A major overhaul of Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Spruce Building gives future scientists, health professionals and artists more opportunities for creative, hands-on learning that will help jumpstart their careers.

More than 30 Indigenous learners from Penticton Indian Band and surrounding areas are getting education and skills training in their community to prepare for rewarding careers in construction and natural resource sectors.

Students have greater opportunity to pursue a long-lasting, good-paying career in the skilled trades with the opening of a $32-million training facility at Thompson Rivers University (TRU).

A new Douglas College location in downtown New Westminster is making it easier for Lower Mainland students to gain the knowledge and skills for success in fields like accounting and finance.

Students at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT) now have improved access to hands-on career training in areas like culinary arts and environmental resource technology at an innovative building that has officially opened its doors.

Students at the College of New Caledonia (CNC) are developing the practical skills that employers in the North need in a new, modern heavy mechanical trades facility.