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First Blended Online and Land-Based Learning Course at GPRC
Posted August 30, 2016
Grande Prairie Friendship Centre Assistant Executive Director, Miranda Laroche says GPRC is setting an example for other institutions and communities with the offering of new course NT2300: Introduction to Indigenous Governance. “I really appreciate that this course is being offered at GPRC,” says Laroche. “GPRC was... Read Article »
Dalen Landis is a Man of Many Talents
Posted August 8, 2016
As a photographer, landscape painter, custom tiler, videographer, music festival organizer and now, professional beer brewer, Dalen Landis is not kidding when he says “I have my fingers in a few different pots.” This morning his fingers are busy filling ... Read Article »
Jessica Pigeau went from Public-Speaking Avoider to International Orator
Posted August 4, 2016
As an Academic Upgrading student at GPRC, Jessica Pigeau despised public speaking. “It ended in tears,” she says, remembering her first in-class presentation. She corrects herself, “actually it began in tears,” and laughs. Despite her weepy... Read Article »
Full Blood Moon Entertainment: Films that Shift Perspectives
Posted July 26, 2016
They call themselves “The Four Horsemen.” They have more to do with film-making than the apocalypse but the four gentlemen who make up Full Blood Moon Entertainment Inc. are working hard to create a global shift nonetheless. Today, however, they are ta... Read Article »
From Oilfield to Classroom
Posted July 19, 2016
Rebecca Marks left a lucrative oilfield job in the wilderness to embark on a whole new adventure: an education degree. Marks was making a fortune. She was also bored out of her mind. In 2015, the then-31-year-old was working as a medic, sitting in a truck 16 hours a day. “Three months in, I thought, ... Read Article »