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By Tom Taylor, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, NWT News\/North On Jan. 23, Aurora College announced plans to close its 19 community learning centres, which are located in communities across the territory. The college attributed the decision to “ongoing issues of low enrolment” and stated that the decision was unanimous among its board of directors. However, leaders in the communities that are losing learning centres are not happy with the plan. Tom Beaulieu, senior administrative officer in Fort Resolution and a former MLA and cabinet minister, called it “a bad move” on behalf of the government, which has historically provided the bulk of the college’s funding \u2014 to the tune of $32.9 million in 2024-25. “The communities have so little in as far as work, and the few people that have… <\/p>\n

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By Tom Taylor, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, NWT News\/North On Jan. 23, Aurora College announced plans to close its 19 community learning centres, which are located in communities across the territory. The college attributed the decision to “ongoing issues of low enrolment” and stated that the decision was unanimous among its board of directors. However, leaders in the communities that are losing learning centres are not happy with the plan. Tom Beaulieu, senior administrative officer in Fort Resolution and a former MLA and cabinet minister, called it “a bad move” on behalf of the government, which has historically provided the bulk of the college’s funding \u2014 to the tune of $32.9 million in 2024-25. “The communities have so little in as far as work, and the few people that have... <\/p>\n

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