Students in graduate-level degree programs at the University of British Columbia (UBC) will be able to focus more intently on research and innovation because of a $6-million scholarship fund that will also help recruit and retain the province’s brightest minds.

Construction is underway for Okanagan College's new Health Sciences Centre that will give students better access to training for a health-science career.

Good-paying aircraft-technician jobs are being created as a result of more training spaces to support the Okanagan’s booming aerospace industry.

Good things happen when industry experts, post-secondary institutions and government are all speaking the same language of tech innovation, said Melanie Mark, Advanced Education, Skills and Training Minister.

New provincial funding will increase students’ access to tech-related programs at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus and Okanagan College, giving them access to the skills needed to succeed in B.C.’s rapidly growing tech sector.