Collège Nordique receives official accreditation from NWT

Collège Nordique has received official accreditation as a Private Training Institution from the Government of the Northwest Territories. This accreditation means that the institution can develop and deliver programming through NWT’s quality assurance processes, grant diplomas, and offer training adapted to the needs of the North. “Our students will benefit from access to territorial student […]

The Government of the Northwest Territories has ended the Northern Bonus loan repayment incentive, which provided eligible students with loan forgiveness if they resided in NWT for up to 12 months while not enrolled in postsecondary education. The decision reportedly received backlash from the community, prompting NWT Minister of Education, Culture and Employment Caitlin Cleveland […]

CBC reports that two Indigenous leaders who were listed as advisors on the website of the College of Northern Canada are not associated with the private institution. Former negotiator and NWT politician Steven Nitah and Délı̨nę Got’ı̨nę Government Chief Danny Gaudet told CBC that no one had been in touch with them from the college […]

The Northwest Territories Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program (NWT CIMP) has announced a $2.2M investment into 30 environmental monitoring and research projects. The funding will be distributed to a wide range of recipients, including nine postsecondary schools: Institut national de la recherche scientifique, McGill University, Queen’s University, Simon Fraser University, the University of Alberta, the University […]

The Government of the Northwest Territories has introduced the Post-Secondary Education Accountability Framework. This framework establishes a reporting structure for NWT’s postsecondary education system and outlines performance measures and reporting responsibilities. The purpose of the framework is twofold: to report to the public on the postsecondary system’s performance and to collect information that will support […]

APTN News reports that some of Aurora College’s programming is being jeopardized by the delays surround its transition to a polytechnic university. Programs such as the Northern Development Leadership Program could be eliminated because of a lack of funding, while the Bachelor of Social Work and Bachelor of Education have already been eliminated. Aurora President […]

Yellowknife is set to have a new private college: The College of Northern Canada. College of Northern Canada President Dr Chehrazade Aboukinane said that the “non-traditional” institution will use a “co-teaching mode” wherein Indigenous educators regularly spend time with students in the classroom. The college will offer programming across its variety of centres of academic […]