Employee excellence award winners celebrated
Lethbridge College celebrated 10 exceptional colleagues with Employee Excellence awards in March.
They are:
Sandra Dufresne-Excellence Award for Leadership and Creating Community
Melanie Hamilton-Excellence Award for Leadership and Creating Community
Harmoni Jones-Excellence Award for Leadership and Creating Community
Loretta Kroker-Excellence Award for Leadership and Creating Community
Kevin Wiber-Excellence Award for Leadership and Creating Community
Ina Baczuk and Constance Sheriff-Excellence Award for Service and Innovation
Sandra Price-Excellence Award for Service and Innovation
Andy Benoit-Excellence Award for Lifelong Learning
Adam Addison-Appreciation Award for Lifelong Learning
College launches Niitsitapi strategy
In reaffirming its commitment to making Indigenous education a priority, Lethbridge College has launched its newly developed institutional Niitsitapi Strategy. The strategy is an important milestone in Lethbridge College’s commitment to truth and reconciliation, which will allow the college to create a space of Indigenous cultural inclusion and deepen its connections with its internal and external Indigenous communities.
“It is a privilege to be located on the traditional lands of the Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot Territory) and it is our responsibility to honour and respect what that means,” says Dr. Paula Burns (Piita’gaaksiimaaki – Eagle Whistle Woman), Lethbridge College President and CEO. “We must deepen our understanding of traditional cultures and ways of knowing, and we are committed to taking definitive action to support these communities. This strategy is not the start of that work, but rather it is an extension and continuation of work we have been doing for many years.”
Coming Together in a Holistic Way: Lethbridge College Niitsitapi Strategy is designed as a living document to guide the college collectively while providing an understanding of the cultural perspective of Indigenous peoples and community. The goal of the strategy is to ensure the college community can come together for inclusive, diverse, engaged and successful education. The strategy can be viewed online at lethbridgecollege.ca/comingtogether.
College celebrates retirees
Lethbridge College celebrated 24 colleagues who retired in 2020-21 at the virtual Employee Excellence celebration in March. Together, this group contributed 471 years of service to the college.
- MURRAY BARTLEY, Centre for Justice and Human Services, six years
- RICK BLAKELEY, Centre for Trades, 39 years
- RAY BURGESS, Centre for Technology, Environment and Design, 18 years
- TAMMY CAMRUD, Facilities, seven years
- ALLEN CLAMPITT, Centre for Trades, 34 years
- PEGGY COCKERILL, Health Services, 20 years
- LYNDA DUVAL, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Innovation, 30 years
- MARY ANN FULLER, Student Affairs, 18 years
- CINDY FYFE, Registrar’s Office, 22 years
- CORENE KOZEY, Buchanan Library, 10 years
- JIM LAING, Centre for Justice and Human Services, seven years
- DONNA LINN, Registrar’s Office, 20 years
- JUDY LONG, Centre for Health and Wellness, 12 years
- LESLIE MCCOY, Centre for Health and Wellness, nine years
- SONJA MCDONALD, Human Resources, 22 years
- DAVID ORR, Centre for Applied Arts and Sciences, 27 years
- SAVITA PAREKH, Caretaking Services, 25 years
- DARWIN ROMANCHUK, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Innovation, 21 years
- ROB SONNENBERG, Centre for Trades, 24 years
- HELEN VAN NISTELROOY, Centre for Health and Wellness, 11 years
- JANICE WATTS, Financial Services, 36 years
- MIKE WEHRWEIN, Centre for Technology, Environment and Design, 30 years
- LEON WENSMANN, Centre for Trades, 13 years
- JANET YORKE, Centre for Health and Wellness, 10 years
