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Our Lake of the Woods Campus, the second stop in our western campus journey is located in our own building, in the city of Kenora, a five hour drive west of Thunder Bay. Tourism and "life-on-the-lake" is a huge economic driver in this community. The Lake of the Woods area has similarities with the Muskoka Lakes region in southern Ontario (3 hrs north of Toronto), with its majestic white pine trees, vast expanses of water, irregular shorelines and numerous islands, dotted with cottages/camps.  Brenda Chambers-Ivey was my tour guide ...

This article is part of a series entitled "Know Your Regional Campuses" (KYRC) - Lake of the Woods Campus ... an opportunity to become more familiar with our Regional Campuses, some of the people who work there, and the unique communities in which they reside, along with a little history of the area.

Campus History

The current campus building officially opened in 1991.

Campus Office Staff

Rick Moore - Campus Director (currently on leave)

Laura Christie - Academic Manager

 

Brenda Chambers-Ivey - Administrative Assistant

Pat Percy - Administrative Assistant

 

Geraldine Kakeeway - Support Services Officer

Guy Letourneau - Contact Training Manager & Literacy & Basic Skills (LBS)

 

Jennifer Derouin - Contact North Site Coordinator

 

Kenora Campus Staff (l to r):
Brenda Chambers-Ivy, Mark Gaudet, Rick Moore, Geraldine Kakeeway, Pat Percy & Leah Galusha.

For other campus staff, see their Faculty & Staff photo webpage ... 

Practical Nursing Program

Leah Galusha is the Regional Coordinator of the Practical Nursing program. Leah and her students were an ideal source of promotional in-classroom photos. They were a hoot to work with. Thanks Leah and class!

Leah Galusha Regional Coordinator of the Practical Nursing program

Clarrisa Practical Nursing

 

Keith Practical Nursing

Laura Practical Nursing

 

Rebecca Practical Nursing

Sarah Practical Nursing

 

Literacy and Basic Skills program

It was a lot of fun photographing these three Aboriginal students in the Literacy and Basic Skills program. They certainly enjoyed hamming it up for the camera. I encouraged them to hang in there and complete their program. It does take an extra degree of discipline to successfully complete a program that is a self-paced series of booklet tutorials, with some assistance/feedback/guidance from the classroom instructor.

Conrad Literacy & Basic Skills

Damien Literacy & Basic Skills

 

Travis Literacy & Basic Skills Travis successfully completed his GED (General Education Development - Grade 12 equivilency test) in December and enrolled in the Business Accounting program in January! We are very proud of him! His "significant other" is also in the Business Accounting program that started in September.

Literacy & Basic Skills students Travis, Conrad & Damien

Confederation College runs numerous Academic Upgrading and Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) classes throughout the year at our eight regional campuses, as well as the main campus in Thunder Bay.

MC 155 - Microsoft Office 2007 Applications Course

This course was another great source of promotional photos of students in a computer lab environment.

Marck Gaudet - MC155 Instructor helping mature student Gale

Michelle

 

Chelsea

Sarah & Kirby

 

BSc Nursing Program

BSc Nursing students work on a group project in the open computer lab, located next door to the Administrative Office.

Bailey, Robyn, Kim & Samantha

 

Kenora Community 

Exterior of the Kenora Daily Miner & News office with a mural above showing some history of the newspaper printing process.

Another wall mural showing some early Kenora history.

 

Kenora City Hall & town clock which overlooks the city. www.kenora.ca

Kenora Public Library across from City Hall

 

Historic Kenricia Hotel - a landmark building located at the most prominent downtown retail intersection, completed in 1910 - Northern Ontario's best example of a Beaux-Arts influenced hotel.

Lake of the Woods Museum -showcases the cultures and heritage of the area.

 

The start of a great day, overlooking the Kenora skyline from the hotel room.

Camps & cottages, inviting waterways and giant red pine trees, reminiscent of southern Ontario's Muskoka Lakes region.

 

Kenora Recreation Center with hockey rink, walking track, swimming pool, workout gym. Outdoors facilities include skatepark, baseball fields, tennis courts & basketball court.

Kenora's famous mascot is "Husky the Muskie" standing over 12 meters tall on the harbour front. In 1995, the town spent $20,000 to repair and spruce him up.

 

Community Signage  (for Kenora Campus)

Although the Kenora Campus seemed a little hard to locate on the edge of town, there are several directional signs to the campus, located throughout downtown Kenora.

A directional sign to the campus located at several key intersections throughout the town. While taking this photo, I met several youth visiting from Pikangikum - a fly-in, First Nation community located approx. 100 km north of Red Lake.

 

Coming next Friday:  Red Lake Campus ...

Low-Rez Photo Web Galleries - Lake of the Woods Campus & Community:

Lake of the Woods (Kenora) Campus - BEST (61 images)

• Lake of the Woods (Kenora) Campus - Other  (131 images)

Kenora Community - BEST  (36 images)

• Kenora Community - Other  (68 images)

 

Visit the Lake of the Woods Campus Website ...

 

BONUS TIP: Identifying a White Pine vs a Red Pine

Did you know? ... you can distinguish between a red pine tree vs a white pine tree by plucking a cluster of needles and counting the number of needles. The number of needles closely correlates directly to the number of letters in the name of the pine tree. Red Pine has 2 needles per cluster and are generally stiffer. White Pine has 5 needles to a cluster and generally softer when you brush against them. Red pines get their name from their orange to reddish trunks, breaking up into scaly plates, as the tree matures. When bent sharply, the needles break cleanly, as opposed to just folding over, as do the needles of other pine trees.

Story & photography:
Murray Metcalf
Photographer/Webmaster
Confederation College
(807) 475-6275