Applied Plumbing Installation to Applied Building...
Assiniboine rural rotating Practical Nursing program to be held in Otterburne, Morden
Assiniboine Community College is announcing another rural rotating site for its Practical Nursing diploma, in Otterburne, Manitoba. This program, in partnership with Southern Health-Santé Sud located...
Black is Set to Join the Cougars this September
Wyatt Black will hit the court and compete for the Cougar Men’s Volleyball team for the 2022-23 season. Born in Kenora, Ontario, Wyatt Black moved to Bra ndon with his family as an infant. The 5’10...
Different paths meet at Assiniboine for Hall sisters
In the last couple of years, it wasn’t uncommon to look out the window of Assiniboine Community College and see the Hall sisters walking to school together. Kelsey Hall, 24, Callista Hall, 22, and...
Both new and renowned events make a return to the Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts
Following a year with several event cancellations and format pivots, the Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts made a return to in-person events this fall—first with an all-new event, and then with the...
Road to education a family affair for Parkland alumni
Whenever Randall Munroe wrote a test, he made sure there was a little pink toque perched on the edge of his desk. As a single father returning to school, Munroe’s journey wasn’t easy. The little hat...
Gunnarson-Epp Key Addition for Cougar Women’s Soccer Defence
Kiana Gunnarson-Epp is a center defense/sweeper from Neepawa and will join the Cougars Womens’ Soccer program for the 2022-23 season. Gunnarson-Epp is an honour roll student, currently attending...
CEL Group of Companies commits $250K in equipment for Assiniboine’s Prairie Innovation Centre
Assiniboine’s Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture is welcoming a $250,000 gift in kind from CEL Group of Companies for equipment including a range of plant growth chambers and...
Staff Spotlight: Larry Shannon
For 40 years, Larry Shannon and his passion for, and dedication to, all things Assiniboine, especially sports, has been unwavering. No one could better recount the complete history of the past decades...
Hall Of Famer, Neufeld to Coach Women’s Volleyball
One of the most well-known names in the Westman volleyball community, Kevin Neufeld, will coach the Cougar women’s volleyball team in the fall. Neufeld has lived in Brandon all his life and has a long...
Virden to host Assiniboine rural rotating Practical Nursing program
In consultation with Prairie Mountain Health, Assiniboine Community College will offer a rural rotating site for its Practical Nursing diploma in Virden, Manitoba. The program will commence there...
Prairie Innovation Centre to build on Assiniboine’s agri-food philosophy
As Manitoba’s agricultural college, Assiniboine Community College has taken a familiar term that refers to the agri-food chain, “Field to Fork”, and made it a guiding light of our vision. At...
Assiniboine’s Prairie Innovation Centre receives $125K from distinguished local business, Crane Steel Structures
Assiniboine’s Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture is welcoming a $125,000 donation from Crane Steel Structures, a well-known Brandon and Westman business leader. “We couldn’t be...
Assiniboine receives $1M gift from The Joyce Family Foundation to support practical nursing students
The Joyce Family Foundation has donated $1 million dollars to support financial awards for Assiniboine Community College Practical Nursing students. "Assiniboine is proud of our contributions to...
Assiniboine ECE graduates have the opportunity to pursue online degree program at Brock University
A new agreement between Assiniboine Community College and Brock University will give Assiniboine graduates the opportunity to pursue a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (BECE) Honours degree...
Program Spotlight: Adult Learning & Upgrading at Assiniboine
At Assiniboine, our entire raison d’être, or reason for being, is adult education. It’s what we live and breathe every single day. We understand there are many pathways in life that may have led you...