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Welcome and thank you from Keyano College Foundation Chair Dale Unruh and Keyano College President Dr. Kevin Nagel
KEYANO COLLEGE FOUNDATIONS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE PUBLICATION

36 STUDENT SUPPORT
By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth
Financial awards help to boost students condence and nancial situations, while also strengthening their ties to the Wood Buffalo Region

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10 THE EARLY YEARS

By Lisa Ricciotti
40 WHY WE DONATE
By Alex Boston
Travel back 30 years ago, to when the Keyano College Foundation started supporting education in the Wood Buffalo Region
Generous donations allow the Keyano College Foundation to support the community in many ways
12 TIMELINE
46 STUDENT SUPPORT DRIVES THE FOUNDATION
A look at the Foundations highlights from its 30-year history
See the many ways funds are raised by the Foundation and learn who they ultimately benet
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18 A LASTING IMPACT
The Keyano College Foundations multifaceted support includes academic, athletic, theatre and trades programs at the College
49 FOUNDATION CHAMPIONS
By Penny Frazier
Meet six people whose lives have been touched by Keyano. They now give back to the Foundation and College that helped them get their start
By Alex Boston,Wendy Chan, Elizabeth Chorney-Booth and Caitlin Crawshaw

58 EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES
By Caitlin Crawshaw
Whats next for the Keyano College Foundation?
27 OUTSTANDING EVENTS
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By Michelle Lindstrom
Annual events hosted by the Foundation raise funds and bring the Colleges supporters together
62 YOURS, MINE AND OURS

By Caitlin Crawshaw
A new campus, trades preparation program and travelling greenhouse help Keyano connect with the community
66 LOOKING AHEAD
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30 Years of Raising Funds and Friends
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Two members of the Board of Directors reect on the Foundations past, present and future
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Join us as we celebrate the Keyano College Foundations diamond anniversary and recognize 30 years of supporting education in the Wood Buffalo Region MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDATION BOARD CHAIR
When we look back over 30 years of securing funds and friends, there is a common thread that weaves its way through our story. It is a shared belief in the potential of our region, our resource, and most importantly, our students. The Distinguished Alumni Wall of Fame represents just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the individuals who have beneted from the support of our donors, individuals who in turn have gone on to shape our world, build our industry, strengthen our communities, province and country. Some have become leaders of industry, others have made life-changing scientic discoveries or have reached the pinnacle of athletic or artistic achievement. Many form the foundation of our region and are poised to lead us through a period of unparalleled growth. This publication and the Oilsands Banquet pay tribute to the many men and women who have contributed to, and helped grow, the Keyano College Foundation. This includes donors, students, volunteers, board members and staff. Our success is a reection of each and every one of you. We celebrate your commitment, your friendship and the sparkle you have added to our diamond anniversary. Looking out over the next couple of years, we are eager to continue working with the companies who have been such great partners and supporters of post-secondary education. We are also excited to welcome new players to Wood Buffalo, and explore ways that we can collaborate, innovate and seize the expanding opportunities of the future, together.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

The Keyano College Foundation is a critical enabler and facilitator of the Colleges ability to be responsive to community needs and ensure relevance in terms of program visioning, development and delivery. Due to the resourcefulness of our Foundation, the College can be responsive in its efforts to meet community needs. The Foundation ensures relevance by providing both up-to-date equipment and facilities for education and training. In short, they are the collaborators that reside at the intersection of community needs and college resources that ensure maximum mutual benets are generated for all participant parties concerned as well as for our community as a whole. The work of our Foundation over the past three decades has resulted in the development of collaborative, innovative and symbiotic relationships with our community and industry partners. In the short term, we are continuing to engage companies for lease or equipment donations through the Equipped for the Future initiative. In the medium term, we will complete the Oilsands Power & Process Engineering Lab which will increase our capacity to educate and train power engineers and process operators to your work sites. In the longer term, we will embrace a leadingedge philosophy that will sustainably position our college, community and region for any challenge that our future may bring. On behalf of the Keyano College community of staff, students and alumni, we welcome this opportunity to celebrate the work of our Foundation and the many companies and individuals who have contributed to its substantive impact over 30 years. We look back with gratitude and pride with what has been accomplished and look forward with anticipation and optimism at what we can accomplish together in the days ahead.
DALE UNRUH
DR. KEVIN F. NAGEL, PhD
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he Keyano College Foundation was formed in 1981, just three years after the school itself. People involved in the inception of the College had big plans and they realized more support was needed. The Foundation quickly became a key part of both the College and the community. The Foundations early board, staff and volunteers express a shared pride in having supported the schools progress, from the glimmer of a good idea set into action 30 years ago to the Foundations current fundraising activities. Over the years, the Foundation has evolved. But many things have remained the same, including the memorable events hosted by the Foundation. Another constant has been the Foundations work in forming relationships with local businesses, helping industry to see the important role the College plays in building a skilled workforce. Many people and companies have supported the Foundation throughout the years, giving both time and money to a cause they believe in. In turn, the Foundation continues to grow with the College and the community and plays a vital role in both.
1981
Keyano College Foundation is founded and hosts its first Gala
1982
The Keyano College Foundation launches a campaign to raise funds for a new cultural centre
1983
Keyano College premiers the first classes of the two-year Registered Nursing (RN) Diploma program
1985
Thirteen Registered Nursing Diploma students graduate from Keyano College
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THE EARLY YEARS

