About Us
Purpose
The purpose of EEC is to provide post secondary education and training opportunities for youth and adults in south east Manitoba. This will assist these people in their career and personal development and will help meet the requirements for a skilled and trained workforce in order to achieve business, economic and community goals.
This purpose will be achieved by providing excellent educational space for current education providers, by encouraging and assisting these education providers to respond to local training/education needs and by EEC offering the training courses when there is not another education provider prepared to do this.
Organization
EEC is incorporated as a non-profit organization. EEC has also received charitable status. The Board is composed of seven members from Steinbach and the surrounding area: Clyde Loewen (chair), John Peters (vice chair), Ken Friesen (Secretary/Treasurer), Mary Jane Hiebert, Roy Seidler, Don Janzen and Gordon Daman. Pam Peters-Pries is part-time Executive Director.
Building
An education centre of 18,000 sq ft was completed in August 2006 on Loewen Blvd just west of the Heritage Cemetery. The centre has 11 classrooms/computer labs as well as office space. The building was occupied by the educational partners in September 1, 2006.
Education Program
Red River College has consolidated all its educational programs at this new centre. As anticipated RRC has been expanding its educational offerings over the past 3 years. RRC is the major, but not the only, education institute present in the centre.
EEC in the long term has a threefold educational purpose for the centre. Overarching this focus is the intent that EEC will become the centre for post secondary education in the south east region. The threefold purpose is to provide college courses in the area of applied Arts, Science and Technology. RRC is the primary provider of these courses and Assiniboine Community College is offering courses in the area of agriculture. Secondly, to provide First Year University level courses. In the 2008/09 school year The University of Winnipeg and Campus Manitoba are offering a range of first year university courses so that a student can complete a full first year university. Providence College is also offering a college/seminary course. And thirdly, to tailor specific educational offerings to meet local business and community need. These courses may be delivered by any of the above partners or by EEC itself.
