During this COVID-19 crisis, it is important that we are taking care of our mental health. The Provincial Government recently released a statement highlighting various mental health support networks in the province. They state: All Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) mental health inpatient units for adults, children and youth remain open for admissions as needed.  Community mental health sites remain open, offering most services by phone. However, they have maintained capacity to assist clients and patients in person if necessary.  Group-based services have been discontinued, but clients and patients are being contacted by phone. The SHA continues efforts to reallocate resources [...]

Latest update on COVID-19 from Horizon College & Seminary There is not much new to report, but it's good to keep you informed. Our building is closed to the public, including our residential wing from our academic wing. Classes are running smoothly online, and we've announced numerous online spring/summer courses you can take. See College Courses here and Seminary Courses here. There are very few onsite staff. We will pick up deliveries and mail, observing social distancing protocols. We are running with a very streamlined staff right now so please connect with us by email: info@horizon.edu. Please be aware of multiple [...]

An important note for prospective and returning students: With the world so crazily uncertain at this moment you may be wondering, "Will Horizon even be running in September?" The answer is an emphatic "YES!!!" Right now, we're eagerly awaiting the arrival of multiple new and returning students on campus this fall. We're ready with student housing as Nathan and Melanie Cressman of Cressman Realty have residences ready for students to move into. Contact nathan@cressmanrpm.ca if you're interested! And for those of you who can't wait - or who want to get a head start - (we're thinking especially those of [...]

We're all a little anxious in the midst of this COVID-19 storm. But please remember that is is a storm - a fierce and terrible storm, for sure! - but a storm all the same and it will pass. Right now we, along with the rest of the world, are forced to bunker-down and wait it out as best we can while preserving as much life, laughter, and normalcy as we can. On March 19, all students who remained on campus completed the onsite portion of classes and most have moved out of residence. Horizon's facility is now locked down to [...]

With the increased measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 announced by the Government of Saskatchewan this morning, Horizon will be ceasing on-campus academic and student life activities effective Friday, March 20. We will continue to offer courses for the rest of the year online via Zoom, which thankfully we are well set-up to do. We will also offer opportunities to connect weekly online for chapel and life groups. We are not completely closing our residence since this is the local "home" many have who are working in the city. However, we will encourage students already planning to return home after [...]

Unquestionably, our world is in uncertain times! The outbreak of COVID-19 has produced a range of reactions, making it sometimes difficult to discern which voices to listen to. At this stage of the outbreak, Horizon will continue operating cautiously as usual. Although many larger institutions have wisely ceased their regular activities, Horizon is comparatively much smaller, well out of scale to these other institutions. Even at maximum capacity we don't come even close to reaching the minimum threshold indicated by health officials for not gathering, and no current students or staff are participating in international travel. Nevertheless, although we are operating [...]