Just What the Health Care Professional Ordered  
Excerpted from the NorQuest Community Report
May 12.2009

Minister of Advanced Education and Technology Honourable Doug Horner (second from right) helps cut the ceremonial red ribbon at the grand opening of NorQuest College's new Health Education Centre - 106 Street in Edmonton.  Other dignitaries included Edmonton City Councillor and Deputy Mayor Ed Gibbons, NorQuest College President and CEO Dr. Wayned Shillington and Board of Governors community member Linda Mabbott.

In 2008, the government's Health Workforce Plan mandated an annual increase in the number of practical nurses educated in Alberta to 1,000 by 2012.

"Through this expansion, NorQuest has become one of the key players in resolving the nursing shortage in Alberta," explains NorQuest College President and CEO Dr. Wayne Shillington.