Communities in northwestern B.C. will benefit from one-time targeted funding of $264,679 for Northwest Community College to support adult-literacy programs.

Communities throughout northern B.C. will benefit from one-time targeted funding of $170,505 for Northern Lights College to support adult-literacy programs.

Communities throughout the northern Vancouver Island region will benefit from one-time targeted funding of $213,149 for North Island College to support adult-literacy programs.

Adult learners in Merritt will benefit from one-time targeted funding of $24,000 for the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology to support literacy programs.

Communities throughout the lower mainland will benefit from one-time targeted funding of $52,166 for Kwantlen Polytechnic University to support adult-literacy programs.

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.

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.

Leaders from public post-secondary institutions and Aboriginal institutes of higher learning met to discuss how to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report Calls to Action within the public post-secondary education system in British Columbia.