Communities in the north will benefit from one-time targeted funding of $209,289 for the College of New Caledonia to support adult-literacy programs.

Vancouver communities will benefit from one-time targeted funding of $320,655 for Capilano University and $78,000 for Vancouver Community College to support adult-literacy programs.

British Columbia universities are top choices for international students coming to Canada to study.

Students at 15 public post-secondary institutions throughout British Columbia, including Okanagan College, will benefit from $6.1 million in funding for new industry-standard trades training equipment.

Northern Lights College marked an important milestone with the official ground breaking of a new $33-million trades training facility at its Dawson Creek campus.

Canadians will be better equipped for the well-paying middle-class jobs of today and tomorrow as a result of a federal and provincial investment of $16.18 million in Selkirk College.

Students at Selkirk College will benefit from $187,000 in funding toward the purchase of trades equipment, such as a new table saw for the carpenter program.

Students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) will benefit from $187,000 in funding toward the purchase of trades equipment, such as a hydraulic trainer for the millwright and automotive programs.