New trades training equipment is coming to Coast Mountain College (CMTN) to better prepare students for the workplace when they leave the classroom.

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.

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 in graduate-level degree programs at the University of British Columbia (UBC) will be able to focus more intently on research and innovation because of a $6-million scholarship fund that will also help recruit and retain the province’s brightest minds.

Students throughout the province are benefiting from a provincial investment of $10 million in internship programs that connect budding researchers with industry partners to solve real-world problems.

British Columbia high school students are getting a taste of the trades, and the chance to explore new career paths, thanks to new equipment funding.