Announcement
The unveiling of Lethbridge College's Lucas Fiorella Friendship Bench

Suicide prevention at the centre of Friendship Bench initiative

Lethbridge College has joined a growing number of post-secondary institutions that have installed a Lucas Fiorella Friendship Bench as a suicide prevention technique. Named in honour of an Ontario student who died by suicide in 2014, the purpose of the bench is to act as a place to begin a conversation.

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o	Students working in the new home of the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Innovation

Student success at the heart of new home for Teaching, Learning and Innovation

A flexible learning environment that supports students, faculty, employees and the community is at the core of a new home for Lethbridge College’s Centre for Teaching, Learning and Innovation. A renovation of the Buchanan Library space has brought nine departments together under one roof in a collaborative environment that meets the changing educational needs of students.

Announcement
Dr. Willemijn Appels and her team in the field as part of a research partnership with the Potato Growers of Alberta.

Lethbridge College, potato growers partner on irrigation study

A new study will dig deep into the soil to determine how watering and irrigation methods affect southern Alberta’s potato crops. The four-year research project is a partnership between Lethbridge College’s Centre for Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and the Potato Growers of Alberta. It is made possible through a grant from the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.