WELCOME TO THE FAMILY

LANGARA COLLEGE ALUMNI & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Congratulations on your accomplishment! We are so proud to call you a Langaran. As a graduate, you are now part of a global community of Langarans over 106,000 strong. From today onwards, whatever you decide to do and wherever you choose to go, know that you have a network of peers and that you are in good company.

As a Langara alumnus, you now have access to a range of great benefits:

. Career development resources . Professional development opportunities . Networking events, reunions and activities . Langara Library access . Partnership programs and Alumni discounts

Visit langara.ca/alumni to check out the full list. We are always offering different alumni opportunities. Stay connected to get the latest news.

. Subscribe to our newsletter, The Orange Peal . Update your contact details online at langara.ca/alumni . Update your LinkedIn profile to include Langara College . Follow Langara College Alumni on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn . Share your story and inspire other Langarans

Please do not be strangers and know that you are always welcome back.

Once a student, always a Langaran.

Learn more.

langara.ca/alumni

Langara’s Coat of Arms

Langara’s official coat of arms was unveiled at a campus ceremony in January 2015 by His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada. Drawing inspiration from the Langara community, the new coat of arms has been designed to reflect Langara’s values of learning and discovery and includes elements of the surrounding community. It is used to represent the College at ceremonial occasions.

The coat of arms features a strong X shape, symbolizing the College as a crossroads where students from varied backgrounds meet and then follow various life paths. It also alludes to the Langara campus, which features angular buildings surrounded by green space. The book indicates that Langara is an educational body, and the cherry blossoms are a feature of Vancouver in the spring.

The pantheon represents imagination, achievement, and the natural world. The use of gold stars on green refers to the arms of the Spanish admiral Juan de Langara y Huarte, for whom the College was named. The mariner’s compass also alludes to the early Spanish explorers, as well as the College’s role in guiding its students.

The falcon is the mascot of the College’s intercollegiate sports teams. The binary code on their collars (meaning “L” and “C” for Langara College) honours the College’s commitment to innovation in instructional information technology. The base of river grass represents the location of the College’s main campus on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territory of Musqueam, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, meaning “people of the river grass.” In January of 2016, Musqueam gifted Langara the name snəeyəɬ lelə which means “house of teachings.”

The Latin phrase at the base means “knowledge is freedom.”