LONGLAC — After delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, Confederation College held their official grand opening of their Greenstone campus last week.
The new location, at 98 Indian Road in Longlac, and represents one of the seven regional campuses the college maintains in addition to its main campus in Thunder Bay.
Greenstone Mayor Renald Beaulieu said that in his view it was a very successful event.
“The grand opening was a great event we probably had 15-20 people there. We held prayers we had all different agencies there, the college, who were so proud about setting up a new campus. It is so important for me to be able to say that our campus is now going to be able to serve our residents in Greenstone,” Beaulieu said.
In addition, Beaulieu commented about how he felt that the college is very pleased with their new campus and the future of Greenstone.
“Hearing from community members is important. This is our annual opportunity to host a community event and our first in-person visit to Greenstone since launching our strategic plan,” said college vice president, academic, Richard Gemmill.
College officials also held their annual report to the community, in which Beaulieu also participated. He was pleased with the success of this annual meeting during which this report was shared.
“It was so interesting we had good discussions some of the needs. We had the CAO of the hospital there talking about how the college has helped the hospital, and how moving forward the possibilities are there also. So those are all little things but that’s the kind of help we need to get the people’s attention and to know that it is important to be able to participate,” Beaulieu said.
Beaulieu said it's important to have the college campus in Greenstone, and the social, education, and economic benefits that it will bring to the municipality.