The Parkland College is a post-secondary educational institution in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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Vision

Parkland College's Vision is to be the College of choice celebrating quality learning and service. The Mission is to create an innovative continuum of learning stimulating individual, community, and economic growth.

Programs

Parkland College offers adult basic education; business and industry; career and support services; computer training; general interest; online training; SIAST & Institute programs. Select university programs are offered at the undergraduate and graduate level in partnership with University of Saskatchewan and University of Regina.

Campus

The institute has multiple campuses in Canora

Canora, Saskatchewan

Canora is a town located at the junction of highways No. 5 and 9 in east-central Saskatchewan, north of the city of Yorkton. Centrally located on the corners of four adjacent rural municipalities, the community is home to approximately 2,400 residents and draws upon a substantial trading area...

; Esterhazy

Esterhazy, Saskatchewan

Esterhazy is a town in the southeastern portion of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, located 83 km southeast of Yorkton along Highways 22 and 80. The town is located within the rural municipality of Fertile Belt No...

; Fort Qu'Appelle

Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan

These figures do not include the substantial population living along the shores of the Fishing Lakes.-Origins:The current site is the third Fort Qu'Appelle. The first was a North West Company trading post , also in the valley but near what is now the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border...

; Kamsack; Kelvington

Kelvington, Saskatchewan

-Area statistics:*Dominion Land Survey Sec.4, Twp.37, R.11, W2*Time zone UTC-6-Location:-External links:****...

; Melville

Melville, Saskatchewan

Melville is a small Canadian city located in the east-central portion of Saskatchewan. It was declared a city by the province in 1960. The city is north east of the provincial capital of Regina and south west of Yorkton. According to The World Gazetteer, it has a 2004 population of approximately...

; Preeceville

Preeceville, Saskatchewan

-Transportation:The community is served by Preeceville Airport which is located 1 nautical mile southeast.-External links:* http://www.townofpreeceville.ca* http://www.saskbiz.ca/communityprofiles/communityprofile.asp?CommunityID=314...

 and Yorkton.

Governance

The Parkland College was founded by the Province of Saskatchewan in 1971 as Parkland Regional College (1973-2008). It was renamed Parkland College (2008). The college serves the educational and cultural needs of students in the Saskatchewan region.

Partnerships

Parkland College offers accredited educational, vocational and skills training opportunities for the province's students in partnership with the University of Regina

University of Regina

The University of Regina is a public research university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatchewan as a junior college in 1925, and was disaffiliated...

, the University of Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan

The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the...

, the SIAST

Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology

Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology is a diploma-granting college that has four campuses across Saskatchewan. More than 12,000 students are enrolled in its programs and has approximately 29,000 additional individual registrations....

, and the province's various regional colleges.

Parkland College maintains reciprocal arrangements with educational partners, including:

• Dumont Technical Institute
• First Nations University of Canada
  First Nations University of Canada
  The First Nations University of Canada is a university in Saskatchewan, Canada with campuses in Regina, Saskatoon, and Prince Albert...
  
  
• Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies
  Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies
  The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies is a post-secondary institution offering training and educational programs to First Nations adults in Saskatchewan, Canada.-Governance:...
  
  
• University of Regina
  University of Regina
  The University of Regina is a public research university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatchewan as a junior college in 1925, and was disaffiliated...
  
  
• University of Saskatchewan
  University of Saskatchewan
  The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the...
  
  
• Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology
  Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology
  Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology is a diploma-granting college that has four campuses across Saskatchewan. More than 12,000 students are enrolled in its programs and has approximately 29,000 additional individual registrations....
  
  

See also

• Higher education in Saskatchewan
  Higher education in Saskatchewan
  Historically, Saskatchewan's higher education system has been "significantly shaped" by demographics In 1901, six years prior to the 1907 founding of a university in Saskatchewan, the urban population in Saskatchewan was 14,266 while the rural population was 77,013...
  
  
• List of agricultural universities and colleges
• List of colleges and universities in Saskatchewan

External links

• Parkland College website