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Aurora College Continues with Polytechnic Upgrade

Connor Pitre
By Connor Pitre

Aurora College is continuing to make progress in their plans to become a Polytechnic university.

The school recently released their latest quarterly report on their progress. The report included updates on the first phase of the Environmental Assessment for Tin Can Hill, Community Learning Centres (CLCs) and Aurora College Organization Design.

A polytechnic school is one that offers programs that are hands-on and that react to the industries of the world. Programs encourage learning by doing, developing the practical skills and competencies required in today’s workplaces and giving graduates a leg-up in the labour market.

The process of updating the school has been laid out in a full timeline of goals and milestones that began back in 2019, and goes as far as the end of 2026. Currently the project is in the second phase with the bulk of the work being led by Aurora College with support from the GNWT. At the moment, their next milestone is to submit a request to the Minister of Education once certain transformational changes have been made. Once that is done, they will be able to officially establish a post-secondary institution in the NWT.

Connor Pitre
Connor Pitre
Born and raised in Central Alberta, Connor Pitre attended the Western Academy Broadcasting College in Saskatchewan, before making his way to the NWT in November of 2021. Since then, he has become a regular staple of the True North FM crew in the News department, and occasionally filling in on the afternoon show.

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