Education Minister Peter Fassbender issued the following statement today:

A proposed new project office in the Vancouver school district will help speed up the delivery of school seismic projects aimed at keeping students and staff safe in the event of an earthquake.

Parents and families in several B.C. communities will soon be able to connect to early learning, health and family services in one convenient location.

Five more school districts and more than 2,800 support staff workers have recently ratified new agreements under the B.C. government’s 2014 Economic Stability Mandate.

The Advanced Specialty Certificate in Community Care Licensing at the Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC), a one-of-a kind program in Canada, received a boost with $600,000 in provincial funding.

As part of B.C.’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint, Northern Lights College (NLC) will receive funding for an additional 75 training spaces to increase access and help reduce waitlists for trades critical to the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry and in-demand trades.

s part of B.C.’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint, Vancouver Island public post-secondary institutions will receive funding for an additional 238 trades’ training spaces to increase access and reduce waitlists for trades critical to liquefied natural gas (LNG) and other industries.

As part of B.C.’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint, the College of New Caledonia (CNC) will receive funding for an additional 56 training spaces to increase access and reduce wait times for trades that are critical to the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector and other industries.