Wildfires prompt closures, delays at PSE campuses across Prairies

Wildfires have led to temporary closures and service disruptions at several postsecondary institutions in Western Canada. In Alberta, Northern Lakes College has closed four campuses—Chateh, Loon River, Peerless Lake, and Trout Lake—due to nearby wildfires and evacuation orders. In Saskatchewan, the Gabriel Dumont Institute has closed its Northern Saskatchewan Indigenous Teacher Education Program campus and […]

To celebrate Earth Day, postsecondary institutions across the country have arranged special events and activities focused on the theme of environmental sustainability. Institutions such as Dalhousie University, Mohawk College, and the University of Waterloo are taking action on and around their campus by picking up litter or planting gardens and trees. Others—such as Collège Lionel-Groulx, […]

Nine Alberta postsecondary institution libraries—members of the NEOS Library Consortium—will switch to a cloud-based system this spring as part of their move to OCLC’s Worldshare Management Services. The postsecondary institutions making this transition are Burman University, Concordia University of Edmonton, Keyano College, Northern Lakes College, Northwestern Polytechnic, Olds College of Agriculture and Technology, Red Deer […]