The government of B.C. is investing more than $787,000 in new skills training equipment at Selkirk College.

Students throughout British Columbia will have new opportunities for skills training, thanks to more than $1.7 million in one-time funding being provided to 10 B.C. public post-secondary institutions to prepare workers for jobs in their regions.

The government of B.C. is investing more than $1.46 million in new skills training equipment at Vancouver Island University.

B.C. businesses will get their products to market more quickly, thanks to an innovative pilot program that will place graduate students from B.C.'s post secondary research institutions with established companies for job experience.

Two more agreements have been ratified at the University of Victoria under the Cooperative Gains Mandate with CUPE Local 4163 (Components I & II) and with the Professional Employees Association.

Aboriginal students who experience a short-term financial crisis will now have access to emergency financial relief while they are attending school.

A four-year collective agreement between Royal Roads University and CUPE Local 3886 staff has been ratified, providing for modest wage increases within existing budgets, Minister of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology John Yap announced today.