A full reopening isn't in the cards quite yet for Southeast College, but some programs are slowly returning. Safety courses like first aid and safety classes have restarted at the college with a few added precautions in place.

The college itself isn't fully reopened yet, and the building isn't even truly open except for these classes, but the first step in the right direction has been made. And according to college staff, students have been happily returning to campus, if only for these few classes. 

"Those are by preregistration only, of course," said college marketing and media relations manager Sheena Onrait. "So we open up on those days and just for those programs and those students that are enrolled in those courses, so that's going really well. People are excited to have us back."

According to Onrait, there are all kinds of professionals that might need to take first aid training as part of their job, or might just want to have it in case of an emergency. Even people wanting to start babysitting could benefit from training like that.

"Anyone from an office worker to maybe somebody who is volunteering with a sports team or anything like that." she said, "to an oilfield worker to really anyone. First aid is kind of one of those multi-faceted courses that really anyone and everyone should have."

Reopening these safety classes is just one step on the road to getting the college fully back up and running. Schools from grades K-12 will be allowed by the province to reopen for the fall term, but the college hasn't yet fully determined what their plan will be when September rolls around. 

"We are planning for a blended learning environment, which is a common term across post-secondary right now," Onrait said. "That means we're planning for the classes that have a practical element to it, we'll hopefully be delivering those face to face, and if there are some elements that we're able to deliver online or are able to do some supplementary learning online, we'll, of course, do some of that as well."

Onrait added they're following guidelines from the province's Chief Medical Health Officer.