U of R talks about special agreements with northern colleges

“The MOUs reflect the idea of us creating pathways for students,” he said. “Students will have the opportunity in their home community to move towards the attainment of these qualifications whether that be a diploma or a full degree.”

“Rather than simply training everybody in the larger centres and hoping that they move out to centres where there’s shortages of people, that doesn’t work as well. They often don’t have the same routes, the same commitments.”

When it comes to the social work program agreement with North West College, Keshen said they’ve already had a good number of interested students.

“Turns out that the number of students who have registered, the last count I had, it was 47. That’s an extraordinary success story,” he said. “A large number of those graduates being from the north will want to be with their families and live in the north.”

When it comes to future partnerships, the opportunities are there with programs like Education, Health and Human Resources, Business and Psychology.

At the end of the day, Keshen said the possibilities are endless, especially with the advance of online and hybrid learning. He hopes this will grow to more partnerships with post-secondary schools across the province.

“We’ve had the privilege of working with the leadership of all the regional colleges and also with Sask Poly,” he said. “This is the way that we think the post-secondary sector should work as a whole, to provide the best possible opportunities to all the students in Saskatchewan, wherever they live.”

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by Derek Craddock

U of R talks about special agreements with northern colleges

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