Articles tagged "Salmon Arm"
Mapping a world-wide worry: ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē student charts coronavirus spread in real-time
February 4, 2020
Sean Heddle was looking for a career change after an injury left him unable to work as a concrete construction foreman. He could never have imagined that his foray into the study of geographic information systems (GIS) would see him building a real-time map of a global public health emergency. Heddle, who hails from Kelowna, is currently enrolled in the GIS Certificate course at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē in Salmon Arm. His professor, Shelley Desautels, recently issued an assignment to her class, inviting students to build a digital map of ...
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Bannock taco day fundraiser returns to fuel student success at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Salmon Arm Campus
January 20, 2020
A popular fundraiser that provides emergency aid for students at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Salmon Arm campus is this week. Community members are invited to join students and staff for a delicious lunch for a good cause. Bannock tacos will be served in the Gathering Place on campus, 2552 10th Ave NE, Salmon Arm, from 11 a.m. ā 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22. The lunch is by donation. The event is led by Caroline Chartier, Indigenous Transition Planner for the campus and ingredients are supplied by the Collegeās Indigenous Services departme...
Read more...ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Salmon Arm campus flies SecwepemcuĢlĢecw flag permanently
September 24, 2019
ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Media Release A SecwepemcuĢlĢecw flag has found a permanent home at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Salmon Arm campus after a historic ceremony today. Representatives of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council, Splatsin Indian Band, Neskonlith Indian Band, Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band and Adams Lake Indian Band and ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē gathered today for a flag raising ceremony recognizing the traditional unceded territories of the Secwepemc. āReconciliation is about action, not words. Todayās raising of the Secwepemc flag signals O...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē student learns and leads as part of Launch-a-Preneur
March 8, 2019
The student has become a teacher in Shuswap Launch-a-Preneur. The Salmon Arm-based business competition has helped propel Laureen Shannon, a fourth-year Business student at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē, on a business development trajectory fuelled by community connections. "I love this program. Once youāre in a launch, youāre in it for life,ā Shannon explains. "We always follow up how they are doing, cross-promoting their business." She began her studies in Office Administration, which capped off with a six-week practicum working with the Sa...
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