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Tuesday, September 27, 2016 3:39 PM
Kamloops native Jayden Ockenden has always wanted a career where he could make a difference in someone’s life. He had initially planned to pursue a career in law enforcement. But spending his summers as a wildland firefighter while he studied at SFU helped him discover his true calling as a firefighter.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016 9:15 AM
Students at Camosun College have saved over $115,000 since 2012 through the use of open textbooks that range from accounting to biology to trades titles.
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Friday, September 23, 2016 2:20 PM
Students at Northwest Community College (NWCC) will benefit from a government investment of $187,000 toward new industry-standard trades-training equipment, such as survey equipment for the carpentry program.
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Friday, September 23, 2016 2:15 PM
Students in northwest British Columbia will be better equipped for the well-paying, jobs of today and tomorrow as a result of an $18.4-million investment to renew trades training facilities at Northwest Community College.
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Thursday, September 22, 2016 5:27 PM
Chris Taylor speaks enthusiastically about his time at Camosun: “It’s a great college, I really like it. I’ve met a lot of friends here and I love to expand my horizons.”
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Thursday, September 22, 2016 10:27 AM
Premier Christy Clark and Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson have officially opened the newly renovated $35-million Trades Training Complex at Okanagan College.
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Thursday, September 22, 2016 8:59 AM
Students who plan to chart a course for maritime careers in shipbuilding and ship repair will benefit from a further $150,000 in funding to support training programs at BCIT and Camosun College as part of B.C.’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016 2:00 PM
Jacquelyn Cragg, ICORD Postdoctoral Fellow has won the Society in Science – Branco Weiss Fellowship (http://www.society-in-science.org/jacquelyn-cragg.html) for her postdoctoral studies.
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Monday, September 19, 2016 9:57 AM
Post-secondary institutions help equip young Canadians with the education and training they need for future careers that will help them join a strong, healthy middle class.
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Friday, September 16, 2016 10:30 AM
A survey of over 2,800 former apprenticeship students in British Columbia demonstrates that the completion of trades apprenticeship training overwhelmingly leads students to well-paying jobs.
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