Upcoming renewable energy project in Inuvik turns cardboard into fuel
Inuvik produces more than 60 tonnes of cardboard every year and Aurora College wants to turn it into clean fuel. This new project is “tailored”…
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GNWT releases plan to transform Aurora College into polytechnic university
Declining enrolment, graduation rates and reputation of the college is at the heart of this change, says Chris Joseph, person in charge of the college's transformation plan
The only public post-secondary institution in the NWT is getting an upgrade. After a couple of years of deliberation, the territorial government has released the…
NWT post-secondary schools sign collaboration agreement
Aurora College, Collège nordique francophone and the Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning plan to share resources on future projects.
An agreement between three post-secondary institutions is providing an opportunity for more Indigenous programming in the Northwest Territories. On Tuesday, Aurora College, Collège nordique francophone…
Here’s how you can have your say on proposed polytechnic’s programs
NWT residents can now have their say on programs offered at the proposed polytechnic university. The territorial government has released a discussion paper, grouping classes…
Aurora College awarded COVID-19 research grant
New information coming to NWT businesses to help with the production of PPE
The Aurora College Research Institute has been awarded over $44,000 to help address the gaps in COVID-19 information, protocols, and training for both residents…
Aurora College fall semester plan includes distance education, tuition refunds
Aurora College has developed a plan for the fall semester, offering tuition refunds and primarily distance education classes. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Speaker tells MLA to apologize to Premier for comments about Aurora College President firing
Legislative Assembly Speaker Frederick Blake Jr. called on Monfwi MLA Jackson Lafferty to apologize to Premier Caroline Cochrane. Lafferty has repeatedly criticized the premier’s firing…
Education minister ‘not surprised’ by ex-Aurora College president dismissal
Updated: February 7 to reflect Minister Simpson’s ‘Personal Explanation’ given in the house. Minister R.J. Simpson says he wasn’t surprised to see Dr. Tom Weegar…
Former Aurora College president and GNWT at odds over dismissal
Yellowknife Centre MLA Julie Green said she was just as surprised as everyone else when she heard Dr. Tom Weegar was being replaced as the…
Polytechnic transition to take five to six years
Support, inspiration and new opportunities. Those concepts will apparently guide the transition of Aurora College into a polytechnic university. That’s according to survey results of…