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.

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.