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Assiniboine Community College, EMILI join forces to improve digital skills
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Assiniboine Community College, EMILI join forces to improve digital skills

The partnership is designed to spark high-tech skills for the future ag sector

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Assinboine Community College and the Enterprise Machine Intelligence Learning Initiative (EMILI) are looking to boost digital skills in the ag work force. The college and industry-led non-profit will spend the next five years collaborating on projects “to advance the adoption of intelligent technologies and provide Manitobans with in-demand digital agriculture skills,” a Jan. 26 release
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Province pitches in on ACC ag hub

Up to $10 million has been slated for Assiniboine’s Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture

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[UPDATED: Jan. 27, 2022] Assiniboine Community College (ACC) has its first major funding commitment from the provincial government for the promised Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture. Premier Heather Stefanson on Jan. 17 announced the province would provide up to $10 million for the project, which ACC has said will become the new hub for
Ray Redfern and Redfern Farm Services announce $125,000 to benefit Assiniboine Community College in December 2022.
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Redfern gives ACC next funding boost

Ray Redfern’s company marked its 50th anniversary with a donation to ag education

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Most people receive gifts on major anniversaries. Ray Redfern of Redfern Farm Services viewed the business’s 50th anniversary as an opportunity to give. A donation of $125,000 marked the southwestern Manitoba company’s golden jubilee. It is bound for Assiniboine Community College and its multi-million-dollar Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture. Why it matters: Assiniboine Community College says its planned
ACC’s new program will allow workers in the pork sector to access continued education on their own time.
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Assiniboine Community College announces new swine program

Online course expected to offer flexibility for working students

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Hog barn workers and other pork industry staff will soon have a pathway for professional development, according to Assiniboine Community College and the Manitoba Pork Council. The Brandon college has announced that a new Swine Production Foundations program will soon join the catalogue. Why it matters: Workers will be able to access industry knowledge and
Russ Edwards, founder of WGI Westman Group, now has ACC’s ag school as a namesake -- which was more recently given a new logo to match.
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New moniker – and major donation — for ACC ag school

Incoming ag students at ACC will now be joining the ‘Russ Edwards School of Agriculture and Environment’

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Assiniboine Community College’s (ACC) ag school has a new name, plus another $4 million to help expand programming. On Oct. 17, the college announced its school of agriculture and environment will be newly dubbed, “the Russ Edwards School of Agriculture and Environment,” after the founder and owner of WGI Westman Group. The name change comes after a
Manitoba Ag Days is once again giving back to students and communities.
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Manitoba Ag Days Gives Back deadline approaching

ACC students and community fire departments have until Nov. 15 to apply

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Manitoba Ag Days is reminding Assiniboine Community College (ACC) agribusiness students and community fire departments of the looming deadline to apply for the Ag Days Gives Back program. Those interested have until Nov. 15 to apply for grants and scholarships. Over the last 10 years, the farm show has given more than $347,500 for rural
A major donation in honour of the late Don Penny will add to funds supporting ACC’s ag expansion.
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On the shoulders of history

A $1 million donation in honour of MNP’s late co-founder, Don Penny, has contributed to the future of ag education in western Manitoba

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When Assiniboine Community College (ACC) set its sights on dramatically expanding agriculture programs, Don Penny, co-founder of MNP and a local success story, was one of their first calls. “He gave us his unvarnished opinion,” college president Mark Frison recalled. “It was helpful. He gave some great advice, not only about how to approach the
Michelle Finley, Roquette Canada communications and public affairs manager, speaks on the company’s role in two ACC programs currently in development.
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Roquette, Assiniboine Community College pair up to yield diploma programs

Development will be starting on two programs for ACC’s expanded ag catalogue

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Two upcoming programs for ag students at Assiniboine Community College were aimed at building a skilled workforce for the food-processing industry. The curriculum for chemical engineering technology and food science programs — both three-year diplomas — will be developed in collaboration with plant-protein giant Roquette and with aid from Canada’s protein supercluster, Protein Industries Canada
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Assiniboine Community College adds two new ag programs

Drone operators and pesticide applicators latest students at college

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Brandon’s Assiniboine Community College (ACC) is adding two new agriculture extension courses to its lineup. A drone flight school will provide 40 hours of online training, followed by a two-day flight school. The program runs from March 15 to May 31, and will prepare students for their special flight operations certificate. A pesticide certification program
A Brandon-based company has committed $25,000 to the multi-million-dollar project.
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Assiniboine Community College ag hub reels in more funds

The college has announced another $25,000 private donation for the incoming Prairie Innovation Centre

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The Prairie Innovation Centre, Assiniboine Community College’s (ACC’s) future home of ag programming, has added D&B Sprinklers to its list of private backers. The Brandon-based company has committed $25,000 to the multimillion-dollar project, the college announced Feb. 2. Why it matters: Post-secondary ag education is slated for a major expansion in western Manitoba with the incoming Assiniboine Community

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