Current students
Mariah Leusink, Criminal Justice
Mariah was one of 32 teens from across the Prairies to spend a week in Regina at a youth camp designed to entice young people to become Mounties. According to an article in the Lethbridge Herald, Mariah was thrilled to get an insider’s understanding of the RCMP before beginning her studies at the college. This is the third year the RCMP has hosted the camp.
Brady Porter, General Studies
Brady is in the third year of playing with the Prairie Baseball Academy and played for Team Alberta in the Tournament 12 baseball tournament at the Rogers Centre in September. He was featured in a September issue of the Red Deer Advocate, which noted his .400 batting average with the PBA last season and the attention he is getting from postsecondary institutions in the U.S.
Dallas Walker, Massage Therapy
Dallas’ success last fall in the Commonwealth Lifesaving Championships in Canberra, Australia, was the subject of an October article in the Fort Macleod Gazette. Dallas won four medals and set personal bests in all six events at the international competition. She made her debut in the sport of lifesaving with Max Bell Mantas teammates at nationals in Quebec earlier last year, and plans to train for this year’s world championships, which will be held in France.
Mikaela York, Exercise Science
Mikaela was one of two athletes from her hometown of Battlefords to compete at the Canada Summer Games in Sherbrooke, Que., last summer. As a member of Team Saskatchewan, she competed in the 2,000-metre steeplechase and was featured in an article last year in the Battlefords News- Optimist. She is on the college’s cross country team and was one of the team’s top finishers at several races last fall.
2013
Amara Johnson, Communication Arts – Broadcast Journalism
Amara was named the on-air announcer and music director at CKDR in Dryden, Ont., in September. You can follow Amara on Twitter at @amara_lj.
Jimmy Fieldberg, Business – Professional Golf Management
Jimmy was hired as a golf instructor at The Academy at Paradise Canyon in September. The Academy at Paradise Canyon is year-round golf program aimed at developing players to their full potential. It focuses on all aspects of development, from fitness and technical development to tournament and college preparation.
2010
Blair Farthing, Communication Arts— Broadcast Journalism
Blair is now working as a reporter at CTV Saskatoon. He was born and raised in Saskatoon and had been a member of CTV Prince Albert since December 2011. Prior to joining CTV Prince Albert as a video journalist, Blair was an ENG photographer for CTV Saskatoon. Blair is an avid sports fanatic and enjoys bringing viewers stories about local teams including the Prince Albert Raiders. He enjoys meeting new people and sharing stories that help them make decisions in their everyday lives. You can follow Blair on Twitter at @BFarthingCTV.
2008
Caitlin Power, Fashion Design and Marketing
Caitlin’s designs again received rave reviews at this year’s fashion week in Toronto. Showing for the first time in the large runway space at World MasterCard Fashion Week in Toronto, Caitlin debuted a French Caribbean-inspired collection for Spring 2014. She and her creations were featured in a number of magazines, newspapers, videos and online reports, including The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Fashion Magazine, Flare, the Canadian Press, Global and more. Visit her website caitlinpower.ca for more updates.
2007
Kirk M. Elliott, Environmental Assessment and Restoration
Kirk started working at Trace Associates in 2007 as an Environmental Scientist. He is the team leader and project manager for two large upstream oil and gas reclamation programs, consisting of approximately 200 sites. Darrell J.I. Haight, president of the company, says the company has hired many Lethbridge College grads, but Kirk has been with the company the longest. He also noted that Kirk has been nominated for and won a number of safety and other awards, including employee of the month, the annual president’s award, and safety and leadership awards. “When we want to teach someone how to do something right, we have them go and talk to Kirk and find out how he takes care of things. He’s the benchmark in our company for getting back to clients and colleagues.”
Tyler Wall, Multimedia
Tyler is a media innovative project leader with Lethbridge College’s Educational Enhancement Team in the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Innovation. He has had five colouring books published; has presented at a number of conferences; painted several public murals; and won the Digital Media Association of Alberta award for best student self-promotion. He says his interests include spending time with his wife and children, concept arts, hiking, exploring, tinkering, creating, and video games.
Calin Yablonski, Communication Arts – Advertising/Public Relations
Calin was named a Notable Young Entrepreneur of the day on the website notable.ca, which has more than 1.5 million monthly Canadian visitors and is the largest online publication for young professional adults in Canada. Calin was cited for starting his own business as an individual when he was 23 and then separating himself from the brand by starting Inbound Interactive in 2009. His business today is a digital marketing, search engine optimization and search engine marketing company that consults on pre-built websites, improves existing websites and improves rankings on Google.
2002
Chris Gallagher, Environmental Sciences
Chris took over as the new district manager of the Taber Irrigation District last year. According to a September article in the Taber Times, Chris is looking forward to bringing a wide perspective on the types of infrastructure that’s available as well as a good understanding of current design methods. He had worked at the St. Mary’s Irrigation District before starting work in Taber.
Sarah Scout, Communication Arts – Print Journalism
Sarah is an active urban Aboriginal writer and Indigenous activist in Calgary. Her work has been published in the Lethbridge Herald, Say and Beatroute Magazine. For more than two years, she was the managing editor of New Tribe Magazine, Calgary’s non-profit urban Aboriginal youth monthly. She founded the Aboriginal Writers Circle in 2007. In her spare time, she creates and distributes her own independent zines, which document personal anecdotes, stories, life writing experiences and poetry in a mixed collage of black and white photography and experimental graphic design.
1998
Glen Metzler, Business Administration
Glen is the president, managing director, founder and key developer for API Labs, a pharmaceutical and chemical company whose focus is bringing commercial poppy production to Canada. He was a featured speaker at the University of Regina last year, where he shared his professional experiences in a presentation titled “Farm to Pharmaceuticals: The story of growing poppies high in thebaine on the Canadian Prairies” as part of the Insight: University of Regina Business Distinguished Speaker Series. The event was hosted by the Faculty of Business Administration and the Office of the Vice-President, Research at the University of Regina.
1996
Tamara Dawson, Communication Arts – Ad/PR
Tamara was promoted to vice-president–media director for M2, the integrated media division of MacLaren McCann in the company’s Calgary office. She joined the ad agency in 2002 and is considered a key senior member of the agency’s team as well as a valued contributor to its clients and the broader media industry.
1993
Ward Oatway, Criminal Justice
Ward and his wife, Lori, were chosen as Citizens of the Year for the village of Clive, Alta., last summer. According to an article in the Lacombe Globe, the couple works as seed growers south of Clive. Ward is president of the Clive Minor Ball Association and coaches the under-14 girls’ softball team, where his daughter is a member. He is also a board member of the Alberta Seed Growers Association.
1990
Brian Peers, Renewable Resource Management
Brian was named the director of municipal lands and leases for the Municipal District of Taber. According to an article in the Vauxhall Advance, his job includes taking care of 50,000 acres of municipal land by managing five different types of leases, access for oil and gas exploration, coordinating conservation efforts with lease holders and conservation organizations and reviewing leaseholder conditions to ensure land is being administered in accordance with municipal policy. Before starting the job, he had worked for Ducks Unlimited for 15 years, most recently managing the habitat inventory in southern Alberta from Red Deer south.
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