Aurora College

First Aid/CPR Workshop
2025-06-19 09:00 - 2025-06-20 16:00 (America/Inuvik)
Learn how to save lives by enrolling in our comprehensive two-day course focused on first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and AED for adults, children, and infants.

This course is perfect for professionals or anyone who wants to improve their knowledge for personal reasons.

Date: June 19 & 20, 2025Time: 9am to 4pmCost: $325Instructor: Blyth and BatheLocation: Thebacha Campus, Fort Smith

Course withdrawal (no refund, no academic penalty)
2025-05-30 00:00 - 23:59

Course withdrawal (50% refund, no academic penalty)
2025-05-22 00:00 - 23:59

PROJECT MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS – MGMT 0700
2025-05-20 09:00 - 2025-05-22 16:00
This workshop will examine project management from conceptualization through to completion. You will learn: setting up an effective plan, applying project-planning steps, developing the project plan and implementing it, managing work in progress, monitoring controls, and reporting status.

Medical Terminology – In Person in Yellowknife
2025-05-13 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-05-06 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-29 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-22 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-15 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-08 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-01 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-03-25 18:00 - 21:00 and 3 more dates
Medical Terminology – In Person in Yellowknife

This course is a comprehensive introduction to medical terminology. The course will have an emphasis on medial word building, medical word parts and the use of medical terminology.

The course will take a body systems approach to help the learner understand medical terms related to human anatomy and physiology, diagnostic procedures, disease processes, as well as various medical and surgical treatment modes.

This course will be delivered face to face at Yellowknife Campus.

For information/registration please contact Karen Horn at khorn@auroracollege.nt.ca

Date: Tuesday Evenings, February 4 – May 13, 2025Time: 6-9 pmInstructor: Lesia Lucan

Tuition: $545.00

Text: Medical Terminology A Living Language – Cost $110 plus GST

Add/drop course deadline
2025-05-09 00:00 - 23:59

Spring term starts
2025-05-05 00:00 - 23:59

Writing & Editing Skills - Making the Message Clear - Multi-Day / Online
2025-04-28 09:00 - 2025-04-29 16:00
OverviewGood business writing leads to good business decisions, which leads to good business. This course emphasizes business writing (letters, memos, emails, documents, web material) with the reader and readability in mind. In two days you will focus on new formats, writing style, tone, clarity, conciseness and results while exploring new skills and time saving approaches.

Spend less time writing and more time communicating

Motivate and persuade readers to take action

Develop an active, objective and powerful writing style

Write sensitive or negative messages in a positive way

Understand the importance of word choice

Learn the implications of FOIP in written documentation

Prepare written information with objectivity and a results perspective

Develop time saving approaches to minute taking

Outline:Why is writing so difficult to do?Preparing to Write

Purpose

Audience

Tone

Choosing a Format

Emails/Memos

Business Letters

Reports

Advertising Material

Instructional Documents

Historical Records

Putting it All Together

Start with an Outline

Greetings & Introductions

Main body of the message

Wrapping things up

Proof-reading & Editing

Effective and Efficient

Clear & Simple

Vocabulary

Sentence length & structure

Paragraph length

Readability

Headings

Lists/Tables

Page Numbering

Underlining & Italics

Font size and weight

Graphics & Pictures

Mechanics of Writing

Correct word choice

Correct spelling

Comma usage

Capitalization

Numbers

Abbreviations

Latin expressions

Subjects & Verbs

Colons & Semi-colons

Best Practices & Practical Application

Emails/Memos

Business Letters

Reports

Advertising Material

Instructional Documents

Historical Records

Date:April 28 & 29, 2025

Time:9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Location:Online

Cost:$600.00

Instructor:Heather Lyon

Winter term end
2025-04-25 00:00 - 23:59

Board of Governors meeting - Thursday, April 24, 2025
2025-04-24 09:00 - 16:00
Agenda

Any person or group wishing to address, ask a question of, or make a presentation to the Board of Governors must make the request in writing to the contact below no later than 12:00 PM (noon) on Thursday, April 17. The question or presentation must be submitted either electronically or in hard copy by that date and time as well. Delegations are limited to 15 minutes with a maximum of four delegations per meeting. The Board will not make decisions about an issue brought forward by a delegation at the same meeting at which it is presented. Questions about the Board of Governors meeting may also be addressed to the contact email.

Delegation contact, or:

To receive meeting link and agenda:

Heather Meacock

Executive Assistant to the President

Email: hmeacock@auroracollege.ca

Location: Virtual Meeting

Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025

Time: 9:00 AM – 1:45 PM (Delegations – 9:15-10:15 AM, if required)

Microsoft Teams meeting

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Réunion du Conseil des gouverneurs

Toute personne ou tout groupe souhaitant s’adresser, poser une question ou présenter un exposé au Conseil des gouverneurs doit en faire la demande par écrit aux coordonnées ci-dessous au plus tard le jeudi 17 avril, à midi. Les questions ou les présentations doivent également être soumises par courriel ou en format papier avant cette date. La réunion pourra accueillir un maximum de quatre délégations et chacune aura un temps de présentation limité à 15 minutes. Le Conseil ne prendra pas de décisions concernant une question soulevée par une délégation à la réunion à laquelle elle a été soulevée. Les questions relatives à la réunion du Conseil peuvent être envoyées par courriel à l’adresse fournie.