How the Keyano College Foundation got its start
Alberta Vocational Centre started out as a very small college designed to meet the training and human resources needs of the oil sands. As the community has grown, the needs have grown and changed.
Cindy Amerongen, Vice President, External Relations, Keyano College
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xploring the beginnings of the Keyano a little pharmacy that doubled as a local meeting place. Like his College Foundation with some of its early movers and father before him, Hill ran the store while also serving as an shakers is an interesting, if challenging, trip down omnipresent volunteer in the community, including a position memory lane. After all, youre asking people to dig on town council, the public school board and other boards. deep into their memory banks to recall events that happened We started the College on April 1, but we werent fools, close to three decades ago. Hill says. We got busy with a mission statement and plans. By Details like dates may be blurry, but memories of how 1981 we were just starting to build a $20-million camthe Foundation grew and what its board, staff pus. Thats when we realized the College would and volunteers accomplished are sharp and need extra money, and setting up a foundation cherished. Theres a shared pride in having was how to do it. Since its inception, been part of the Foundations progress, Hill remembers Keyano College activithe Foundation has existed as from the glimmer of a good idea set into ties as a mixture of business and pleasure. a separate entity from the College, Meetings always took longer than they action in 1981 to the Foundations curbut with a purpose that is directly should have because we always made sure rent fundraising activities, which annutied to the school: raising funds ally raise over half a million dollars for everyone had their say. And spouses were for Keyano College. Keyano College. The people from the always encouraged to attend the boards Foundations early days freely speak of the events. We knew each other socially, not challenges, but more than anything they talk just professionally. We had a lot of fun togethabout their belief in huge opportunities and the er. Hill was also one of the rst to set up a few fun they had along the way. scholarships through the Foundation, which continue to Keyano College opened as the Alberta Vocational Centre this day. in Fort McMurray in 1965. The centre changed its name to As one of Fort McMurrays old-timer families, Hill Keyano College in 1975 and went public in 1978, when the realized the importance of including other signicant business province appointed a Board of Governors to serve as the deci- people on the Foundations board. He made sure that such sion-making body for the institution. notables as John Lynn, then-president of Syncrude, were invitKen Hill was a natural choice for the Board of Governors ed. John was the rst president of Syncrude to live in town, rst Vice President. The Hill family ran Hills Drugstore, Hill says. We also invited the mayor and Peter Lougheed
1986
Keyano College establishes a learning centre in Fort Chipewyan
1989
The Norm Weiss Arts Centre opens
1990
Another signature fundraising event, the Golf Classic, is launched
1993
The Bob Lamb Industry Education Centre is built with support from the Foundation
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days, including furniture auctions, monthly bingos and casinos, held once or twice a year. The Foundation also held rafes for prizes such as a motor home and the annual Harley Davidson draw. That was really popular and the local Harley Owners Group (HOG) always helped sell tickets, Lambert says. Later, the Foundation added in other special events, notably the annual golf tournament in 1990. We started off very small at MacDonald Islands Miskanaw Golf Course and eventually moved to the Fort McMurray Golf Course. It kept expanding, Lambert says. Lambert points out that special events are very important because they raise the Colleges public prole, but they also take a lot of time and effort. They can make money, but it takes time to build them to that point. So we also concentrated on traditional development activities, she says. These included an annual Phone-A-Thon to past donors, alumni, staff, continuing education students and other potential donor prospects, backed by a direct mail campaign. And of course we also worked on building SCHOOLS IN Alberta Vocational Centre opened in 1965, changing its name to Keyano College ten years later. corporate donations, she says.
as an honorary member. Lynn became the rst Chair of the Foundations Board of Directors and took his role very seriously. The idea of a foundation for universities and colleges was still new in Alberta at that time, Lynn explains. But foundations for universities were very common in the U.S. so we went down to the Florida State University to learn how to do things. Since its inception, the Foundation has existed as a separate entity from the College, but with a purpose that is directly tied to the school: raising funds for Keyano College. One signature fundraising event, which the board introduced early on in the Foundations history, is the annual Gala. There were no black tie galas in McMurray, so we knew it would ll a social vacuum, Lynn says. We were a bit nervous about starting it, but it immediately became the social event of the year. The
Foundation set the bar high right from its rst Gala, kicking things off with the Canadian Brass as entertainment at the inaugural November 1981 event. The performers marched right in playing while a couple-hundred guests in black tie dined on fabulous food prepared by the Colleges cooking students, Lynn says. That was a hard act to follow, but over the years the Gala has continued to attract other top performers including Burton Cummings, Ian Tyson, Rich Little and Dionne Warwick. We never did get Celine Dion, but we brought in the big stars, says Pat Lambert, who became Executive Director of the Foundation in 1988. Its amazing what we did with our volunteer base of 250. The Galas kept growing as we added in things like the silent auctions. Lambert remembers other fundraising efforts from the Foundations early
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The Keyano College campus, as seen from the sky, in the 1980s.
I could see a need. Keyano College is a living part of the community and a key asset to Fort McMurray. As I saw it grow, I realized the incredible potential of the Foundation.
Pat Lambert, a former Executive Director of the Foundation
1997
Dr. Peter Brown and Dr. Steve Jones are the first inductees into the Keyano College Wall of Fame, which recognizes distinguished alumni
1998
Wanda Noren, Bob Heinz, Kim Ewashko and Karin King are inducted into the Wall of Fame
1999
Doris Plourde, Bonnie Gerow, Cecile Nanamahoo and Loren Jacula are recognized on the Wall of Fame
2000
Wall of Fame inductee is Lauran Whalen Syncrude Technology Centre fundraising campaign begins
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While today the Foundation relies on the generous support of many large companies, generating corporate donations initially proved difcult. There werent that many big businesses in town then, Lambert says. And many of them had their corporate headquarters located elsewhere, in Calgary, Edmonton or back east. Enter Eric Newell, with a great idea. Newell was President of Syncrude at the time and a staunch supporter of Keyano College and the Foundation. He recognized that the oil sands was on the verge of becoming a major industry and that Keyano would play a key role in creating the skilled work force it would require. But he also believed many companies werent aware how important Keyano could be to their future success, so he decided to personally tell them Keyanos story. Accompanied by Doug MacRae, Keyano Colleges President, Newell set up an ongoing series of meetings with key industry representatives in Calgary and Edmonton during the late 1980s. Once a month, he and MacRae would y to Edmonton for breakfast meetings, then y to Calgary for similar lunch meetings. Id tell the story of why I was such a strong supporter of the College and explain how Keyano could be their most innovative partner in addressing trade issues surrounding the work force for the oil sands, says Newell. Then Doug would do his presentation. We never asked for a cheque at the meetings. Instead the industry executives left with a new excitement about the value of Keyano. And when we followed up later, we were very successful. Newell and McRae continued their ying road show for about ve years. We changed attitudes and built strong support. We showed contractors, engineers, maintenance rms and others involved in the oil sands trade that helping Keyano meant helping their own interests. a low-interest loan, but they wanted to see more partners involved. So we went to Bob Lamb, who ran ABC Cable, and he also threw in his support. Newell says the nal combination was magic and the building was realized. Later on Syncrude and Suncor used similar partnerships to build other facilities on campus. Wed work out a deal. Its how we got things done, even in tough times when government funding wasnt available. Today, the Foundation has six fulltime employees who continue the Foundations work of raising funds and nding friends in support of Keyano College. Cindy Amerongen, Vice President, External Relations, oversees the Foundation and says that its role continues to be rooted in the community, just like it was many years ago. The Foundation relies on volunteers for many of the events it hosts and Amerongen says community members are always ready to help out. That includes Keyano College staff members, who, she says, have a strong partnership with the Foundation. We have some enduring volunteers [from the College] who are at all of our events. They not only support the Foundation through employee deductions but theyre also there with their time volunteering, she says. The Foundation also continues to be governed by a Board of Directors, composed of various members from the community. The board is responsible for providing support to the College in the form of fundraising, friend raising,
I knew the huge role that Keyano College could play in the future development of both the community and the oil sands industry. We knew a skilled work force was critical, but in order for Keyano to play a formative role, they needed resources and a foundation could provide those.
Eric Newell, former President of Syncrude and an early member of the Keyano College Board of Governors
Keyano College and the Foundation keep the community supported. Theres a strong connection between businesses, industry, community, political leaders everybody gets the role of education.
For Newell, supporting Keyano College was so linked to the success of Fort McMurray and the oil sands industry that he often cant remember whether he undertook certain ventures as a Syncrude representative or because of his role on Keyanos board. But one of his favourite successes was the co-operation that led to the creation of the Bob Lamb Industry Education Centre in 1993. Syncrude wanted a place to train its employees and Keyano needed more space for students. So we came up with a very innovative, joint approach; Syncrude would use the building in the day and the College would have it for training in the evenings. We went to the government with the idea and asked for
2001
The Family Housing Complex is completed Margaret Whiteknife is inducted into the Wall of Fame The Penhornwood Student and Staff Housing Complex is completed
2002
Dr. Keith Yap joins the Wall of Fame
2003
The Syncrude Technology Centre opens Phil Cleghorn joins the Wall of Fame
2004
Rick Mayuk joins the Wall of Fame Sport and Wellness Centre campaign launched
2005
An anonymous donor establishes an Investment in the Future Endowment and matches every dollar donated, to a maximum of $250,000 Wall of Fame inductee is Shawn Chaulk
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Fort McMurray is a unique community with signicant opportunities and challenges ahead. Over the next few years, the Foundation can help the maturing of the community, especially in the often-ignored area of cultural enrichments. These programs will need the strong support of individuals and corporations as well as governments. We have a golden opportunity now to make this happen.
John R. Lynn, First Chair of the Foundations Board of Directors, excerpted from his speech at the rst Foundation Gala.
EARLY LEARNERS Office Administration program students in the 1970s
MAIN ATTRACTION Blue Rodeo played at the Foundations 2007 Gala
2006
Construction of the Syncrude Sport and Wellness Centre begins The Foundations 25th anniversary Gala raises $150,000 Dale Unruh is honoured on the Wall of Fame
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2007
The Syncrude Sport and Wellness Centre opens. The Foundations campaign raises $4.1 million for the new centre. The Huskies add basketball to their athletics team line-up Mike Deranger is inducted into the Wall of Fame
2008
The first annual Keyano Theatre Fundraiser raises $10,000 A unique partnership with Total E&P Canada brings a mobile greenhouse to Keyano and out into the community Doug Golosky joins the Wall of Fame
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providing direction and strategic planning input, overseeing scal responsibilities and moving the vision of Keyano Colleges Board of Governors forward. For the past 30 years, the Keyano College Foundation has supported education in the Wood Buffalo Region. Its a job that has been made possible through the generous support of many individuals and companies that donate both time and money. Keyano College and the Foundation keep the community supported, from the health and welfare of people to training staff for retail operations or business management. Were really deep in the community, Amerongen says. Theres a strong connection between businesses, industry, community, political leaders everybody gets the role of education. They understand that in order for them to succeed, they have to be sure the College succeeds. It goes the other way too, for us to succeed we have to be in tune with the community.
The College affected just about everyone in Fort McMurray. I was involved in so many community boards and I knew I needed to be part of the Colleges too. I met thousands of people over the years in my drugstore and many of them had their lives changed at Keyano. My family were Fort McMurray pioneers and building a better future for Keyano was all part of building a better city.
Ken Hill, rst Vice President of Keyano Colleges Board of Governors
2009
The Foundation launches the Equipped for the Future program The first students graduate from the Bachelor of Education degree, a program with the University of Alberta Keyano College hosts the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA) Mens National Volleyball Championship Dr. Cora Voyageur joins the Wall of Fame
2010
Melissa Blake is inducted into the Wall of Fame
2011
The Keyano College Foundation celebrates its 30th anniversary The Keyano College Foundation launches a new event, a charity poker tournament The new Fort Chipewyan Campus opens. The Foundation raises $1.6 million The Huskies announce the inclusion of hockey to their athletics team line-up Fredrick MacDonald is inducted into the Wall of Fame
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The Keyano College Foundation supports a variety of initiatives at Keyano College, including academic, athletic, theatre and trades programs
the importance of active living and the Colleges athletic program. Were a resource for the community, Connolly says. In addition to developing athletes, the many Huskies sports teams also bring community members together to watch games and cheer for the local team. Paul Taylor, General Manager at Diversied Transportation Ltd., is one of many proud Huskies supporters. An important part of life at the College is the athletics program, says Taylor, who is also a member of the Foundations Board of Directors. Diversied Transportation decked out a highway motor coach in the Huskies logo and uses the bus to transport athletes to and from sporting events. Its a symbol of the companys commitment to safety and its support of athletics at Keyano College, says Taylor. A new state-of-the-art facility, the Syncrude Sport and Wellness Centre, is also helping Keyano athletes and community members realize their full potential. Completed in 2007 at a cost of $36 million, the 140,000-square-foot facility boasts two indoor elds, a three-court hardwood gym, tness centre, dance and aerobic studios, indoor playground and child-minding services. It provides a great opportunity for fans to come and sit and watch, Connolly says. Colin Hartigan has also been a volunteer member of the Keyano College Foundations Board of Directors. Hartigan, of Coldwell Banker Fort McMurray, says Keyanos strong athletic program allows youth to compete in elite sporting events without having to leave home. In the past, they would leave the community to try and pursue that elite level sport, he says. Hartigan cites the 2009 Canadian Colleges Athletic Association Mens National Volleyball Championship, of which Coldwell Banker Fort McMurray was a key sponsor, as an example. Hartigan says both the Keyano College Foundation and Keyano College are building blocks to ensuring the regions youth have a strong community and strong future. The youth that have come out of the program have gone on to even higher-level sport, he says. Its exciting for locals to be able to witness that happen. he role of the Keyano College Foundation is wide-ranging. The majority of our students witness the role of the Foundation in the form of scholarships and bursaries, but I think if they knew the breadth of the Keyano College Foundations generosity in all of its functions, they would be speechless, says Jarrod Saunders, President, Student Association of Keyano College. In addition to student support through nancial awards, the Foundation also helps the Colleges academics, athletics, theatre and trades programs thrive. Annual events hosted by the Foundation raised over half a million dollars just last year money that directly benets the College and the community. The Foundations many initiatives are proled in the following pages, as are the individuals and companies who make it all possible. In celebrating the Foundations current work, its important to recognize the support received from many generous donors people who truly believe in the cause. Over the last 30 years, the Foundation has become part of the broader community fabric of the Wood Buffalo Region. Its a role the Foundation celebrates, and will proudly continue for many years to come.
ATHLETICS SUPPORT
By Wendy Chan In May 2011, Keyano College announced that a mens hockey team would be added to the Keyano Huskies Athletic program. The team will enter its inaugural season in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference in 2012. It was an exciting announcement for the College and one more athletic milestone that has been made possible with continued support by the Keyano College Foundation. Mike Connolly, Athletic Services Manager and mens basketball coach at Keyano College, says that the Foundation has played an integral role in supporting College athletics by fundraising for everything from operational costs to scholarships. Theyre a big part of supporting us and allowing us to do what we have to do to take that to a high level and be able to succeed, Connolly says. The Foundations support of athletics also benets the entire Wood Buffalo Region. Connolly says that many athletes serve as mentors and role models in the greater community by coaching younger athletes and talking to youth about sports,
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Huskies Athletics is very fortunate to have a strong relationship with our Foundation. It is evident when we meet with our peers across the province and across the country that we have a very special opportunity. Our Foundation has been a leader in helping us get the resources to succeed athletically.
Wade Komel, Director of Sport and Wellness, Keyano College
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THEATRE SUPPORT
By Alex Boston The Keyano Theatre and Arts Centre isnt just a place citizens go to watch musicians, comedians and visual and performing arts events. The theatres state-of-the-art facility is also the cultural hub of the Wood Buffalo Region and a vibrant community xture. The main stage theatre seats 594 people and the recital theatre seats 194, creating space to host school, community, corporate and College events. The Keyano College Foundation supports theatre and arts at the College in various ways, including hosting an annual fundraising Curtain Raiser and managing various donations from companies and individuals. TELUS is one such company. One of the philosophies that we have at TELUS is we give where we live, says Derek Keturakis, General Manager, TELUS, Alberta North. TELUS donation program, which began in mid-June and runs for one year, will strengthen the local arts community. A $100 donation goes to the Keyano Theatre and Arts Centre for every new customer in Fort McMurray who signs up for Optik TV or activates a TELUS smart phone. The program, which is capped at $100,000 for Optik TVs and $150,000 for smart phones, will make a big difference at Keyanos theatre. Keturakis says that partnering with Keyano to promote local theatre productions just made sense. Its the opportunity to be able to give back and continue supporting a lot of the great culturally diverse programs we have in Fort McMurray, Keturakis says. He believes that through programs focused on arts and culture, cities like Fort McMurray are transformed from a place where people live, work and earn a pay cheque into a place where people put down roots and raise children and grandchildren. Its a sentiment that is echoed by Kara Flynn, Manager, Public Affairs at Syncrude Canada Ltd. Syncrude has a long-term commitment to make annual donations to fund a Keyano College theatre program, called Syncrude Arts Alive. The program is offering theatre-goers a wide range of entertainment throughout the year, from country sensation Doc Walker to stand-up comedian Lorne Elliot. Flynn says supporting the program is part of Syncrudes broader mandate to be a good corporate citizen and create a community that benets everyone. Its important to us that Fort McMurray is a community and that our employees and their families will want to come and live and work and play here, Flynn says. Theatre and arts and culture are a vital part of that. For Alan Roberts, Director, Keyanos Theatre and Arts Centre, support from the Foundation is extremely important. The Foundation provides us with support in many ways, Roberts says. That includes capital support that allows the theatre department to acquire up-to-date equipment and technologies. Were able to stay current for projects that our students work on, and for when we rent the theatre out to community and corporate partners. We have what they need without having to outsource, he says. The Foundation is also instrumental in acquiring sponsorships that help us in our programming.
Since the theatre opened, weve been providing many different opportunities, from performance series to being a host facility for local dance groups for recitals. I like to think of us as being a large social centre, so that when people come here to see activities they also end up seeing their neighbours as well.
Alan Roberts, Director, Keyano Theatre and Arts Centre
SPORT STARS Keyanos athletes gather for a banquet. The Foundation has
helped our athletes have a community presence in Fort McMurray as we volunteer at their various events, says Wade Komel, Director of Sport and Wellness
NIGHT OUT The Keyano Theatre and Arts Centre hosts many performances, like the Nutcracker. We are the cultural hub of the community, says Alan Roberts
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ACADEMIC PROGRAM SUPPORT
By Caitlin Crawshaw Keyano College is about as far from the ivory tower stereotype as a post-secondary institution can get. Since its humble beginnings as a small vocational centre in the 1960s, the school has evolved into a multi-campus College offering technical and trades training, continuing education and university courses. Its very diverse, says Cathy Davis-Herbert, Dean, Lifelong Learning Division. In her 20 years at the College, shes watched the student body at Keyano College swell and the course offerings expand. Last year, the Lifelong Learning Division alone saw 18,000 registrations. For the long time administrator, its a sign that the College and the Keyano College Foundation that guides its development is serving the community. I think what we do best is help adults make their own choices. We help them embrace their futures, she says. Were also a staging area for people to move ahead in their work lives. For years, the College has been a place where local workers can get the accreditation needed to advance in their career eld. To that end, many continuing education courses are focused on professional certication, like supply management, maintenance asset planning and occupational health and safety. Everything we set up, we try to make sure it has real value, she says. One of the most recent additions to the Lifelong Learning Divisions offerings is the Syncrude Aboriginal Trades Preparation Program, which helps First Nations and Mtis people in the area to become indentured apprentices at Syncrude. Like many of the Colleges programs, it was the product of collaboration between the Foundation and industry. The Foundation enabled us to get the right people at the table and to craft a program that will make a difference, says Davis-Herbert. Keyano Colleges academic side is just as student-focused. In recent years, the College has emphasized its university studies department, which offers undergraduate courses in everything from the humanities and social sciences to pre-engineering. Here, students can complete the rst year or two of a university degree, before transferring to a partnering institution, like the universities of Calgary, Alberta or Lethbridge. Students in education, social work or nursing can also complete their entire undergraduate degree at Keyano College. We pretty much cover the gamut for university programming, says Louis Dingley, Keyano Colleges Chair of University Studies Science
Keyano Colleges programming strikes a balance between technical skill-building and academic exploration. The diverse range of programming offered includes many continuing education courses as well as the university studies department that offers undergraduate courses.
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and Environmental Technology. He says that the Foundation is instrumental in developing new programs that meet the changing needs of industry. A recent example is the forthcoming Wildlife Management Post-Diploma Certicate, which will accept its rst students in 2012. The Keyano College Foundations fundraising efforts also enhance programming in multiple ways. Shell Canada and its Athabasca Oil Sands Projects partners Marathon and Chevron, for instance, offer funding to the Environmental Technology program. This funding helps send students on eld trips to plant sites and facilitates capital purchases, like cutting-edge scientic equipment, which helps prepare students for an industry career. This is all because of relationships the Foundation has cultivated for us, Dingley says.
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EQUIPPED FOR THE FUTURE SUPPORT
Over $2.4-million worth of training equipment has been made available to Keyano students, thanks to the Equipped for the Future program. The program started with the donation of a loader from Finning Canada in 2009 and has been so successful that it has started to expand beyond the Keyanos trades department.
By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth One of the more innovative ways that the Keyano College Foundation has reached out to industry in the Fort McMurray area is through an equipment donation program called Equipped for the Future. The initiative, which was launched two years ago, partners donated equipment with training programs offered at the College. The program started with the donation of a loader from Finning Canada in 2009 and now, over $2.4-million worth of training equipment has been made available to Keyano students by 16 companies. Angele Dobie, Fund Development Manager for Keyano Colleges Foundation, helped launch the Equipped for the Future program. She says that the program came out of necessity, as government funding began to slow with the recent economic downturn. A lot of the supply companies, in particular, were not as busy as they previously had been, Dobie says. In some cases, some of their equipment was sitting idle, parked in their back lots. So we approached a lot of these companies to see if there was an opportunity for Keyano, and particularly the trades division, to have use of that equipment. Glenn vant Wout, Dean of Trades and Heavy Industrial Division at Keyano College, says the Equipped for the Future program has been extremely important to his department. The program gives instructors the unique ability to train on the very equipment that is currently being used in the field, and that greatly improves students prospects once they enter the job market. Its completely sparked the creativity and the innovation of the staff that are working with heavy equipment on how they can better serve students and the region, vant Wout says. Larry Gouthro, Finning Canadas General Manager, Oil Sands, agrees with vant Wouts assertion that Equipped for the Future offers a win-win solution for students, educators and employers alike. He says that supporting Equipped for the Future was an easy decision for his company. We need to focus on what were good at, which is servicing and selling parts for the equipment that we sell, Gouthro says. To do that, we need trained technicians and we need to have someone like Keyano who
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will take that off our plates and take care of that for us. Keyanos been very good at customizing their courses based on the needs of industry here in the Wood Buffalo Region. Dobie says that the program has been so successful that it started to expand beyond the trades department. Earlier this year, Wapose Medical Services donated an ambulance to help train EMT students. The Foundation is currently looking for donors to help out with some stage equipment that is needed for Keyanos theatre program. This is just the beginning and the need is great, says Dobie. What has been really unique is that some of the equipment thats been donated has actually spearheaded brand new training. It just shows how partnerships can benefit all.
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OUTSTANDING EVENTS
Annual events raise funds and bring the Colleges supporters together
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he Keyano College Foundation holds a an impressive sum that directly supports Keyanos students, number of annual events including a golf classic, charity educational programming and campus development. This poker tournament, gala and fundraiser for the Theatre years inaugural Charity Poker Tournament raised $25,000 and Arts Centre. While the primary purpose of these for the Colleges new hockey team, while a full house of 550 events is to raise funds for Keyano College, they also serve as a guests raised $30,000 at the Curtain Raiser to support the valuable opportunity for community members, sponsors and Keyano Theatre and Arts Centre. The 2011 Golf Classic raised more than $210,000 and the 2010 Gala, the supporters to be together. Sponsors can engage with premier black-tie event in Fort McMurray, students and department representatives, while raised over $300,000. In the following donors enjoy themed golf games, theatre In the past year, the four pages these various events, as well as the performances and black-tie affairs. annual events raised more volunteers, sponsors and donors who In the past year, the four annual events than half a million dollars, an make them successful, are proled. raised more than half a million dollars,
impressive sum that directly supports Keyanos students, educational programming and campus development.
ROCKING GOOD TIME The 2011 Curtain Raiser, in support of the Keyano Theatre and Arts Centre, featured Phantom of the Opera
A SURE BET James Pittman took home the grand prize of $5,000 at 2011s inaugural Charity Poker Tournament
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ENHANCING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Over the years, the Foundations events have grown immensely. But their purpose, to provide support to Keyano Colleges current and future students, remains the same
Meet Melane LeBlanc, Annual Giving Manager at the Keyano College Foundation. She started out as an events co-ordinator in 2006 and today, LeBlanc is involved with the Foundations annual events, athletics, scholarships, sponsorship and more. She speaks about the successful fundraising events the Foundation hosts each year. Q: What was the rst Gala like? A: It was in 1981. It was a very small and intimate affair and its just grown exponentially. Now we have over 1,200 guests attending the black tie event. Q: The Gala switched venues a few years back. Why was that? A: When I start at the Foundation, the event was still held in Keyano Theatre and it had reached its capacity. We were opening up a brand new sport facility the following year and I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to showcase the Syncrude Sport and Wellness Centre and expand our event to enable other partners to join us in this major fundraising endeavour. Q: Did the venue change have a signicant impact on the event? A: When I started, the maximum number we could have at the Gala was about 600 people. We are now double that. The rst Gala raised under $2,500 and last year we raised $320,000. The venue change and the expansion of the event had a huge impact on the nancial gain for the unrestricted funds for the College. Q: Each year the Gala has a theme. Why is that? A: We nd our guests enjoy the themes because were able to decorate the venue to match the themes. When we did the Roaring 20s, I saw so many apper dresses. People really get into it. Its an opportunity to do something different. Q: How is the entertainment for the Gala determined? A: The crowd that attends ranges in age from about 30 to 60. So, weve been able to tap into the market of entertainers that those people recognize. We have stuck
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to Canadian artists as we want to A: We have a motto here; its got to be the best for the best. Thats what showcase Canadas talent. This I instil in my team. Were doing years Gala will include two bands: something we want our guests to Kenny Shields & Streetheart and feel like is the best event they have Honeymoon Suite. ever attended. We also have a Q: What is the basic format of wonderful partner and title the Gala? sponsor, ESS First North Catering. A: Its not a sit-down dinner. You Its our partners and friends that are mixing, mingling, dancing help us make these events. and talking with all your friends, neighbours and companions in the industry. We having THE FIRST GALA RAISED limited seating so everybody UNDER $2,500 AND LAST moves around a lot. Its the most YEAR WE RAISED $320,000. prestigious black-tie event up THE VENUE CHANGE HAD A here and the largest one as well. HUGE IMPACT ON THE There are over 1,200 partners and FINANCIAL GAIN FOR friends at the Gala. THE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS Q: The Keyano College Foundation FOR THE COLLEGE. Golf Classic brings community partners together for 18 holes at the Fort McMurray Golf Club. Q: What do the sponsors think of Theres also an outdoor banquet the event? with live and silent auctions. A: They really enjoy being able to What do you think makes the Golf understand what we do with their Classic successful each year? money and how we support the
College and students. Q: The Foundation also started a new event, the Charity Poker Tournament, in February. Over 120 people attended the tournament. How did this new event go? A: It was really exciting, new and unique. For our rst year it was very successful and weve already been inundated with calls saying, We want it again. It will be held in February 2012, but were going to have to expand it as we expect attendance to double. Q: Why start up a new major event? A: It meets a different target up here of young, single guys that werent aware of what the College did. It gave us a new opportunity to tap into a new market. Q: How are the funds raised at the various events used? A: Keyano College puts the money towards its greatest need, where they feel it will make the biggest impact.
ALL IN Over 120 people attended the 2011 inaugural Charity Poker Tournament, which raised funds for the Colleges new hockey team
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TITLE SPONSOR INVESTS IN THE COMMUNITY

