As 2022 comes to an end and Red River College Polytechnic’s (RRC Polytech) In Front of What’s Ahead comprehensive campaign turns one, we want to take a moment to thank you for your kindness and support. Your generosity is supporting a new generation of learners at RRC Polytech, while creating a better province for all Manitobans.

In just one year since publicly launching our fundraising campaign, staff, alumni, parents, friends, and countless supporters have embraced our bold course forward and we have raised $31.5 million towards our $60 million goal. Thank you for being a part of the largest fundraising initiative in our history.

Our goal this year was to increase campaign awareness with our community. It is with much gratitude and joy, we announce that our College community engaged more than 2,000 conversations around partnerships this year, which resulted in more than 700 supporters of our Comprehensive Campaign and over 300 of those being new donors to RRC Polytech. That’s more than 2,000 opportunities that are having a direct impact and helping us share the incredible accomplishments happening on campus, which include:

• hosting the largest-ever Directions conference which saw more than 1,000 students making connections with potential employers;
• funding of a first-in-Manitoba Interdisciplinary Health Sciences and Community Services Simulation Centre where students will be able to train in an immersive lab that simulates real-life scenarios, mock disasters, in-home emergencies and care in community health spaces;
• and supporting 4,438 students with scholarships, awards, and bursaries, including 54 new awards. For one example, read about the impact donor funded scholarships have on students like Manjar Kaur, recent Electrical Engineering Technology graduate.
• With the support of a donor, we have created a new Indigenous Pathway to Information Technology program, providing the opportunity for Indigenous students who are interested in computers and technology to jumpstart their post-secondary education and prepare for a rewarding and challenging career in information technology.

Your generous support has taught our students that we can achieve amazing things when we work collaboratively and with intention toward common goals.

While we still have important work ahead of us and many critical targets to reach, we are grateful for the support of our staff, donors, alumni and friends. Only through your investment is RRC Polytech able to produce job-ready graduates, who are ready to be tomorrow’s innovators, professionals, leaders and change makers. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of our students and we invite you to celebrate our donor community here.  

Wishing you a safe and healthy holiday season.

Sincerely,
Fred Meier, President & CEO and David Petis, Executive Director, Advancement

“Donors like you make life brighter for us and I can only hope that one day, I too will be able to bring a smile to future students.”

Scholarship recipient

“Thank you so much for everyone’s generosity who made this bursary possible and was able to provide a student like me support.”

Scholarship recipient