Students at UBC Okanagan are marking one year of living in new, first-of-its-kind energy efficient housing.

New technology and trades equipment will help set up students in the Okanagan with the skills they need for rewarding careers.

The addition of 48 trades training seats at Okanagan College will increase student access to skills training in a range of high-demand careers, announced Melanie Mark, Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Training, during a visit to the Kelowna campus.

Students at Okanagan College will be encouraged to explore co-op opportunities to support their career ambitions.

MLA for Kelowna-Mission Steve Thomson, on behalf of the Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson, has announced $18.9 million for the construction of a new Health Sciences Centre at Okanagan College in Kelowna.

A new degree is being developed to support the revitalization of First Nations languages in British Columbia.

Canadians will be better equipped for the well-paying middle-class jobs of today and tomorrow as a result of a $40.65-million investment in the new Teaching and Learning Centre and a number of sustainability and infrastructure upgrades at the UBC Okanagan campus.

Communities in the central interior will benefit from one-time targeted funding of $80,500 for Okanagan College to support adult-literacy programs.