ATB Financial generously supports the Keyano College Foundations Gala, in addition to other initiatives
ATB Financial is building a new relationship with the Keyano College Foundation. The nancial company is the title sponsor of the Keyano College Foundations Gala for the next three years, including this years 30th anniversary Gala with the theme Romancing the Stone. The Gala is a unique event, says Bryan Rabik, ATBs Senior Director, Corporate Financial Services. Although its black-tie and a Gala atmosphere, its informal almost like a concert, he says. The Gala has a stellar reputation of pulling off a great night of festivities for 1,200 friends and neighbours, says Rabik. ATB is donating $100,000 per year to unspecied funds, leaving it up to the College to determine how and where to invest the money. We had a number of [sponsorship] options available to us, but what it boiled down to was investing in infrastructure for the community, Rabik says. Were eager to support organizations that build Fort McMurrays infrastructure, human resource capacity and industry. The funds, potentially slated for scholarships, also help give local high school graduates the option to stay in Fort McMurray rather than leaving the region for post-secondary studies. ATB sees investing in the Keyano College Foundation as a good t for its corporate strategy in education. In addition to a large presence from ATB at the Gala on November 5, Rabik expects the company to continue supporting the Foundation wherever it can in the future. Fifteen ATB employees, who manage and run ATB branches, volunteered at this years Golf Classic, just one more example of the support this dedicated sponsor shows.
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VOLUNTEER PROFILE
Derek Keturakis, General Manager, Alberta North, TELUS, chaired the 2011 Golf Classic. Keturakis describes how he became the tournaments chair and what the experience was like
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Ive been on the Keyano College Foundation board for coming on two years now and was approached by the Foundations Annual Giving Manager, who asked me to be the events new chair. For my rst go Id say it went well, although I cant really take any credit for that. Its denitely the Keyano Foundations team that does a fantastic job of keeping people, who are already busy with life in general, organized enough to follow through with the volunteer tasks at hand. We started meeting as a committee via email in January and then face-to-face around March. The event is so well-run and set up that volunteers are able to look at what people have done in previous years and go back to a lot of the same tactics. Having only attended one Golf Classic before as a guest, I found the biggest difference between that event and this years was getting involved in the pre-planning and seeing how the machine works behind the scenes. Its very easy to just show up, have a great time and not notice the hard work of the volunteers because it is such an extremely well-run event with a long history. One of the neat things that I almost look forward to more than the actual Saturday tournament is the sponsors reception the night before. It is so relaxed and so much fun. We all get partnered up with other sponsors we dont know, play a couple of holes as a scramble event and basically just network. Corporately, I see a lot of value in keeping arts and culture alive in the communities we live in or serve. At the end of the day, its about raising funds for the College.
The rst one-day tournament was held in 1990 at Miskanaw Golf Club in Fort McMurray. Approximately 40 players raised $2,500 for the Foundation. The 2011 Golf Classic, held on June 4 at the Fort McMurray Golf Club, raised more than $210,000. That latest sum was made possible with the support of 75 sponsors, 248 golfers and dozens of volunteers. Each year Colleen Stewart, Fort McMurray Golf Clubs Food and Beverage Manager, and Blair McDowell, the Golf Clubs Director of Golf and General Manager, oversee a sponsors gala at the clubhouse on the Friday night before the event. While McDowell says the Golf Classic is ultimately about the students, he also notes that its nice to have different things like this to do in the community.
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(TOP) Derek Keturakis (MIDDLE) Athletes from Keyano College volunteered at the 2010 Golf Classic (BOTTOM) Golfers at the 2011 event
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THANK YOU
We are so grateful to all the sponsors who have made the 2011 Oilsands Banquet possible. This is a great opportunity for a large group of stakeholders to come together and celebrate 30 years of the Keyano College Foundation and the service we provide to the College and to students. Together, we have forged powerful relationships that have facilitated capital expansion, program development, student support, awards, scholarships, bursaries and endowments. Many of our students have gone on to grow successful businesses, to become leaders and innovators in their chosen elds. The investment you make in students today and into the future will reap lasting benets as we realize the limitless potential of this region and province. Your support of this event and the commemorative publication has enabled us to share our story, and those of our partners, stakeholders, staff and students. Special thanks to Westbrier Communications and Venture Publishing for being gracious hosts and producers of this rst-class publication and event. Cindy Amerongen Vice President, External Relations
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HELPING HAND Jarrod Saunders, President of the Students Association of Keyano College, received support through the Keyano College Foundation
ACCESS TO THE FUTURE FUND

