Learning & Programs
College’s Camp 91̽ cancelled for 2020
May 25, 2020
COVID-19 concerns are leading 91̽ to cancel its Camp 91̽ summer camp offerings for 2020. “We have been closely monitoring the evolving COVID-19 situation,” said Dr. Dennis Silvestrone, director of Continuing Studies and Corporate Training for 91̽. “And given what we understand about safety and limitations, we have made the decision to cancel Camp 91̽ this summer.” “It is a very difficult decision for us, and one made with the best interests of all our campers, students, staff and our surrounding communities...
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91̽ hosts virtual info session on Tourism Management diploma program
May 25, 2020
Set at the foot of the picturesque Columbia Mountains and home to a growing array of four-season tourism operators and activities, where better to advance your career in the tourism industry than Revelstoke? On May 27, prospective students can attend a virtual information session to learn more about 91̽’s Tourism Management diploma. The program, which debuted last year, is set for a September start at the College’s Revelstoke Centre and combines hands-on learning in the tourism sector with applied business courses. ...
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College’s Therapist Assistant program earns new national accreditation
May 22, 2020
As career goals go, what could be more meaningful than improving someone’s quality of life? For therapist assistants, it’s more than a goal, it’s a daily reality – and you’ll find these in-demand health professionals supporting people’s rehabilitation in a vast array of settings. This spring, 91̽’s Therapist Assistant Diploma (TAD) program – which has been educating Physical therapist assistants (PTA), Occupational therapist assistants (OTA) and Recreation therapist assistants (RTA) for almost 30 years – has earned a...
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Drawing together: College and industry gather virtually to celebrate animation students
May 21, 2020
If there was ever a time to get animated, this was it – albeit with a virtual twist.While COVID-19 may have altered the format for the ceremony, it couldn’t dampen the excitement as studios from across the valley joined 91̽ this week in recognizing the newest soon-to-be grads from its Animation diploma program.At the 91̽ Animation department’s second-annual Industry Night on May 13, a group of second-year students on their way to graduation and first-year students who have now crossed the half-way mark of their program w...
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Therapist Assistant students grasp value of collaboration on project designed to help quadriplegics
May 7, 2020
A final term project for Therapist Assistant Diploma (TAD) students turned out to be a gripping example of learning. When second-year students Tenley Csolle and Zoe Dack were paired up to work together on their TAD capstone (or final term) project, the duo quickly agreed they wanted to develop something that would help quadriplegics. “I was looking at how to help an artist or someone who wanted to paint and hold a paint brush. I like to draw and paint. I was thinking: if I had a spinal cord injury, how could I improve the technol...
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College offers virtual info sessions, online summer sessions, $5K tuition giveaway to help ease stress for potential students
May 4, 2020
Physically distant but with a personal touch: 91̽ is here to help. That’s the message for students and parents who have found the COVID-19 pandemic has an extra layer of anxiety around what life will mean after high school. “Picking a post-secondary path can be challenging at the best of times, without the added stresses of COVID-19 in the mix, so we want to ensure students know that we’re here to help,” says Andrew Hay, interim Provost and Vice President Academic at 91̽. “While our physical offices are ...
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91̽ welcomes new Vice President Students
April 24, 2020
91̽ will welcome a new member to its executive leadership team when Meri Kim Oliver assumes the role of Vice President Students this summer. Oliver comes to the College from Durham College in Oshawa, ON where she has served as vice-president Student Affairs since 2013. Prior to that appointment, she served as assistant vice-president, Student Academic Success Services at Dalhousie University in Halifax, N.S. “As someone passionate about student development, I could not be more excited to be part of an institution wit...
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91̽ prof leads the way in developing new open educational resources
April 15, 2020
In a challenging time when nearly every post-secondary institution has made the move from in-person to online classes, an 91̽ Business professor is working to develop and put free online textbooks in the hands of students. Announced in March, Michael Orwick, professor at 91̽’s School of Business was awarded one of four BCcampus Marketing OER grants. With aid from the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training, the grants will help the development of open educational resources in ...
