An additional 96 trades seats will give Vancouver Island University (VIU) students access to training in a variety of in-demand occupations in a range of sectors that support the provincial economy.

As many as 28 new community mental health workers trained at the Cowichan Campus of Vancouver Island University (VIU) will be able to access their education at reduced tuition later this year.

The College of New Caledonia is investing in academic upgrading and university transfer courses for students at its Burns Lake campus by offering its access to business and pathway to practical nursing programs.

The College of New Caledonia campus in Vanderhoof intends to offer new apprenticeship training in Industrial Mechanic (millwright) Level 1 in September 2016 to prepare students for in-demand occupations.

Students at the Quesnel campus of the College of New Caledonia will be able to access two new short-term courses, camp cook and essential office skills, that will prepare them for in-demand occupations.

The College of the Rockies is receiving $843,000 toward the purchase of new training equipment, including two L3 Mobile Truck Driving Training simulators and health care training mannequins.

As part of a commitment to increase the number of Aboriginal faculty members in the public post-secondary education sector, Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT) will offer a master of education program jointly with the University of British Columbia.

Building on the momentum from a recent enhanced construction craft worker pilot program, the College of New Caledonia is providing additional training to students who completed the pilot at the college’s Fort St. James campus.

There are 20 new health care assistant spaces being added to the Comox Valley campus of North Island College (NIC) to meet demand for health care professionals in the community.