In 2005, new legislation from the Government of Albertas Advanced Education and Technology department proposed funding to post-secondary institutions in Alberta, including the Access to the Future Fund. Since 2006, the Access to the Future Fund has matched money raised by post-secondary institutions in the province, based on a predetermined allocation for each institution. Keyano Colleges maximum allocation for the Access to the Future Fund was $1.2 million. Through private and corporate donations, the Foundation exceeded that figure every year. While money from the Access to the Future Fund has been suspended by the government for at least two years, the Keyano College Foundation put the $1.2 million it received each year since 2006 to various uses. Monies from the Access to the Future Fund were used to create student awards at Keyano College. As an institution, we made a priority of building an endowment that would provide scholarships in perpetuity, says Cindy Amerongen, Vice President, External Relations. Thanks to the fund, donations multiplied and further opportunities were created for the College to meet student needs. Keyano Colleges Access to the Future Matching Grant Endowment now has a principle amount of over $630,000. It provides 25 awards of $1,000 every year to Keyano students, based on academic achievement and financial need. The majority of the Access to the Future Fund was used to enhance programs through capital purchases and program renewal. The Trades Division upgraded several pieces of heavy duty training equipment. The Nursing and Allied Health Studies department was able to purchase six advanced simulator training dolls, including Noelle the birthing doll and Surgical Sally. The simulators are used in the nursing lab which helps Keyano students prepare for situations theyll face when on the job. Technology at the College has also been supported through the grant. Weve invested in technology, such as SMART Board technologies in a number of classrooms, and we have enhanced our administrative and student computer network, says Amerongen. Weve also supported research positions, research projects and curriculum development. We are really looking forward to a renewal of grant allocations from the Access to the Future Fund in the coming years; there is no doubt that government grants to match donor gifts have helped to enhance teaching and learning.
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STUDENT SUPPORT
Financial awards through the Keyano College Foundation help to boost students condence and nancial situations, while also strengthening ties to the Wood Buffalo Region
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ithout its students, a college campus knew that a struggling student would probably need the money is little more than a collection of buildings. The more than he did. He decided to donate $1,000 back to the student body is what makes Keyano College a vital College and for many years following that, Nelson continued and bustling institution and gives a sense of heart his donations. They were in turn matched by Suncor resulting in the creation of an endowment that funds the annual $500 and community to the College. While there are many ways that businesses and individu- Dick Nelson Bursary. Nelsons bursary is awarded to a student in a College prepaals can support Keyano College, many Foundation supporters choose to direct their donations to individual students. Since ration program who has been out of high school for at least ve many students are just beginning to embark on career paths, years. Nelson created the award in order to give back to the the nancial and moral support that the Foundations donors community that helped him on his own rewarding career path. He also wanted to recognize the hardships that are faced by maprovide to them is invaluable. Jarrod Saunders is one of those students who received such ture students, who often follow less-traditional academic paths and can encounter challenges while trying to work and support. Saunders, the president of the Students Associbecome better-educated at the same time. ation of Keyano College, says that there are many The bursary is in thanks and recognition awards available to students, thanks to the to Keyano, Nelson says. They enabled Foundation and its many generous donors. Each year, the Keyano me to get my Grade 12, and designations Financial support is more than simply College Foundation is able to in the eld that Im in today. The College alleviating debt, he says. Students in a give out thousands of dollars gave me an excellent start and I really better nancial position get to work less worth of scholarships, bursaappreciate it. hours, spend more time on their studies ries and awards to Keyano and focus on the often-neglected social asAdele Thomsons feelings echo those students. pects of College life. of Nelson. She is also a former Keyano emEach year, the Keyano College Foundation ployee, student and community member who is able to give out thousands of dollars worth of worked at the College for a total of 17 years, scholarships, bursaries and awards to Keyano stueventually becoming the Associate Dean of the dents, thanks to donations from both individuals and comMackenzie campus. She is now Manager, Aboriginal Relations panies. Donors can specify award criteria in order to customize at Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. She and her husband crethem and reect their own experiences and values. ated the Lawrence and Adele Thomson Adult Education Award, Dick Nelson did just that and is thrilled with the way that which is an endowed annual $1,000 bursary given to a female he is able to help Keyano students. Nelson is a former Keyano Aboriginal student in the Academic Upgrading program. employee who served as the Colleges Materials Manager from Like Nelson, Thomsons urge to donate didnt come only 1988 to 1996. While working at Keyano, Nelson attended from her ties to Keyano, but from the rsthand knowledge that classes as part of Keyanos employee development program. He such a bursary could make a real difference to a student trying earned certications that led him to positions at Suncor, rst as to get on the right academic track. In both her current position Senior Buyer, in the Contracts Department, and later as Busi- and during her time at Keyano, Thomson has seen Aboriginal ness Development Co-ordinator. students face unique nancial and social obstacles, and a cash When Nelson was still employed at Keyano, he received the award can make a difference in a students academic success. staff Distinguished Service Award, which came with a $1,500 Ive worked with a lot of Aboriginal students in Fort cash prize. Since he was already employed at the time, Nelson McMurray and in the outlying areas, Thomson says. They
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start out in adult upgrading and its challenging because a lot of them do have families and other nancial commitments. Its a long road to hoe before they get into a career. Thomson says that completing upgrading before being able to enter a career program means a longer path, which also comes with increased nancial pressures. It can just seem almost insurmountable. Thats why this seemed so worthwhile to my husband and me, Thomson says. While the vast majority of students use a cash award to help with tuition and living expenses, not all of the awards are purely a nancial boost. Aaron Stevenson is a student in the Environmental Technology program who recently received an award that is both a gift of experience and a nancial donation. Stevenson was chosen to represent Keyano College in July at a summer school program hosted by Total E&P Canada in Paris, France, called Universit Total. The ve-day program brought together 115 students from 25 different countries to share perspectives on issues surrounding the oil and gas industry. Stevenson, who is interested in working on reclamation projects for oil and gas companies once he graduates next year, said that the program exposed him to many career options and opportunities. Its opened the door to contacts at Total, which creates the potential for me for employment, Stevenson says. I learned a lot about Total as a company, where theyre headed in the future, different jobs theyre doing and future Canadian projects that I hope to become a part of. The trip was also his rst time travelling outside of Canada. Seeing another part of the world encouraged Stevenson to enrol in a French language night course. Now I want to become uent, he says. Stevenson would like to stay in the Fort McMurray area after graduation to work near the oil sands projects. Such a sentiment is another one of the important benets of donating directly to students. When students receive awards through the Keyano College Foundation, it not only boosts their condence and nancial situation, but also strengthens their ties to the Wood Buffalo area. Dick Nelson believes that if the College and the Foundation support students, the students will return the favour by strengthening the local community. There has always been a struggle to nd qualied people in Fort McMurray, Nelson says. To support that, the College needs to continue to train and educate qualied people. I dont care if thats somebody working at a non-credit life skills course so they can know how to manage their money or someone whos training to be an electrician theres a need for all those people in Fort McMurray.
HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN BURSARY, SCHOLARSHIP OR AWARD