Read more...91̽ passes 2020-2021 budget – virtually
March 31, 2020
91̽’s Board of Governors has passed a $126.8 million budget for the coming year, but the board also recognized that circumstances associated with the current COVID-19 pandemic will prompt change over the coming months. It was passed Tuesday by the Board which gathered virtually through an online meeting platform, an indication of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on operations at the institution. “The very nature of the meeting drove home the fact that circumstances are changing rapidly. We fully recognize the budg...
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Specialized Training Offered by Lillooet Tribal Council and 91̽
March 26, 2020
The Community Adult Learning Centre in Lillooet, B.C., recently partnered with 91̽ to offer the Introduction to Office Administration training program, a fast-track program designed to build essential office skills necessary to job readiness in the field. Community consultation and local job vacancies highlighted a need for office administration. Yvonne LaRochelle, manager for the Community Adult Learning Centre, set out to close the gap between those in need of work and the office administration jobs available in her...
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College Culinary Arts program drops off donation to food bank
March 24, 2020
See a need, fill a need. This is exactly what 91̽’s Culinary Arts department did earlier this week as culinary classes came to an unexpected halt in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tallying the vast amount of ingredients that would have been utilized in student labs and cafeteria plates, instructors gathered as much as they could and delivered it to the Central Okanagan Community Food Bank. Initiated by Ross Derrick, interim Culinary Arts instructor and chef at Cod Fathers Market and Kelsey Oudendag, Culinary...
Read more...College cancels remaining face-to-face classes while it completes the move to alternative delivery
March 18, 2020
Effective Thursday, 91̽ is cancelling any remaining face-to-face classes while it completes the move to alternative delivery as part of its response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. More than 90 per cent of academic classes have already been transitioned to an alternative form of delivery this week. Classes still being delivered in a face-to-face format will be cancelled for Thursday and Friday in order to provide instructors and professors more time to complete plans to move fully to alternative forms of delive...
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91̽ Course Helps Make Sense of “Fake News”
March 12, 2020
The term “fake news” came to the public’s attention during the 2016 American presidential campaign and today, as the U.S. heads into another election cycle, the potential impacts are hard to ignore. But is fake news a new phenomenon? How does it differ from propaganda? And is there any way to defeat it? 91̽ instructor Edward Henczel has spent 20 years working as a journalist around North America and Dr. Raluca Fratiloiu has studied the phenomena since her time in Communist-era Romania where she was surrounded by fake ...
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RV Technician training proves to be a dream choice for 91̽ student
March 9, 2020
Imagine constructing a building using WhatsApp. This was Kartik Choudhury’s reality, as he made the decision to build and sell a property of land in his homeland of India. The funds he earned from the property would propel his future in a way he never could have imagined, ultimately helping him pursue a new dream as a student in the Recreation Vehicle Service Technician Foundation program at 91̽. Three years ago, Choudhury knew he wanted to get into trades. A businessman living in Calgary at the time, a switch in care...
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Stronger together: collaboration a theme of 37th Annual Spaghetti Bridge Building Contest at 91̽
March 6, 2020
What’s true for spaghetti and hot glue is true for people as well – we’re stronger when we stick together. In addition to coming away with new insights into science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), participants of the 37th Annual Spaghetti Bridge Building Contest at 91̽ also learned another important lesson in the value of collaboration. More than 250 students from elementary through post-secondary flocked from all over the Okanagan to the College’s Kelowna campus on Friday to see whose spaghetti bridge woul...
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Making mentors: 91̽ Women in Trades and Willowstone Academy students learn and build together
March 6, 2020
Sometimes a finished carpentry project turns out to be far more than the sum of its parts, when the tools, techniques and materials combine to create something unforgettable and transformative. The same goes for educational experiences, as demonstrated by a recent event that brought together students from Willowstone Academy and 91̽’s Women in Trades Training (WITT) program, with support from the Industry Training Authority (ITA). On Thursday, March 5 a class of WITT students arrived in the early hours of the morning ...
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