Events

Competency-Based Education: Top Ten

Competency-Based Education: Top Ten

Providence is creating new pathways for students to choose from – including its Centre for On-Demand Education (a.k.a. “CODE”). To help meet the need for skilled workers and to serve adults who want to earn credits towards a post-secondary diploma or degree, CODE offers Competency-Based programming that focuses on proficiency rather than time spent in a classroom setting.

PROV Talks 2023

PROV Talks 2023

On Thursday, November 16th, Providence hosted its annual Prov Talks event, where faculty and staff presented a variety of “ideas worth pondering.”

Seminary Symposium: Waters, Whisper, Thunder

Seminary Symposium: Waters, Whisper, Thunder

Highlighted throughout the Symposium was the idea of ambiguity. However, instead of seeking to “pair down, zero-in, declutter and reduce” the voice of God that one finds in the biblical text, the encouragement offered by Wall-Bowering was to make space for more instead of less. “God sounds like the whole Bible all at once,” said the professor. “What God sounds like is a question of style. God’s voice has range. It thunders AND whispers. It’s a ‘more’ that overtakes us. And this ‘more’ does something; it moves somewhere…it veers towards mercy.”

Harvest Festival Banquet 2023

Harvest Festival Banquet 2023

It is support from events like the Harvest Festival Banquet that allows Providence to continue its mission to teach people to grow in knowledge and character for leadership and service – something that this institution has had the privilege of doing for nearly 100 years.

Truth & Reconciliation Week at Providence

Truth & Reconciliation Week at Providence

Since its inception in 2021, Providence has marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as an institution-wide holiday, but this was the first time a full week was devoted to the commemoration of stories and experiences from local First Nations and Métis people.

Providence and Canadian North Airlines Agreement

Providence and Canadian North Airlines Agreement

Photo above: President Kent Anderson is pictured above with Michael Rodyniuk, President & CEO of Canadian North Airlines. OTTERBURNE, MB - Today, we held a press conference on the Otterburne campus to announce that Providence has entered into an agreement with...

Providence Celebrates the Graduating Class of 2023

Providence Celebrates the Graduating Class of 2023

OTTERBURNE, MB – Following final exams and assignments, Providence honoured its graduating class with week-long activities on the Otterburne campus including an Athletics Banquet, Student Achievement Dinner, Alumni Afternoon Tea, Graduation Ceremony and Reception. The...

Why Attend Preview Prov

Why Attend Preview Prov

by Madison Franks, Student Writer OTTERBURNE, MB - Last Fall (2022), Providence opened its campus to more than 80 high school students in an event known as Preview Prov. This was the first time since COVID that our Providence community could host prospective students...

Harvest Festival Warmed the Hearts of All Who Attended

Harvest Festival Warmed the Hearts of All Who Attended

OTTERBURNE, MB – Last month, on October 21st, Providence held its annual Harvest Festival Banquet. Approximately 200 people attended the fundraising event that has been running for 29 consecutive years. Everyone was happy to return to an in-person event after two...