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In honour of Canadian Environment Week (May 30-June 5), learn about the College’s holistic approach to sustainability, and how Algonquin College is working towards creating a healthier, more sustainable community.

Thirteen years after becoming the first college in Canada to sign on to the Talloires Declaration, an international agreement that includes a ten-point action plan for incorporating sustainability and environmental literacy into teaching, research, operations and outreach at colleges and universities, Algonquin College took stock of where it stands in its sustainability goals at the recent TEDx Ottawa Climate series. Continue reading →

When Algonquin College Board of Governor’s member, Audrey Lawrence, was a young woman attending teachers’ college, she received a bursary that changed her life. Now, she is returning that long ago favour by establishing a new bursary in her own name.

The Audrey Lawrence AC Online Bursary, which will be awarded to full-time and part-time learners in financial need, is being established thanks to a generous gift of over $15,000 from Lawrence. The bursary, which was announced this week, is one of the first of its kind in Ontario.

The Audrey Lawrence AC Online Bursary represents five separate bursaries. Two $6,000 bursaries will benefit full-time learners, with one preferably directed toward an Indigenous student. Three $1,000 bursaries will also be awarded to part-time students. Continue reading →

This week is Global Volunteer Week, a week where we examine the different ways that we can help give back to the community. Support is needed now more than ever, and Algonquin College is always looking for different ways that we can lend a hand within the City. Algonquin College has partnered with Kind Village Inc. to launch Project In-Kind: Campus Edition in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and local communities experiencing the impacts of COVID-19.

Together, the partners will activate 20,000+ students, staff, and faculty across Algonquin College’s campuses and support over 500 charities and non-profit organizations in an experiential learning and community support effort. Continue reading →