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Three years strong: Niagara College recognized for leadership in sustainability with WWF-Canada Living Campus Certification

October 16, 2026

Niagara College continues to lead the way in sustainability, earning the Living Campus Certification from World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF-Canada) for a third consecutive year and reinforcing its commitment to creating a more sustainable future. On October 16, WWF-Canada announced the top post-secondary institutions achieving Living Campus Certification, with NC among them. The certification recognizes […]

Donate business and winter wear to support students

October 14, 2026

Donate career-ready and winter clothes, as well as household items, from October 26 to 30. NC’s Sustainability Office – in collaboration with Career Services and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion – are accepting gently used goods from October 26 to 30 for students. Donations of professional attire and winter clothing, as well as household items, will […]

NC welcomes Minister Harris as Ontario announces $5M investment to combat invasive phragmites

September 23, 2026

On Sept. 23, Niagara College welcomed the Honourable Mike Harris, Ontario’s Minister of Natural Resources, and Dawn Gallagher Murphy, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Natural Resources, to the Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus as the Ontario government announced a $5-million investment to help protect the province’s lands, lakes and rivers from phragmites, one of Ontario’s most harmful […]

From naming to monitoring: A summer of turtle stewardship on campus

September 3, 2026

This summer, NC’s Office of Sustainability opened a contest to name two of the many turtles that live on the Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Students and employees answered the call, and the community now has names for turtles that call its wetlands home: Miki (short for Mikinaak, Ojibwe for snapping turtle) and Fern. […]

Name that turtle: Sustainability launches naming contest

June 18, 2026

It’s a sure sign of summer at NC’s Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake: resident snapping turtles emerging from the wetlands and heading onto land to lay eggs. NC’s Sustainability Office has spotted two regular hard-shelled friends and is inviting the college community to name them. Enter the Turtle Naming Content by July 1 for […]

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