North West College celebrates grand opening of new health training lab
North West College celebrated the launch of the new Cenovus Energy Simulation Learning Centre at its campus in North Battleford Thursday.
The new health training lab expansion was made possible with support from a $50,000 donation from Cenovus Energy Inc. The funds were used to increase the size of the lab from four beds to ten, and to equip the learning centre with state-of-the-art technology.
North West College president and CEO Eli Ahlquist was thrilled to have the new facility finally complete.
“Cenovus Energy provided funding for us to upgrade and to build [it] out for our students,” he said. “The simulation learning centre is a space for nursing and other health students to practice the skills they’ve learned in their theory courses, and be prepared to apply those before they go into the hospitals or centres.”