Coordonnées pour les délégations ou Pour obtenir un lien pour assister à la réunion, écrivez à :

Heather Meacock

Courriel : hmeacock@auroracollege.ca

Lieu : Réunion virtuelle

Date : Jeudi, 24 avril 2025

Heure : 9 h 00 – 13 h 45 (Délégations – 9 h 15 – 10 h 15)

SPEAK UP, SPEAK OUT - Online
2025-04-15 09:00 - 16:00
SPEAK UP, SPEAK OUTOnline delivery

Surveys indicate that many people list public speaking as their greatest fear – while fear of death is listed farther down the list! If you are someone who would rather die than speak up in public, this one-day course is for you. In addition to learning what it takes to be effective in any public speaking situation – whether making a formal presentation or just offering an opinion in a meeting, you will gain valuable experience in facing your fear and moving through it.

Date:April 15, 2025

Time:9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Cost:$350.00

Instructor:Heather Lyon

Online Spring Registration opens
2025-04-07 00:00 - 23:59

DS Course Withdrawal (no refund, no academic penalty)
2025-04-02 00:00 - 23:59

Word Extras - Online
2025-04-01 09:00 - 12:00
You know the basics of the Word program. Now learn about what else you can do to make working with this program even easier and more effective in this 3-hour session. Topics include:

Working with Tabs

Envelopes & Labels

Mail Merge

Tracking Changes

Using comments

Proofing Tools

Headers & Footers

Page Numbering

Date:April 1, 2025

Time:9:00 a.m. – Noon

Cost:$175.00

Instructor:Heather Lyon

Bookkeeper & Financial Officer Training – Part Three - Computerized Accounting - Online / Multi-Day
2025-03-31 09:00 - 2025-04-04 16:00
This is Part 3 of the Bookkeeper & Financial Officer Training Program. You do not have to have taken part 1 as long as you have some basic knowledge and experience with bookkeeping. This 5-day session uses an accounting simulation package to teach you more about the various aspects of bookkeeping while learning how to enter financial transactions using the QuickBooks Desktop software program. Topics include Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Banking & Cash Accounts, and GST.

DatesMarch 31 – April 4, 2025

Time9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

LocationOnline

InstructorHeather Lyon

Charts & Tables CMPT 0015 - Online
2025-03-13 09:00 - 12:00
In the Excel program, you can convert your data from a spreadsheet into a table and/or chart. Learn how you can turn dry financial and statistical information into a vibrant visual display that will have a powerful impact on your audience!

Charts vs. Tables

Creating a chart

Changing chart types

Changing chart layout and location

Using sparklines

Creating a table

Creating a Pivot Table

Date:March 13, 2025

Time:9:00 a.m. – Noon

Cost:$175.00

Instructor:Heather Lyon

Word Basics - Online
2025-03-11 09:00 - 12:00
This 3-hour session will introduce you to the capabilities of the MS Word program. Learn the basics of what you can do with this powerful word processing program including:

Types of documents

Moving around the screen

Using the ‘Ribbon’

Entering text

Find & Replace

Using undo and redo

Creating new documents

Switching between documents

Saving documents

Viewing & printing documents

Date:March 11, 2025

Time:9:00 a.m. – Noon

Cost:$175.00

Instructor:Heather Lyon

Winter Reading Week
2025-03-10 08:00 - 2025-03-14 17:00

Bookkeeper & Financial Officer Training Part Two – Reading and Understanding Financial Statements - Online / Multi-Day
2025-03-06 09:00 - 2025-03-07 16:00
Many bookkeepers spend a lot of time recording financial transactions that are used to create financial statements each month. It is not unusual for bookkeepers, along with business owners and managers, to lack a full understanding of the valuable information included in these statements. This workshop goes through the sections of basic financial statements including balance sheets, income statements and supporting documents to give you a thorough understanding of the information they contain. You will learn how to use common ratios used by lenders and investors to determine the health of a business or organization, as well as ways to thoroughly analyze the information contained in the statements.

Course Objectives

To learn how the double entry accounting system works

To develop an understanding of the principles of accounting used in financial statements

To learn what information is included in a balance sheet

To learn what information is included in an income statement

To learn how to analyze the information in financial statements

To learn how to read a statement of cash flows

DatesMarch 6 – 7, 2025

Time9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

LocationOnline

InstructorHeather Lyon

Course Planning and Assessment ADED 0135 (prerequisite – Elements of Instruction) - Online / Multi-Day
2025-03-05 19:00 - 22:00
Course Planning and Assessment is a course about how to plan courses and assess learning outcomes, particularly for adults. It is concerned with designing learning systematically by considering learners, content, intended learning outcomes, learning tasks, pacing, appropriate expectations, instructional strategies, and assessment.

Course Planning and Assessment will be useful for people who want to plan workshops as well as for those who want to plan a formal educational course, whether it be a new course or a course that has an existing course outline. It will cover the theory behind planning and present a number of models for course design.

As part of this course, learners will develop a learning assessment plan that includes a variety of strategies and tools. Learners will plan an actual course, thereby immediately applying the theory to a useful and practical project.

Delivery:Virtual Delivery via Microsoft Teams(You will need a computer with high-speed internet)

Dates: 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. on January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12, 19, 26, and March 5, 2025

Textbooks:Creating Courses for Adults: Design for Learning – available on Amazon*Participants are responsible for ordering the textbook

Tuition: $475.00

Instructor:Mike MacPherson
