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Federal government gives Lethbridge College $1.15 million in research grants

Lethbridge College receiving a nice chunk of change for federal research funding.

Canada’s Minister of Science and Sport made the announcement Thursday (June 13) in Ontario.

The College is getting nearly $1.15 million. A good portion of that money, $1 million, will go towards its Centre for Sustainable Food Production.
Dr. Kenney Corscadden, Lethbridge College’s Associate Vice-President of Research, says this funding will help them involve more students and industry partners in research projects.

“They will allow us to increase our inventory of specialized equipment available to our researchers, build capacity in our applied research department, involve more students and industry partners in research projects, and take a large step towards the creation of a state-of-the-art facility on our campus. This is an important day for moving Lethbridge College’s applied research forward.”

This federal grant, just over $147,000, will also help with the creation of a new greenhouse on campus which will work in conjunction with the college’s Aquaculture Centre of Excellence.

Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
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