I just received the following email:

The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) is proud to once again offer an exciting opportunity to high school graduates. The CCG College is currently recruiting individuals for its 4-year Navigation and Marine Engineering programs.

Free tuition and residence, a degree-granting program, as well as guaranteed employment upon graduation are only some of the benefits offered by the CCG College. The post secondary facility is like none other in Canada, offering both theoretical and technical courses as part of two internationally renowned programs.

Please inform your students about an exciting career with the Canadian Coast Guard. For more information, please contact our Recruitment Centre (see below) or visit us online at http://www.cgc.gc.ca/.

The Alberta Cross Cancer Institute is offering a program to train students to become Radiation Therapists. The program is 28 months long and starts in August. The cost of the program is between $7000 and $8000 including books, tuition and exams. The education requirements are:

• Successful completetion of 30 credits of post-secondary education that must include:
• English - 3 credits
• Physics - 6 credits
• Psychology/Sociology - 6 credits
• Anatomy & Physiology - 6 credits
• Statistics - 3 credits

For more information see their website: http://www.cancerboard.ab.ca/research/research_fellowships_radiation.html

Open house for King’s University College is set for Oct. 20, Nov. 17, Jan. 19, Feb. 9, Mar. 2, and Mar. 30.

King’s University is in Edmonton and is a Christian school. It offers degrees in Arts, Science, Commerce, Music and Education. For more information call them at 1.800.661.8582. You can email them at admissions@kingsu.ca or go to their website at www.kingsu.ca

The University of Alberta offers Academic Excellence Awards to grade 12 and 11 students. Students in grade 11 who missed the June 15th deadline and are now in grade 12 can still apply. You must have an average of 80% or higher and must be planning to attend the UofA in Sept. of 2007.

If you are under 25 years old you can join the United Farmers Association under their Advantage 25 program. It is free. You receive patronage dividends and there are scholarships available. For more information call 1.877.258.4500. Some information is available in the counseling office.

The office now has the new information about the Page Program at the House of Commons. A page is a student who assists the Members of Parliment by carrying messages, documents and other items as the house is in operation. They work a minimum of 15 hours and it is coordinated with your university schedule. This means you must go to college in the Ottawa area.
You must also:

• have an overall average of 80%

• have a superior knowledge of English and French

• Apply by Dec. 4, 2006

Rural students have a new bursary available to them. It offers up to $1000. You apply for this money as part of your student financing application. There is no deadline for the bursary.

For more information see the following website:

http://www.alis.gov.ab.ca/scholarships/info.asp?EK=2956

The new calendar for Athabasca is in. They are known as “Canada’s Open University” since most of the programs and courses can be done online or by distance education. This institution is the one that Premier Klein is using to finish up his Masters program.