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  • CMTN instructor Matthew Beedle is Recipient of West Coast Teaching Excellence Award

    CMTN instructor Matthew Beedle is a recipient of this year's West Coast Teaching Excellence Award. Instructor Dave McKeever received a nomination.
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  • Spotlight: CMTN instructor Stephanie Anderson's artwork to be displayed in new student residence

    As the new student residence building rises into existence at Coast Mountain College, its creative elements are the talk of the town. Inside the Elder Suite, you will soon find a large yellow cedar carving by Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art’s recent graduate and current instructor Stephanie Anderson.
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  • Coast Mountain College seeks design logo for End Mental Health Stigma campaign

    Submit a design by Sept. 27 that you’d love to see on t-shirts and posters on the theme of ending mental health stigma.
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  • Spotlight: Student creates board game for class project to be used in school across Canada, sold on Amazon

    When Kyle Hawyes enrolled at Coast Mountain College, he never pictured himself designing a board game that would be sold on Amazon and used in classrooms across the country.
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  • Spotlight: Never too old to learn

    When Verginia Johnson decided to go back to school, it had been decades since she sat inside a classroom. At 53 years old she enrolled at CMTN to get her BC Adult Graduation Diploma and despite life's hardships, kept going to be a good role model for her grandkids.
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  • Spotlight: Attending school in hometown to help family

    Growing up in a single-parent household, Alicia Giang says attending college in her hometown of Prince Rupert while still being able to help out her family was incredible. Through school, she learned about the region and gained a new appreciation for her northern coastal community.
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  • Spotlight: Creating a home away from home

    When the opportunity came up for First Nations Access Coordinator Jillian Stephens to help curate a theme for the interior aesthetic of the new student accommodation building, she just couldn’t say no.
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  • Spotlight: A flight in the right direction

    Trading year-long sun for winter is a choice that not many people would take, but for DeAnndra Sands it was one of the best decisions of her life when she moved to Canada from the Bahamas to pursue a degree at Coast Mountain College.
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  • Spotlight: International graduate helps new immigrants feel at home in Terrace

    Growing up in New Dehli, Suresh Choudhary sensed a curiosity bubbling inside of him to see the world. He wanted to study overseas and after considering many schools around the globe, a small town college in Canada won his heart over. Now, he is helping many new immigrants settle into Terrace after learning how difficult the transition can be.
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  • Skills Canada: student spotlight and regional winners

    The Skills Canada BC’s 2019 Provincial Competition is being held this spring and Coast Mountain College student Gwynn Hall is taking her passion for cooking to the provincial level to compete...…
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  • Student spotlight: Hobiyee 2020

    Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art student Smiddy Grandison explains what it’s like to celebrate the Nisga’a new year, Hobiyee.
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  • Spotlight: Linnea Waechter, Governor General Collegiate Bronze Medal recipient

    Congratulations to Linnea Waechter for receiving this year's Governor General Collegiate Bronze Medal for obtaining the highest grade point average in the Winter 2020 semester. Congratulations for receiving a 4.25 and inspiring fellow classmates to reach for the stars.......
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  • Spotlight: Kyle Yaroshuk-Pryce, Lieutenant Governor’s Medal recipient

    Congratulations to Kyle Yaroshuk-Pryce for receiving this year's Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for his devotion to his community of Prince Rupert, BC........
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  • Spotlight: Eric Zweirs, 2020 Valedictorian

    Congratulations to this year's Coast Mountain College class of 2020 Valedictorian, Eric Zweirs, a Business Administration graduate.........
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  • Spotlight: Dr. Laurie Waye honoured by the Canadian Armed Forces

    Coast Mountain College’s Vice President Academic (Interim) Dr. Laurie Waye has been honoured with a certificate of appreciation for outstanding support to the Canadian Armed Forces..........
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  • Spotlight: Hazelton students access carpentry training close to home

    Parked just outside the Hazelton campus sits Coast Mountain College’s glacier coloured mobile trades training unit. It represents learning in close to home and brings education to the doorstep of students who wouldn’t otherwise be able to access trades training in their own community.......
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  • Spotlight: To learn is an adventure

    When Charlie Bourque left her home province of Quebec at 19 years old, she was in search of an adventure. Chasing mountains and rivers, she accepted a job in Prince Rupert without knowing anything about northern B.C. and drove until she reached the Pacific Ocean.
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