Businesses and individuals who want to show support for students attending Keyano College have a variety of options when it comes to donating to the Student Awards program. Donors can choose to create their own annual award by giving money each year when the Foundation calls for donations in April. Alternatively, donors can create an endowment by giving a lump sum. Once the sum matures, it will pay out indefinitely on an annual basis. These two options can also be combined if the donor wants the award to begin paying out immediately without waiting for the initial endowment investment to mature. Generally, annual awards consist of $500 to $5,000, while endowments require a minimum $10,000 donation. In addition to the satisfaction of giving to students, donors are invited to attend the annual Awards Ceremony. There, they can choose to personally present their awards or meet the student that will directly benefit from their donation. All donations to student scholarships and awards are eligible for charitable donation tax receipts. Donors who wish to support Keyano students but do not want to commit to an endowment or annual award created in their own name, can contribute to an existing award, bursary or scholarship. One of the most popular ways to donate is to give to the Huskies Athletic Endowment, which supports students involved in Keyanos thriving athletic teams.
NEW OPPORTUNITIES Aaron Stevenson, a student in the Environmental Technology Diploma Program, received an award from the Keyano College Foundation
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hen Dennine and Marty Giles moved meet the rst recipient of the Northstar Ford Lincoln Marty to Fort McMurray in June of 1995, they came and Dennine Giles Business Award, who was announced last with a nine-month-old baby, a hope and a year. The scholarship is available to students in the Business prayer. The couple opened a Ford dealership, Administration Diploma program or Aboriginal EntrepreNorthstar Ford Lincoln, on MacKenzie Boulevard that Oc- neurship, in any year of study. The award emphasizes an tober. A few weeks later, the Giles attended the Keyano Col- entrepreneurial spirit and community involvement. Entrepreneurship is an area Marty is keen to develop lege Foundations annual Gala. It was the very rst social event the couple had attended further at the College. He hopes that perhaps in 20 years in their new hometown and its an evening Dennine still time, Keyano College will not only be known for trades remembers fondly. We were so elated to nd that sort of and technology but may also be the home of the best small function, she says of the Gala that took place 16 years ago. business school in Canada. He sees the couples $75,000You could feel the spirit. You could feel what everybody was donation over ve years as the planting of a seed that will continue to grow. Its not just about pipe tting and truck trying to take care of. driving and teachers and nurses. Entrepreneurs are an That annual fundraising Gala had a big impact on the important part of the fabric of a community, Giles family, and the couple has continued donating Marty says. to the Keyano College Foundation ever since. Over the last 16 years, Dennine and Marty The Giles arent the only people Giles business has grown to include dealerWhat happens when you who feel contributing to the Keyano ships in Calgary and Cochrane and a staff support our College here is you College Foundation is important in of over 200. A lot has changed in the their actually get to see rsthand the lives, but supporting their community development and what they use the shaping the region of Wood Buffalo. Kara Flynn is the Manager of Public through the Foundation remains constant. money for and where it goes. Affairs at Syncrude Canada Ltd., a Its easy to give to, Marty says. Dencompany that has corporate headquarters nine agrees and says that the Foundations in Fort McMurray and projects located in the work is very visible in the community. What region. Flynn says the College and the Foundation happens when you support our College here is you help provide much more than just a skilled and trained actually get to see rsthand the development and what they workforce for the city. They are a part of the broader use the money for and where it goes, Dennine says. The couple has witnessed, again and again, the major role community fabric, says Flynn. Syncrude has a long record of supporting the Keyano the Keyano College Foundation plays in shaping the city of Fort McMurray and communities in the Wood Buffalo College Foundation, including a major contribution to the Region. They cite their sons local basketball team, which Colleges sport and wellness centre, which is a key recrereceived support from Keyano College team members and ational facility in the community and home of the Keyano coaches, as just one example. Our son would never have Huskies. Syncrudes support is reected in the facilitys access to that quality of coaching and that competitive level name, the Syncrude Sport and Wellness Centre. Its not just without Keyano, Marty says. Thats just one of probably about core education, Flynn says. Its about providing the full slate of services and quality of life that build our home. 100 examples of what Keyano does in the community. In 2008, Syncrude announced a $5-million donation Recently, the Giles family decided to create an endowment through the Foundation. Marty says it was a pleasure to to support infrastructure developments at the College,
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TEAM EFFORT In 2010, Shell Canada and its Athabasca Oil Sands Project Partners announced a major donation
including the creation of the Syncrude Aboriginal Trades Preparation Program. The program increases career opportunities for local Aboriginal residents. Suncor Energy is a founding supporter that has contributed over $5 million to the Foundation over the past 30 years. The company is currently supporting the Haul Truck program and the Process Operations program with a pledge of $2 million over ve years. Both courses teach students critical skills that are needed in the industry. Cathy Glover is the Director of Stakeholder Relations and Community Investment at Suncor. She says that over the past three decades, the College has become a key feature in the community. Having a post-secondary institution in the region became important so that we could encourage young people to stay in the community and get their post-secondary education in the community, Glover says. Glover believes having an academic institution in Fort McMurray also helps to build and strengthen the quality of the city. In addition, Glover says that the College makes it easier for companies like Suncor to attract and retain employees. [Citizens] know that the option is there for their children to stay in the community and get their post-secondary education. That certainly helps to build the fabric of the community, says Glover.
Donations to the Keyano College Foundation are not just in the form of monetary support. Shell Canadas Campus Ambassador Program supports select post-secondary institutions across the country, including Keyano College. The program brings Shell employees to campus to build relationships with the Colleges staff and students. Its a pretty unique program, says Simone Marler, Communications Manager, Shell Albian Sands. Our team brings real industry experience and perspective right into institutions like Keyano. We might do lectures, offer eld trips or sit on advisory committees for new programs. Shell has also contributed $3-million to Keyano College over the last 14 years. That includes a $2-million donation, announced in 2010, between Shell Canada and its Athabasca Oil Sands Project Partners, Marathon Oil Canada and Chevron Canada. The money was directed towards a diverse range of established projects and programs, including the Shell Safety Induction Centre, a new campus in Fort Chipewyan, The Oilsands Power & Process Engineering Lab and the Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Certicate program. Keyano College really understands the needs of the community and the businesses in this region and so we want to support their core work, Marler says.
Ever since Total E&P Canada, a Calgary-based energy company, entered the community of Fort McMurray in 2006, theyve been dedicated to the Keyano College Foundation. We feel [the College and Foundation] bring such an amazing amount of capacity to the community, says Barbara Camponi, the Manager of Corporate Shared Values, Stakeholder Relations and Community Engagement at Total E&P. It touches every person in the community and the regional municipality. In the past ve years, Total E&P has donated to the Foundation in a number of ways. In 2011, the company announced a donation of $845,000 over ve years to support various Keyano College projects and programs. In 2007, Total E&P started supporting the Keyano College Science Outreach Program with the donation of a hybrid tow vehicle, an innovative mobile greenhouse and program support. The program aims to raise awareness and interest in hands-on science education in the Wood Buffalo Region. The region of Wood Buffalo is one of the largest municipalities in North America. Its a pretty massive land space with lots of rural communities, says Lynne Perry-Reid, Community Engagement Co-ordinator at Total E&P. The program is able to bring different kinds of education around sciences and biology to rural communities and also within Fort McMurray.
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The Keyano College Foundation has been raising funds and friends in support of education in the Wood Buffalo Region for 30 years. See how those donations are raised and who they ultimately benet
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ONE HUNDRED PER CENT of the money raised by the Keyano College Foundation goes to Keyano College. The College supports the Foundations operating expenses, including the salaries of the Foundations six full-time staff members.
Unrestricted monies are raised through annual events hosted by the Keyano College Foundation, including the Gala and Golf Classic. Funds are transferred to Keyano College and used to address the Colleges needs, from capital improvements to student awards. Individual and corporate donations support many different initiatives, from specific programs to scholarships for students. Staff members of Keyano College also support the Foundation through optional payroll deductions. Endowments speak to the solidity of your organization and your vision to be able to be prepared for the future, says Cindy Amerongen, Vice President, External Relations. When Amerongen started working for the Foundation six years ago, the Foundations endowment fund sat at just under $900,000 . Shes helped to enhance the endowment fund, which now sits at close to $4 MILLION in funds.
Last year the Foundation launched a new endowment: the Huskies Athletic Endowment. The goal is to have a principal of $500,000 and the purpose is to help us attract and retain international students, Amerongen says.
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Funds raised by the Foundation go to a variety of areas of the College. The students are the ultimate beneciaries.
OVER $1 MILLION PROVIDED ANNUALLY IN PROGRAM SUPPORT:
Environmental Technology Diploma Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program Haul Truck Program Process Operations Wildlife Management Syncrude Aboriginal Trades Preparation Program
HUSKIES ATHLETICS CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS

