Vanessa Patterson

The Northlands College Business Plan for 2025-2028 outlines a comprehensive realignment strategy. This strategy is centered on four strategic initiatives: Transformative Learning, Our People, Student First, and The North. The plan aims to enhance educational programs, support industry, foster community well-being, and ensure organizational stability and sustainability by integrating Indigenous knowledge systems, strengthening partnerships, and improving student support services. Key objectives include increasing student enrollment, retention, and success, providing high-quality and responsive programs, and making strategic investments in infrastructure and technology.

This document outlines Northlands College's Business Plan and Institutional Plan for 2023-2026, detailing a transformational journey to align with northern Saskatchewan's community and industry needs. It emphasizes five core values: Indigenization, Accessibility, Sustainability, Accountability, and Centre of Specialization. Key strategic initiatives include enhancing health human resources training, launching continuing education programs like Capable North, expanding Indigenous initiatives, and introducing new academic programs. The plan also focuses on fiscal responsibility, revenue diversification, employee development, and fostering the economic and social development of northern Saskatchewan.

The 2020-2021 Annual Report for Northlands College outlines the institution's achievements, strategies, and performance during the academic year, particularly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on three strategic priority areas: student success, organizational success, and community success, while aligning with the goals of the Government of Saskatchewan's Ministries of Advanced Education and Immigration and Career Training. The report highlights outcomes in Indigenization, accessibility, sustainability, accountability, and its role as a center of specialization, emphasizing adaptability through distance learning and continued commitment to northern Saskatchewan residents.

Northlands College's 2023-2028 Strategic Plan aims to become the 'college of choice for northerners,' with a vision to develop students to live, work, and lead in northern Saskatchewan. Its mission focuses on nurturing northern students through practical, innovative education that embraces cultural identity and meets workforce needs. The plan is guided by five core values: Accountability, Integrity, Culture, Sustainability, and Putting People First, and is anchored on four pillars: Transformational Learning, Students First, Our People, and The North. Key initiatives include program expansions, technological enhancements, and student support services, with a strong commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and sustainable resource management.

This document is Northlands College's Annual Report for the 2018-19 academic year, detailing progress and achievements against its strategic priorities. The college is committed to three main priority areas: Student Success, Organizational Success, and Community Success. The report highlights efforts to enhance academic achievement, prepare students for the workforce, eliminate barriers to education, and foster partnerships to meet community-specific needs and advance education in northern Saskatchewan.