News Archive
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Portage College hosts Skills Canada Alberta events for area high school students
March 28, 2025Students from high schools across the region used the classrooms and workspaces at the St. Paul and Lac La Biche Portage College campuses for the recent Skills Canada Alberta northeastern regionals. The College locations hosted Welding, Carpentry, Culinary Arts, Hairstyling and Baking events.
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Portage College has royal trio of King Charles medal winners
March 25, 2025Portage College President Nancy Broadbent, Board of Governors member Ron Young and Community Social Work Program Coordinator Lyla Allan are all King Charles III Medal recipients.
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Portage College Business Program Students Win Alberta Deans of Business Case Competition
March 20, 2025Portage College Business Program students from Lac La Biche and Cold Lake campuses won first place at the Alberta Deans of Business Case Competition in Fort McMurray. Competing against teams from 10 other Alberta institutions, the team stood out for their ability to analyze complex problems, develop strategic solutions, and present confidently to judges. Their success was driven by teamwork, critical thinking, and preparation, with support from instructors and a guest coach.
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Portage College Research Project Explores Fighting Wildfires with Fungus
March 20, 2025Interest is mushrooming around a plan to use fungus to reduce wildfire risks in Alberta forests. A Portage College applied research project has been approved to study the decomposition of deadfall, and the fungus types that can do it best. Michael Schulz, an Environment Technologist program instructor at Portage College in Lac La Biche is leading the research. Schulz, who holds a Master of Science in Ecology, is one of Western Canada’s leading experts in fungi. He hopes this research will help shape future wildfire prevention strategies.
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Holi celebrated at Portage College with colours and smiles
March 18, 2025International students at Portage College and the Students' Association of Portage College hosted Holi celebrations recently. The Holi celebration is a Hindu custom that enjoyed world wide. At the Lac La Biche campus, the colours were flying and the smiles were beaming during the celebration of spring and new beginnings.
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Five post secondaries in northern Alberta pen historic Memorandum of Understanding
March 14, 2025Portage College and four other northern Alberta post-secondaries have signed a new agreement. At its core, the partnership aims to ensure that post-secondary education in northern Alberta remains accessible, relevant, and sustainable. This initiative will enable students to stay in the region throughout their educational journey and support graduate retention for career success in the North.
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Portage College's Practical Nurse Diploma Receives Renewal
March 13, 2025Portage College’s Practical Nurse Diploma program received a five-year renewal and high program rating from the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta (CLPNA). This recognition reflects the program’s strong faculty, support services, and commitment to preparing students for successful healthcare careers.
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ER nurse says Portage College Paramedic grads are so good, she and her step-dad enrolled in the program
March 12, 2025Taylor Resendes is an ER nurse from Sylvan Lake who is taking the Advanced Care Paramedic program at Portage College because she has seen first-hand how well-trained the program's graduates are. Resendes and her step-dad, Cory Christopherson, are both in the two-and-a-half-year program and say they continue to be impressed by the outstanding training offered at Portage College.
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Portage College Launches Aircraft Structures Technician Program
March 12, 2025Announcing Portage College's Aircraft Structures Technician Program, offering a unique and rewarding career path in the aviation industry.
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Métis Scholar Awards presented at Portage College
March 11, 2025Nine Portage College students recently received recognition and funding for their full-time program studies at the College. The Métis Scholar Awards are presented each year to Métis students at Portage College. The awards are made possible by the Métis Education Foundation, the Otipemisiwak Métis Government, Rupertsland Institute and participating post-secondary institutions like Portage College.
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.