Fort Chipewyan Campus The Oilsands Power & Process Engineering Lab The Oilsands Trades & Technology Centre Syncrude Technology Centre Syncrude Sport & Wellness Centre Bob Lamb Education Centre Norm Weiss Arts Centre Community Outreach New team launches (Basketball and Hockey) Endowment and Awards
EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGY

Over $2.4 million in donated equipment through the Equipped for the Future initiative Over $1 million in matching funds through Access to the Future Program
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Student field trips Aboriginal Awareness Days Career Fair and Open House Summer Solstice and Lights of Christmas
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Student Emergency Loans Hot Lunch Program Passport to Success funding program for single parent students Endowments and Awards
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FOUNDATION CHAMPIONS
Meet six people whose lives have been touched by Keyano and now give back to the Foundation that helped them get their start
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skilled tradespeople that Keyano trains. While their stories are different, they all share a belief in the Foundation and the many people it supports. The Keyano College Foundation is grateful to their community of champions and looks forward to meeting more champions in the years to come.
he following six individuals have become involved with the Keyano College Foundation for varied reasons. For some, attending courses at the College has encouraged them to support future students. Others are local employers who depend on the
David and Nicole Bouchier

We see the many benets that having the College facilities in the outlying northern communities brings, so we are giving back.
Debbie and Leo Robert

It is so important for kids to be able to stay in the community to continue their education or learn a trade.
Melissa Blake
Keyano responds to the needs of the community by providing the education and training needed for viable careers in our region and beyond.
Tim Walsh
The Foundations ties to the community are so farreaching, it is exceptional. I will stay involved with Keyano as long as I can.
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DAVID AND NICOLE BOUCHIER

David Bouchiers involvement with Keyano College began over two decades ago. He used to hitchhike back and forth from Fort McKay to Keyanos Suncor Energy Industrial Campus, where he completed his Heavy Equipment training. Bouchiers wife, Nicole Bourque-Bouchier, is also a Keyano alumnus. She completed upgrading in Fort Chipewyan, then recieved a Computer Information Systems diploma and an Aboriginal Entrepreneurship certicate at Keyano College. The couple now owns and operates Fort McKay-based The Bouchier Group, a company that provides construction, maintenance and general services to the Athabasca oil sands region. The successful company is comprised of Bouchier Contracting Ltd. and Bouchier Site Services Ltd. About 70 per cent of The Bouchier Groups staff of over 500 people is Aboriginal. The Bouchiers consistently support their community in a variety of ways. That includes giving back to Keyano, the post-secondary institution that helped the couple get their start. Education opens the door for our people to be successful, Nicole says, pointing to those Keyano College programs that are targeted specically to Aboriginal learners. The Bouchier Group has donated pieces of equipment to support the Colleges Equipped For the Future program. In our business we are so involved in heavy equipment, Nicole says. We want to contribute to the ongoing success of these programs. The Bouchiers live in Fort McKay, where David serves on the Fort McKay First Nation Council. Nicole is a member of the Keyano College Foundations board of directors. We see the many benets that having the College facilities in the outlying northern communities brings, Nicole says. So we are giving back.
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DEBBIE AND LEO ROBERT

