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“A refugee is someone who survived and who can create the future.” It’s about the future, it’s about the present. And it’s about starting over. Keyano College is looking forward to warmly welcome our first ever refugee student from Lebanon this month. Hosted in partnership with the World University Service of Canada’s (WUSC) Student Refugee Program (SRP), this is an initiative, which supports young refugees from countries such as Kenya,...
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It is an opportunity to showcase our beautiful campus and community, and we are delighted to launch the Agent Familiarization Tour on July 26, 2022. Hosted by Keyano College’s International Education Office, the idea behind the three-day tour is to provide select international recruitment agents an opportunity to visit the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) and experience the College’s campuses, facilities, and programs first-hand while being fully immersed...
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Keyano College names Murray Walford new VP of Corporate Services & CFO
(Fort McMurray, AB) – Keyano College is pleased to announce Murray Walford has been named Keyano College’s Vice President, Corporate Services &CFO.  Walford will join the College effect October 3, 2022.
 Keyano College’s President & CEO, Jay Notay, said, “Mr. Walford brings over 20 years of experience in Alberta’s post-secondary sector. He provided...
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Growing up right by Lake Ontario fostered a love for rocks in Neil O’Donnell as a child.
“I was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. My parents had a house right on the eastern beach of Lake Ontario. The front of the house was on the boardwalk, then the beach, then the lake. I was always interested in beach sand, pebbles and boulders, wave erosion, and fishing,” he remembers.
That interest became a profession and made Keyano College his third career in...
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Just passing by Jane Jacques’ office would tell you she’s an English instructor. The set of three Shakespeare teapots and mugs caught your attention first, then the teapot of Dickens’ David Copperfield, and quite a few more. It was a treat. But the “office China” as she dubs it, is home with her now as she retired this June after 33 years at Keyano College.
“The three Shakespeare teapots and mugs were produced by James Sadler in England:...
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