If interviewed by the media, would you be prepared to be spokesperson for your community group, charitable organization, interest group or business? If you’d like to brush up on your speaking and presentation skills, an upcoming Selkirk College media skills course will help improve your ability to get your message across. To...

Selkirk College Adult Special Education (ASE) students at four different campuses have hit the streets looking to raise funds for their program and build skills in the process. The Selkirk College Gala 2013 is slated for Nov. 23 and this year the task of putting together the amazing auction table has been handed to the ASE ...

Are bats really blind? Do they want to suck your blood? These are some of the questions that Educators around the Columbia Basin are answering. Just in time for Halloween, dynamic and skilled Educators from the Kootenay Community Bat Project (KCBP) are providing programs on bats for youth. “Bats are actually very shy, clean...

Selkirk College’s 2013 fall enrolment numbers are showing an increase in the number of students. Final semester calculations will be compiled for the end of October, but the annual September headcount reveals a 3.6 per cent increase in domestic students and a 21 per cent increase in international students. “Although we are ...

Selkirk College’s 2013 fall enrolment numbers are showing an increase in the number of students. Final semester calculations will be compiled for the end of October, but the annual September headcount reveals a 3.6-per-cent increase in domestic students and a 21-per-cent increase in international students. “Although we are ...

It’s that time of year – the leaves are changing, that snow itch is getting painful and downtown Nelson once again plays host to costume-clad shenanigans in the form of the SROAMazing Race. Organized by students enrolled in the Ski Resort Operations and Management Program (SROAM) at Selkirk College, the event is now in its ...

Selkirk College has become the first community college, and fourth post-secondary institution, in Canada to achieve Fair Trade Campus designation from the Canadian Fair Trade Network. Selkirk joins the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and the University of Guelph to be among the first Canadian post-secondary...

A deal ratified this afternoon by CUPE and the province is a mixed blessing bringing both good news and bad, according to president of CUPE Local 1285 Cherryl MacLeod, who represented both the East and West Kootenays at the bargaining table. In an interview from Vancouver, MacLeod told The Source that she's delighted there ...

Strike action at schools across the province has been averted with the announcement of a tentative deal between the province and school support workers, according to a press release issued today. "The provincial bargaining committee working with the British Columbia Public School Employers' Association (BCPSEA) and the unions...

Selkirk College recently signed an agreement with Royal Roads University to allow Selkirk Business Administration graduates to transfer into RRU’s Bachelor of Commerce and Business Administration programs after two years of study. More options for students Selkirk students, who have successfully completed a Business Administration...