In 1974, Debbie moved from Calgary to Fort McMurray and became one of 12 women to live in the rst all-women camp established in the town. Leo headed west from Val Gagne, Ontario to work in the oil eld and soon, Leo and Debbie became the Roberts. By the early 1980s they had started a family and an oil eld service and supply business, L. Robert Enterprises. The business, which the Roberts have since retired from, became a leading provider of various services to the oil sands and construction industries in northern Alberta. As local employers, the Roberts knew rsthand the importance of having a post-secondary institution in Fort McMurray. It is so important for kids to be able to stay in the community to continue their education or learn a trade, Debbie says. An additional benet of the College is how it unites people: Keyano is a hub that brings the whole community together with annual events that everyone looks forward to, Debbie says. Debbie has served as chair of the Foundations Board of Directors and as a member of the Colleges Board of Governors. She remembers being absolutely terried at her rst workshop for the Board of Governors in 1995. She embarked on a steep learning curve, but enjoyed the experience of serving on the Board of Governors so much that she served two consecutive three-year terms. There is no curriculum that could give you an education in that amount of time as this experience [did], Debbie says. I acquired so many skills through a whole gamut of learning opportunities that I was then able to extend out to the community. Now retired and living in Kelowna, the Roberts ties to the Fort McMurray community and their commitment to Keyano College are still very strong. Their ongoing support for Keyano includes providing nancial support to scholarships for tradespeople, including the Welding Apprenticeship and Equipment Technician Apprenticeship programs, and for students in the Nursing program.
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MELISSA BLAKE
Fort McMurray is a long way, both physically and culturally, from Danville, Quebec. But when Melissa Blake, Mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, moved to Albertas north with her family in 1982, she was quickly drawn to something exciting that her new home had to offer: the world of live theatre. Watching theatre at Keyano College was Blakes rst-ever theatre experience. At the time they were doing a production of My Fair Lady and it was absolutely dazzling, she says. It was an incredible presentation on a revolving stage and I knew from that moment on that our move to Fort McMurray was the right choice. Those theatre productions quickly convinced Blake of the many ways that Keyano College and the Foundation impact the entire community. She became a regular theatre-goer and went on to attend Keyano College as a student years later. Blake completed the Business Administration program at Keyano College in 1992 and then secured her degree two years later through Athabasca University. Blake takes great pride in her place on the Keyano College Wall of Fame, which celebrates alumni who have gone on to achieve success and made outstanding contributions to the community. Shes also appreciative that she was able to stay in Fort McMurray and pursue her education. It was great being able to take
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all of my courses at the College and to be taught right here in Fort McMurray, Blake says. Blake has served as mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo since 2004, following two consecutive terms as a councillor. She continues to be an avid supporter of Keyano College and recognizes its place in the community. Keyano responds to the needs of the community by providing the education and training needed for viable careers in our region and beyond, she says. It remains one of the most prominent hubs of the community.
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Long-time Fort McMurray resident Tim Walsh is also a long-time business owner who participates in various community initiatives. Walsh started a real estate business in 1972 and while his busy work schedule often takes him away from Fort McMurray, his roots are still very much planted in the city. I live here part-time, but the College continues to be an important part of my life and an integral part of the community, says Walsh, Broker and Owner, Re/Max Fort McMurray. If you look at Fort McMurray and the importance of this institution in terms of employmentrelated education through the variety of courses it offers, it is vital to us. In order to support education at Keyano College, Walsh created a legacy gift. Walshs $50,000 endowed donation to the Keyano College Foundation supports three new student awards at Keyano College. Annual awards of $1,000 each are available to students enrolled in Business Administration, Aboriginal Entrepreneurship and Environmental Technology programs. I really enjoy giving back to the community and the College, Walsh says. I funded some scholarships as an ongoing contribution. I have always been interested in the eld of education and I will stay involved with Keyano as long as I can. Tim also served as chair of the Keyano College Board of Governors for six years, acting as a liaison between the board and the Keyano College Foundation. It was an important time in my life, says Walsh. The Foundations ties to the community are so far-reaching, it is exceptional. One of Walshs favourite memories of serving on the Board of Governors was attending the annual convocation ceremonies, where he got to see and meet the graduates of the many programs Keyano College offers. It is a wonderful College with wonderful students, staff and faculty members, Walsh says.
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or 30 years, the Keyano College Foundation has helped broaden minds, creating educational opportunities in the Wood Buffalo Region. As the area continues its economic climb, the Foundation is hard at work solving the ongoing human resources challenges facing the oil sands and collaborating frequently with industry to meet its needs. The Foundation raises funds for the programs and facilities needed to support the community. It has made tremendous gains in developing Keyano College as a rst-class post-secondary institution with a top-notch student experience. In addition to the full complement of university courses and trades, a thriving sports culture now permeates the College. As an economic upswing gains momentum, the Foundation and College are actively consulting industry and community organizations to prepare for increased demand. The Foundations last 30 years have been a time of immense growth and the future looks no different.
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EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES
The Keyano College Foundation builds on success to reach more students
By Caitlin Crawshaw
Since the day it opened its doors, Keyano College has been adapting to meet the needs of the community. Established in 1965 as a small training centre in Fort McMurray, the school evolved into a fully edged community college within a decade. Originally dubbed the Alberta Vocational Centre, the College was renamed Keyano College in 1975, a nod to the First Nations in the area. Roughly translated, the Cree word keyano means sharing. More than three decades later the name still ts the busy northern College, which shares resources with the city of Fort McMurray, industry and First Nations communities in the Wood Buffalo Region. At the College, students learn trades, study academic disciplines, earn professional certication or simply pursue lifelong learning. As the area has developed, thanks to the rising demand for oil, interest in the Colleges courses has grown exponentially. To serve this rapidly growing community, the College relies on the Keyano College Foundation to help identify programming needs and seek out nancial support from individuals, organizations and corporations. This year, the Keyano College Foundation celebrates its 30th anniversary and the College takes pause to consider its future. The institutions new leader, Dr. Kevin Nagel, stepped into the role of president this spring. His focus is the people of Wood Buffalo. I think the College needs to really embrace its role, he says, facilitating the whole community moving forward. Keyano College has become a place for anyone looking to expand his or her horizons with education. The College educates many, including out-of-town oil sands workers needing to hone their technical skills, born-and-raised Fort McMurray residents fresh out of high school and retirees interested in learning just for the sake of it. The College has historically emphasized its Heavy Industry programming, since it is a critical player stafng the oil sands. Nagel says that there simply arent enough people stafng the workforce of the oil sands. In fact, economic projections suggest another 12,000 workers will be needed by 2019. Right now, were producing as many job-ready people as we can, he says, and were still way behind. Nagel points out that Fort McMurray is no longer a boomtown and manages a robust economy while the rest of the country experiences a downturn. But economic changes do affect the College, particularly in terms of how many students it accommodates, the programs it offers and the educational technology it needs. Alberta Advanced Education and Technology, which oversees post-secondary funding, is focused on the equitable distribution of funding across the provinces institutions. Its not provided in accordance with the demand, so all of the demand thats over and above what the ministry is providing needs to be addressed somehow, Nagel says. This is where the Foundation comes in. To adapt to economic changes and the communitys shifting needs, the Keyano College Foundation collaborates with industry. With the help of industry players and community members, the Foundation rallies nancial support and expertise to get things done. Theyre a catalyst in my mind, says Cathy Davis-Herbert, Dean, Lifelong Learning Division. They bring together people with great ideas and the resources to help us start a great conversation that leads to good educational outcomes. While the Foundation helps the College respond to industry demand, industry also plays a strong role in the College. Ann Everatt, Vice President, Academics, says that support from industry has been instrumental in the creation of many new programs, including the Syncrude Aboriginal Trades Preparation Program and new facilities such as the campus at Fort Chipewyan. Industry involvement is also critical for keeping the College up-to-date on labour market changes and the kind of training companies require from its workers. Its a partnership, says
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Everatt. We have a mandate to meet the regional labour market needs and they help us do that. Keyano College plays a crucial role in the growth of companies like Shell Canada. They prepare our future employees to work effectively and safely and then we get to hire them and grow our buisness, says Simone Marler, Communications Manager, Shell Albian Sands. Theres a wonderful overlap between what the community needs and what we need and thats really what Keyano is all about. Going forward, Nagel wants to see the College expand its academic offerings to help attract and retain students. As a consequence of the citys wealth, many families look outside of the province, and sometimes the country, for their childrens post-secondary education. But with many degree programs and university transfer programs, Nagel wants more young people to see Keyano as their rst choice. Its not just about the success of the College, but a matter of the health of the community. What I nd is that when students have to leave and complete their education at another centre, there arent a lot of them who end up coming back and working in the area, Nagel says. The Keyano College Foundation has made tremendous gains in developing the College as a premier, student-focused institution. In addition to the full complement of university courses and trades, sports have become a major focus. The sporting culture adds a powerful sense of school pride and a training ground for athletes. This is largely the result of the Foundations efforts to engage alumni and corporate donors, whose generous donations have supported the necessary infrastructure for collegiate sports. Alumnus Moe Farhat, an Investment Advisor and Financial Planner at RBC Dominion Securities, became involved with the Foundations Board of Directors through his role as as a basketball coach. With limited resources at his disposal, he worked hard to nd scholarships for players and funding for travel to away games. Two years ago, he opted to put his nancial expertise to work for the College by volunteering for the Foundation. Since then, Keyanos athletic funding has swelled and the sports teams have expanded to include mens and womens basketball, as well as an Alberta Collegiate Athletic Conference (ACAC) hockey team that will enter its inaugural season in 2012. Theres been a lot of money given to the athletics side of the College, says Farhat. I think that provides the opportunity for local students to stay and play in the sports they want to. Now, in addition to local talent, Keyano receives applications from athletes around the world, looking to launch their athletic careers while pursuing a college education. Some residents of Wood Buffalo dont live in the city of Fort McMurray, but rather in the outlying communities. To reach out to these populations, Keyano has learning centres in Gregoire Lake, Fort McKay, Conklin and Janvier and a new cam-
pus in Fort Chipewyan. Gary Bosgoed, Vice Chair of the Foundations Board of Directors and Vice President of WorleyParsons, believes educating First Nations people in their home communities is likely to produce the best educational outcomes. After all, college years are tough enough for young people without adding relocation to the mix. You need the support of your community, says Bosgoed, himself from a First Nations community and with experience on the boards of several other post-secondary institutions in Canada. If we can deliver education at the door steps of students, I think thats the best way to go. Keyano College maintains a rapid pace of growth, largely propelled by the behind-the-scenes work of the Keyano College Foundation. Even in an economic downturn, the College continues to grow. This September, a record-breaking 700 of about 2,500 daytime students attended the Colleges orientation. The continuing education branch of the College saw 19,000 registrations in 2011. Cindy Amerongen, Vice President, External Relations, says that the Foundation will continue to position itself as a strategic partner, working with community members, businesses and industry in order to support those new students. Well continue to talk to our partners about what they require, Amerongen says, and how, together, we can make those things happen. One of the biggest upcoming projects is the construction of the Oilsands Power & Process Engineering Lab. Construction of the facility is expected to begin next fall, with students arriving in January 2013. The lab will support specic technologies and will allow the College to launch new programming and expand its current ability to train students. Its challenging to forecast the communitys future needs, especially in the event of a boom. But as the economic recovery builds, the Foundation and College are actively consulting industry and community organizations to prepare for predicted increased demand. This College can not stand still and be what it is right now, Amerongen says, It has to be embedded in the community and working with industry. Thats where the Foundation has a vital role to play.
GRAND OPENING A new campus in Fort Chipewyan opened this September. The building, which can accomodate 100 students, also has a state-of-the-art library
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YOURS, MINE AND OURS

