News Archive
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Forbes Magazine includes Portage College museum curator and Indian Group of Seven artist in recent article
July 17, 2025The Portage College Museum of Aboriginal People's Art and Artifacts in Lac La Biche, specifically its curator Joseph Sánchez, are featured in a Forbes magazine article this month. Forbes has a circulation of more than 500,000 copies in 70 countries around the world. Forbes Media has a reported monthly engagement of its online products of more than 150 million views.
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President Nancy Broadbent prepares for her last student intake after 35 years at Portage College
July 16, 2025Portage College President and CEO Nancy Broadbent has announced her retirement for later in 2025. As the summer months lead to the next intake of students, Broadbent says graduation is one of her favourite times.
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Portage College unveils new Indigenous theme sports team jerseys
June 28, 2025A new design for the Portage College Voyageurs jersey was unveiled on June 20. The new look, created by a Portage College designer, highlights the nature and history of the region.
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Indigenous feather presented by Lac La Biche County to Portage College
June 27, 2025Portage College has received an traditional gift from Lac La Biche County's Indigenous relations staff. A ceremonial feather was presented to Portage College President and CEO Nancy Broadbent, thanking the College for its continuing partnerships and collaborations to create reconcili-action.
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Portage College Grad Class 2025 crosses the stage in record numbers
June 19, 2025It took two days and four ceremonies - plus special Honour Ceremonies and Nurse Pinning Ceremonies - for all 1,241 graduates in the Portage College convocating Class of 2025 to be recognized. The June 5 and 6 events saw students graduating from 36 certificate and diploma programs.
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Funding announced for new Portage College research into Indigenous and northern workforce
June 16, 2025Portage College research project is one of 35 across Canada announced by the Future Skills Centre as part of a $7.6 million funding announcement.
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New collegiate institute opens career pathways for Lakeland high school students
June 13, 2025Portage College is working with Lakeland high schools to create pathways for grade 11 and 12 students to earn high school and post-secondary credits simultaneously in health care, education, and the skilled trades, thanks to a $2.3 million grant from Alberta Education.
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Portage College and Lac La Biche County co-host Moose Hide Campaign awareness event
May 30, 2025The Moose Hide Campaign event in Lac La Biche earlier in May drew awareness to the continuing issue of violence and exploitation against Indigenous people. Organizers and guest speakers say the campaign has a wide-reaching focus of awareness for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
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Portage College Round Dance resonates year round
May 29, 2025The Portage College Educational Round Dance happens once a year at the northeastern Alberta college, but feedback and planning for the event happens all year long, say organizers.
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Flowserve Donation
May 26, 2025A new valve valued at more than $12,500 was donated by Flowserve and provides an essential component of the Power Engineering Lab, which operates as a fully functional power plant with a boiler, steam turbine, electric generator, and auxiliary equipment.
We acknowledge that Portage College’s service region is on the traditional lands of First Nation Peoples, the owners of Treaty 6, 8 and 10, which are also homelands to the Métis people. We honour the history and culture of all people who first lived and gathered in these lands.