More than 400 diplomas were handed out to students dressed in black robes and mortarboards at Assiniboine College’s fall graduation ceremony.

A total of 440 students from 37 certificate, diploma and post-graduate programs celebrated their accomplishments with family, friends and faculty at the Keystone Centre on Thursday afternoon.

“This moment is not only the conclusion of your programs, but also the recognition of the effort, persistence, resilience that brought us here,” valedictorian Jaskomalveer Kaur told the crowd of about 1,000 people.

Kaur, who graduated with an advanced diploma in agriculture, said even though people have graduated from different programs that had their own challenges, “the determination required was the same.”

Other students graduated in programs related to h

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