Keyano rethinks the notion of a college as a single place, instead becoming a community partner
By Caitlin Crawshaw
A new campus celebrates a 30-year relationship: Fort Chipewyan Campus
new campus is also one of many success stories that speak to the cohesiveness of the Foundation. Its a good mix of industry and community people, he Since its early days, Keyano College has says. Its amazing the common ground reached out to the First Nations and M- we have when it comes to the needs of tis communities beyond Fort McMurray, students. like the hamlet of Fort Chipewyan. For three decades, the College has provided Preparing for the future: educational opportunities to the preSyncrude Aboriginal Trades dominantly Aboriginal community that many Cree, Dene and Mtis people call Preparation Program home. Keyano, however, has never had a Since the inception of the Syncrude Abpermanent home in Fort Chipewyan, in- original Trades Preparation Program stead it has used rented or leased spaces. (SATP), Gary Bosgoed has proudly This September, in response to grow- served as master of ceremonies at the ing demand for Keyanos programs, the programs graduation event. College opened a permanent campus at Its so inspiring. These young people Fort Chipewyan. The building contains just needed the opportunity to show they seven classrooms and can accomodate can do anything they put their minds to. 70 to 100 students. Theyve proven it, and you can see the Like many of the Colleges capital light in their eyes and the desire to get projects, this one was heavily supported out there and live the best life they can, by the efforts of the Keyano College Bosgoed says. Foundation and by numerous corporate Bosgoed enjoys celebrating with the partners. The Foundation made this programs students. Armed with inpossible, says Cathy Davis-Herbert, demand skills, the skys the limit for Dean, Life Long Learning. these burgeoning tradespeople. These The campus will offer adult upgrad- graduates are exposed to an unbelieving programs to prepare students for able range of opportunities once theyve college-level courses. Depending on graduated, Bosgoed says. the demand, the campus may also offer This year, the programs third cohort post-secondary courses in business ad- of 40 students begin the seven-month, ministration, childhood studies and uni- full-time program. During the course of versity studies. The new Fort Chipewy- the program, students develop essential an institution is also equipped with the skills such as rst aid, interpersonal skills latest telecommunications tools needed and preparation for the Trades Entrance for distance education delivery. exam. At the conclusion of the course, This is one of many initiatives that theyre eligible to become apprentices demonstrate the Colleges commitment with Syncrude Canada or pursue furto First Nations people, says Gary Bos- ther education in their trade at Keyano goed, Vice Chair of the Keyano College College. Foundations Board of Directors. The Funded by a $2-million donation from
Syncrude Canada, SATP grew from the Foundations collaborations with government, industry, community partners and First Nations groups. The program has been running for three years and its popularity continues to swell. Last year, SATP received 240 applications. The success of the program is thanks to many partners brought together by the Keyano College Foundation, says Cathy Davis-Herbert, Dean, Life Long Learning. What the Foundation does brilliantly is bring together people who want to work towards a common vision, she says.
Next generation: Corporate partners help Keyano connect with youth

Each spring as the snow melts and rst buds appear on trees, a hybrid GMC Sierra hauling a mobile greenhouse rolls into school yards of Fort McMurray and the surrounding communities. Using the functioning green house, Keyano College students and instructors teach children, and their teachers, about the ner points of growing plants. Its a hands-on, interactive program that teaches plant science in an effort to instil an appreciation for nature in the next generation. The program is largely funded by Total E&P Canada. Four years ago, the company donated a mobile greenhouse decked out with the lighting and air ow systems needed to grow plants. It also donated a hybrid truck to tow the greenhouse. Now, between the months of April and June, volunteers bring the rig to elementary schools, allowing kids to grow their own seeds. After an initial
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visit, the Science Outreach Program returns to the schools two weeks later to show kids how their plants have fared. Its been hugely successful, says Louis Dingley, Chair, University Studies, Science and Environmental Technologies. The program is popular in area schools and is a staple of Fort McKays Treaty Day Parade. Each year during the parade, program volunteers drive the greenhouse through town and hand out plants to the community. Total E&P has also supported other outreach activities, like the Science Outreach Program, which brings high school students into the Colleges labs for science demonstrations. Dingley points out that its a win-win scenario: like any energy company, Total E&P needs scientists and the College benets from inspiring youth to pursue an education in science. But such a partnership doesnt happen without help. Its the Foundations support that makes this possible, he says.
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GREEN THUMBS A mobile greenhouse helps Keyano connect with children in Fort McMurray and surrounding communities
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The staff of the Keyano College Foundation thank the many generous donors, sponsors, volunteers and supporters who, over the last 30 years, have made the Foundation such an integral part of the community fabric of the Wood Buffalo Region. Thank you!
Melane LeBlanc - Annual Giving Manager, Janet Oswald - Finance Coordinator, Brenda Fortais - Fundraising Events Coordinator, Stephen Loo - Stakeholder Development Coordinator, Cindy Amerongen - Vice President External Relations, Lorna Simpson - Foundation & Athletics Fundraising Coordinator, Paulette Fitzgerald - Secretary to the Board of the Directors and Executive Assistant, Angele Dobie - Fund Development Manager
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LOOKING AHEAD
Two members of the Board of Directors reect on the Foundations past, present and future
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oure not going to get a lot of advancement in society without a well-educated workforce, says Brian Magee, Treasurer of the Keyano College Foundations Board of Directors. Its a belief that has guided Magees involvement in the Foundation for over 11 years. Magee is the longest-serving person on the board, which consists of all volunteer members. I really believe in education and that ongoing education is a lifelong endeavour, Magee says. Getting involved with the Foundation and the College seemed to be a really good t for that. Magee joins 25 other members of the Board of Directors. The team ensures that the Keyano College Foundation continues to meet the needs of the College, its students, community members and industry alike. Those needs have changed over the years as the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has experienced a tremendous amount of growth. I would say there is nowhere else on earth like Fort McMurray. Its such a dynamic and
diverse place, says board member Moe Farhat. Farhat recently joined the Foundations Board of Directors and is its youngest member. He grew up in Fort McMurray and attended Keyano College for one year, then completed his schooling at the University of Alberta before returning to his hometown. I coached the [Keyano] basketball team and in that role, I worked with the Foundation and learned what it was all about, Farhat says. In his position, Farhat looks up to board members like Magee, who has many years of experience to bring consistency to the team. The Foundations Board of Directors has strong leadership, as well as the support of the community. With rms and individuals investing in the Foundation, they reap the rewards of having a welltrained, well-educated cadre of individuals coming out of the College, Magee say. It truly is a great win on all respects. Such support has helped the Foundation achieve a lot, including signicant accomplishments in the 11 years Magee has been involved. Some highlights
include construction of the technology centre and the sport and wellness centre. He is also proud of the many dollars that the Foundation has raised to support students through scholarships and emphasizes the Foundations focus on minimizing administration costs so that the bulk of donors dollars go where theyre needed most. Farhats experiences with the board dont go back as far as Magees, but he does have some favourites in his short time with the Foundation. He says a main highlight is seeing students graduate from the new programs that the Foundation has supported. So many of the students that are educated at Keyano continue on afterwards in Fort McMurray and raise their families [here], he says. With the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo poised for growth, the Foundation continues to rely on the leadership of its Board of Directors. Its an exciting time for the board and its members, like Farhat and Magee. The Foundation and College are ready to grow with the community, says Farhat. We will continue to evolve.
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Important milestones remind us of what really matters. Shell Albian Sands congratulates the Keyano College Foundation on 30 years of fostering innovative learning. For more than 10 years, weve been there with you.
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Congratulations Keyano College Foundation. For 30 years, you have had an immeasurable impact on the growth and continued success of our students, industry and community as a whole. We at Syncrude are proud to volunteer our time and resources to support the many projectsfrom learning, to sports, to the artsthat make our region so vibrant.
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