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GPRC Alumna Receives High Academic Honour
Posted July 8, 2019
GPRC alumna Katie Boisvert has graduated with one of the University of Alberta’s highest academic honours. At her June convocation ceremony, Boisvert accepted the Governor General’s Silver Medal, an honour awarded annually to the three undergraduate students with the highest academic standing from any discipline at the University of Alb... Read Article »
GPRC Students Receive SINEWS Grant for Wildfire Management Research
Posted July 2, 2019
This summer, a pair of GPRC students will form a very special kind of sisterhood – one that not only embraces Indigenous cultural knowledge but also bridges it with Western science. The unique partnership is made possible thanks to SINEWS (Sistering Indigenous and Western Science), a bursary and mentoring program funding eight ... Read Article »
GPRC volunteers care for evacuees' furry family members
Posted June 17, 2019
GPRC’s Fairview campus became home for some important members of families evacuated from northwestern Alberta due to wildfires. The College’s Animal Health Technology program put out the call offering to house any animals for displaced families shortly after the mandatory evacuations started in northwestern Alberta. A few... Read Article »
Homegrown Fundraiser Results in Cash Awards for GPRC Fine Arts Students
Posted April 25, 2019
A homegrown fundraiser fuelled by student art has resulted in five scholarships for visual arts students. Paula Fiorini, Dominique Berger, Nicole Jones, Alexi Dostal and Kolby Atkinson all received financial awards funded entirely by the Visual Arts department’s “Button, Button, Who’s Got the Button?” fundrais... Read Article »
GPRC English Instructor Nominated for Prestigious Dissertation Award
Posted April 22, 2019
Not many people would characterize fifteenth-century Europe as an especially great time for women. Yet recent research from GPRC English instructor Dr. Murrielle Michaud shows that many women in this time period still found ways to empower themselves... Read Article »