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Let’s be honest: students aren’t just asking: ‘What do I want to study?’ They’re also asking: ‘Where will this program path take me… and what is my earning potential?’

A recent Maclean’s analysis of employment-income data from Statistics Canada highlighted Canada’s highest-paying college pathways, many of them in fields like engineering technology, automation, construction, energy systems, information technology, health care and skilled trades.

What’s striking isn’t just the amazing salaries on offer. It’s that these careers start with the same thing: hands-on, applied education offered at Algonquin College.

The industries highlighted by Maclean’s are all facing a common challenge: they need skilled people. People who can solve problems, work with technology, maintain critical infrastructure, support patients, build communities and keep businesses moving forward.

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Algonquin College has always had deep ties to the Algonquin Anishinàbe Peoples, beginning with the school’s namesake and a multi-pronged approach to Truth, Reconciliation and Indigenization woven into campus life, events and corporate elements.

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is observed in Canada annually on Sept. 30. It is a day of memorial to recognize the atrocities and multi-generational effects of the Canadian residential school system. Ahead of Sept. 30, which is also colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day, Anita Tenasco, Director, Indigenous Initiatives at Algonquin College, sat down for an important conversation with Duran Tolley, a current student and Mamidosewin Centre Student Navigator reflecting on Indigenization at the College through the learners’ lens.

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Algonquin College has always had deep ties to the Anishinàbe Algonquin Peoples, beginning with the school’s namesake and a multi-pronged approach to Truth, Reconciliation and Indigenization woven into campus life, events and corporate elements.

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is observed in Canada annually on Sept. 30. It is a day of memorial to recognize the atrocities and multi-generational effects of the Canadian residential school system. Ahead of Sept. 30, which is also colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day, Anita Tenasco, director, Indigenous Initiatives at Algonquin College, sat down for an important conversation with Duran Tolley, a current student and Mamidosewin Centre student navigator, reflecting on Indigenization at the College through the learners’ lens.

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