Students throughout British Columbia will have new opportunities for skills training, thanks to more than $1.7 million in one-time funding being provided to 10 B.C. public post-secondary institutions to prepare workers for jobs in their regions.

A tentative agreement has been reached between UBC and its Association of Administrative and Professional Staff under the 2012 mandate.

The government of British Columbia is expanding opportunities for health education in northern B.C., marked by the opening of a physiotherapy teaching lab at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), built in partnership with the University of British Columbia (UBC), and a commitment to provide long-term funding to the Rural Nursing Certificate Program.

The government of B.C. is investing more than $1.46 million in new skills training equipment at Vancouver Island University.

B.C. businesses will get their products to market more quickly, thanks to an innovative pilot program that will place graduate students from B.C.'s post secondary research institutions with established companies for job experience.

Two more agreements have been ratified at the University of Victoria under the Cooperative Gains Mandate with CUPE Local 4163 (Components I & II) and with the Professional Employees Association.

As part of B.C.'s multiculturalism week, the fourth annual Provincial Nesika Awards has recognized four individuals and organizations for their exceptional work to promote diversity and multiculturalism throughout the province.

Aboriginal students who experience a short-term financial crisis will now have access to emergency financial relief while they are attending school.