Experience NWP
Joy Fehr
Posted January 1, 2013
GPRC alumna Joy Fehr began her university studies at GPRC as a self-described "high school dropout." In 1994 she completed her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Calgary, and achieved a Masters Degree in English in 1996. She was hired as an instructor at Canadian University College, and while teaching English there, began work on her d... Read Article »
Brittany Peebles
Posted January 1, 2013
GPRC Nursing graduate, Brittany Peebles, was recently featured in Alberta Health Services' TalentEgg.ca's Career Incubator. Brittany shares her experience of deciding which area of nursing she wanted to work in once she graduated. She also offers some valuable advice for nursing students and new graduates of the program. Throughout nursing ... Read Article »
Walter Paszkowski
Posted January 1, 2013
Walter Paszkowski graduated with honors in agricultural studies at the Fairview College in 1952 and in addition to seed farming worked 12 years as office manager with the Federal Prairie Farm Assistance Act Program. He served as founding director of the Northern Alberta Rapeseed Crushing Plant and worked with the Beaverlodge Research Station to dev... Read Article »
Ian Malcolm Macdonald
Posted January 1, 2013
Ian Macdonald graduated with honours from the first class of the Alberta School of Agriculture, Fairview, Alberta in 1953. He was a member of the Alberta Schools of Agriculture Provincial Advisory Committee in 1962; a founding member and vice-chair of the Alberta Cattle Commission from 1969 to 1975; president of the Alberta Livestock Cooperative Lt... Read Article »
Bev Buckway
Posted January 1, 2013
Bev Buckway graduated from the Agriculture program (Livestock Production) at Fairview College, the only female in the class of 1974. She recently obtained an MA from Royal Roads in Professional Communication and values the principles of life-long learning. Born in Whitehorse and raised in the Yukon, she began her first term as councillor in 2003 an... Read Article »