Adult learners in Cranbrook will benefit from one-time targeted funding of $59,200 for College of the Rockies to support literacy programs.

Communities in the north will benefit from one-time targeted funding of $209,289 for the College of New Caledonia to support adult-literacy programs.

Vancouver communities will benefit from one-time targeted funding of $320,655 for Capilano University and $78,000 for Vancouver Community College to support adult-literacy programs.

British Columbia universities are top choices for international students coming to Canada to study.

International student Zebang Wei switched programs from geography to global environmental systems when he discovered that SFU was introducing a bachelor of environment program (https://www.sfu.ca/benv.html) in January 2015.

Students at 15 public post-secondary institutions throughout British Columbia, including Okanagan College, will benefit from $6.1 million in funding for new industry-standard trades training equipment.

Northern Lights College marked an important milestone with the official ground breaking of a new $33-million trades training facility at its Dawson Creek campus.

Canadians will be better equipped for the well-paying middle-class jobs of today and tomorrow as a result of a federal and provincial investment of $16.18 million in Selkirk College.