On the eve of National Aboriginal Day, Education Minister Peter Fassbender and Tyrone McNeil, president of the First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC), signed a protocol agreement to help guide further collaboration on improving educational outcomes for B.C.’s Aboriginal students.

High-school students in North Vancouver are getting a head-start in hands-on trades training at the Squamish Nation Trade Centre through a new ACE IT Piping Foundation program made possible through a B.C.'s Skills for Jobs Blueprint partnership involving the Squamish First Nation, the Industry Training Authority (ITA), Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), North Vancouver school district 44 and the private sector.

Queen Mary Community Elementary buzzed with excitement as provincial, municipal and community representatives, along with students and staff, gathered for an important milestone - the completion of an $18.7-million seismic upgrade and heritage restoration at the school.

Aboriginal students at Capilano University have a beautiful new space in which to learn and embrace their heritage with today's official opening of the university's Aboriginal Student Centre.

Education Minister Don McRae and North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA Naomi Yamamoto were joined by students, staff, parents, school district officials and local dignitaries for the official grand opening and dedication of the new $38-million Carson Graham Secondary school today.

Construction work on the new $38-million Carson Graham Secondary is on track for completion this month.

Major construction began at Queen Mary Elementary, a near-century-old educational landmark that will have its interior overhauled and seismically upgraded while its historical exterior gets restored and preserved.