Post-secondary students in rural and remote Indigenous communities throughout B.C. will soon have better access to health-care and technology training close to home.

Student researchers are seeking the newest innovations to make life better for British Columbians in fields such as clean technology and emergency management.

Douglas College students will be able to live where they learn for the first time in new student housing at the New Westminster campus.

Students at Coast Mountain College will gain hands-on experience with a new mobile marine classroom beginning in September.

A new collaborative post-secondary campus will be built in one of Canada’s fastest-growing communities so more students can access education close to home for in-demand jobs.

British Columbians will soon benefit from as many as 322 more allied health professionals supporting their health-care needs as new training seats are added to public post-secondary institutions throughout B.C.

Students studying nursing, MRI diagnostics and other health-care roles will soon be learning in a new, innovative space, with the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) Health Sciences Centre set to open in September.

Student housing spaces at Okanagan College’s Kelowna campus will more than double as construction starts on the first on-campus student housing to be added in more than 30 years.