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Sioux Lookout Celebrates New College Location

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Many members of the public gathered at Sioux North High School today to officially open the brand new Confederation College location at the High School.

Many speakers and guests came out to celebrate the opening of the new location including Sioux Lookout Mayor Doug Lawrance.

The new facility has multiple classrooms including a computer lab, a health lab with realistic dummies for the nursing program as well as larger rooms for lectures and meetings.

The project was supported by the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation with $1,050,000 as well as $350,000 from the Ministry of Colleges and University.

Multiple people spoke at the event including Campus Director Angelina Anderson

Anderson says she’s excited for the facility to open and help people in Sioux Lookout access post-secondary education without leaving their home community.

She also says the space is very modern and has been serving them well in meeting the needs of their students.

Following Anderson was Confederation College President Kathleen Lynch.

Lynch says students at the Sioux Lookout Campus will have access to state of the art education technologies with beautiful classrooms and spaces to meet student needs.

She also mentions that it expands on the college’s extensive history in Sioux Lookout as the college has been in the community for now 38 years.

Lynch also says it is important for the college to maintain a community presence which they help do with their partnership with Contact North.

From Contact North was the President and CEO Maxim Jean-Louis who also spoke about the connections they have to the college and northern communities.

Following the speakers was the ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the brand new space.

Also at the ceremony, the college was presented with a beautiful piece of artwork donated by the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council.

They say they will be hanging up the art in the student commons area.

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Confederation College Meets With Potential Students

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Confederation College is reaching out to high school students across northwestern Ontario.

The school has wrapped up a regional recruitment tour.

Spokesperson Sheena Zegil says they were able to meet with students on an individual basis to promote the programs and services available at Con College.

She says it’s very important to reach out to area youth as they are the primary post-secondary institution in northwestern Ontario.

Stops were made in Dryden, Ignace, Kenora, Fort Frances and Atikokan.

 

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Successful Statistics For Confederation College

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Some encouraging statistics for Confederation College.

Colleges Ontario has released a new report on graduation and employment.

Con College had one of the best success rates with 88.4% of grads being hired right out of school.

The provincial average was 86%

87% of grads were pleased with the level of education received while attending the regional school.

 

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Another Record Breaking Year At Confederation College

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The new school year at Confederation College campuses across the region is officially underway.

President Kathleen Lynch says it’s another big year for them.

Lynch says they are going to set another record for enrolment with over 4,000 students attending school.

She notes last year they saw roughly 3,700 students.

The college is also welcoming over 1,300 international students from 25 different countries.