Northern Lights College

Northern Lights College is an institution that provides post-secondary education to residents of Northern British Columbia. It currently has campuses and access centers in eight communities across the northern third of British Columbia, with Regional Administration located on the Dawson Creek campus. NLC has a working agreement with the University of Northern British Columbia. The college President and CEO (Oct. 2015) is Dr. Bryn Kulmatycki.

List of campuses

Dawson Creek 
Fort St. John
Fort Nelson
Tumbler Ridge
Chetwynd

List of Access Centres

Atlin
Dease Lake
Hudson's Hope

Programs
Northern Lights College offers programs in the following areas:
Trades and Apprenticeships
University Arts and Sciences/ Academic
Business Management/Applied Business Technology
Career and College Preparation/ Upgrading
Workforce Training/Continuing Education
Oil & Gas Training
Clean Energy Technologies - Wind Turbine Maintenance
Early Childhood Education and Care/ Education Assistant
Teacher Training
Practical Nursing/Health Care Assistant
Aircraft Maintenance Engineering

Aboriginal services
Northern Lights College has Aboriginal Gathering Spaces located at the following campuses: Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Chetwynd and Fort Nelson.

The Fort Nelson Gathering Space opened in 2009, while the remaining Gathering Spaces opened in 2011.

The opening of the Chetwynd Gathering Space was highlighted by the attendance of then Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Steven L. Point.

Scholarships and bursaries
The Northern Lights College Foundation is the recipient of funds held in trust for various awards for education. Formed in 1981, the Foundation's objectives are: 
 to foster community interest in promoting higher education and training
 to act as a recipient of trust funds in the form of monies or other properties
 to assist in community projects and promotion of higher education and to grant monies to Northern Lights College for the designated use of scholarships and bursaries to be awarded to students.
The Government of Canada sponsors an Aboriginal Bursaries Search Tool that lists over 680 scholarships, bursaries, and other incentives offered by governments, universities, and industry to support Aboriginal post-secondary participation. Northern Lights College scholarships for Aboriginal, First Nations and Métis students include Awards for Aboriginal Women

See also
List of institutes and colleges in British Columbia
List of universities in British Columbia
Higher education in British Columbia
Education in Canada

References

All facts, unless otherwise stated, are from Northern Lights College's web site:
Northern Lights College
BC Transfer Guide - Northern Lights College

External links
Official website

Category:Universities and colleges in British Columbia
Category:Dawson Creek
Category:Educational institutions established in 1975
Category:1975 establishments in British Columbia