As part of 'Canada Starts Here: The B.C. Jobs Plan', to be released Thursday, Premier Christy Clark announced key steps to increase the number of post-secondary students from other countries studying in B.C.

Taking summer courses can be a bit of a challenge for post-secondary students. After all, who wants to be sitting in a lab or lecture hall on a beautiful, sunny day. But what if classes were taking place under a towering cedar on Haida Gwaii, or at the foot of a shimmering, blue glacier near Stewart?

Our future as a province is increasingly a global future. We are more and more dependent on international trade, the ability of our local businesses to expand into other markets and our broad family ties that extend across the globe.

A four-storey living wall and a lecture theatre designed in the style of an Interior Salish pit house frames a unique new learning environment at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) for the benefit of students and the local community.