Aboriginal learners in British Columbia's Interior region are training for careers in fields ranging from the hospitality and health-care industries to business and governance through local partnership agreements that provide hands-on and classroom training.

Aboriginal learners on Vancouver Island are gaining new skills that will prepare them for possible careers that include the hospitality sector, forest stewardship, or the pulp and paper industry.

A community-based approach to education and training will enable Aboriginal learners in the Lower Mainland to access training that will help prepare them for further education, and develop skills for careers in the trades.

Aboriginal learners in British Columbia's northern communities are developing their job skills in a wide variety of fields - including construction and mining - with support from community-based education and training partnership programs.

Moving Emily Carr University of Art + Design to its new home at the Great Northern Way Campus took a major step forward today with the release of the Request for Proposals (RFP) to the three short-listed proponents preparing submissions to deliver the project.

Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk participated in a roundtable discussion with the Campbell River & District Chamber of Commerce following a visit to North Island College campuses in Campbell River and Comox.

Minister of Advanced Education Amrik Virk has issued the following statement on International Education Week: