Our Vision

GPRC is recognized by its learning communities for leadership in educational excellence.

Our Mission

Creating connections to knowledge, experience and community one life at a time.

Our Values

Student Centred

• We commit ourselves to a community of learning.
• We commit ourselves to the teaching and learning relationship.
• We give students the opportunity to grow and become enriched.
• We pursue student learning opportunities that maximize and lead to lifelong learning.
• The student is always the beneficiary of our activity.

Integrity

• We live up to the highest standards of professionalism through fair and ethical behavior.
• We do what we say and build trust through our actions.
• We are honest and open.
• We are committed to a spirit of service.
• We strive to earn our students' and supporters' trust.
• We are loyal.

Respect

• We treat each other, our students and our public with dignity and respect.
• We celebrate the diversity of people, ideas, and culture.
• We take responsibility for our reputation.
• We are enhanced by cooperative efforts, partnerships, and shared use of resources in an atmosphere of respect.
• We respect the need for discretion and confidentiality.

Accountability

• We are personally accountable to each other.
• We are accountable to the communities we serve.
• We strive to provide a safe and caring environment for students, staff and visitors.
• We are fiscally accountable.
• We are committed to the stewardship of the environment, our building, and the land.
• We make evidence based decisions.

Innovation

• We encourage innovation.
• We respect our past but we are future focused.
• We engage students in creative learning.
• We are responsive and market driven.
• We strive to be a leader in applying information technology in ways that can transform higher education.
• We are a portal to discovery and learning.

Passion

• We love what we do.
• We take the lead, and lead by example.
• We all contribute.
• We strive to be an extraordinary place to work.
• We have fun.
  
  

Our Mandate

Approved by the Ministry of Advanced Education, December 2008

Grande Prairie Regional College is a public, board-governed college operating as a comprehensive community institution under the Post Secondary Learning Act of Alberta.  The College offers regional learners instruction and support services that are learner-centred and responsive to the lifelong educational needs of full-time and part-time students of diverse, multicultural and Aboriginal backgrounds.

As a comprehensive community institution, Grande Prairie Regional College is committed to expanding access to post-secondary education in its service area by responding to community and regional demand for both credit and non-credit programming.  The College has developed a portal access delivery model that encourages other post-secondary institutions to deliver programming on site, enabling the establishment of collaborative partnerships that rapidly and effectively meet the varied needs of regional learners. 

The College offers university transfer, diploma and certificate programs; apprenticeship and pre-employment training; and adult high school completion.  Credit programs are offered in the areas of Liberal Arts, Education, Health and Wellness, Human Services, Fine Arts, Business, Technology, Human Services, Academic Upgrading, Trades and Technical training, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.  The College also offers baccalaureate degrees, primarily as collaborative degrees.

In response to regional, community and industry demand, Grande Prairie Regional College provides a range of customized non-credit pre-employment programming, skills development, safety, English as a Second Language and community interest courses.  The College meets community and industry demand for responsive and specific industry training through the provision of customized programming.

As an educational facility in northwest Alberta, Grande Prairie Regional College helps meet the cultural, recreational, athletic and conferencing needs of the region in partnership with service area, community and regional stakeholders.  The College offers athletic, music, art and science summer camps, and the Douglas J. Cardinal Performing Arts Centre is frequently the site of community music festivals, dance recitals, speakers’ series and industrial seminars.  

The College encourages and supports applied research and scholarly activities, and innovation activities that complement and enhance teaching and learning in program areas and in industry sectors where its academic expertise enables such a contribution. 

Grande Prairie Regional College is dedicated to providing learners in northwest Alberta with access to high quality and diverse lifelong learning opportunities, and to the responsible educational, fiscal and environmental stewardship of resources.

 

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