Four universities recently benefited from nearly $1.9 million in funding for 17 research infrastructure projects under the British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund.

The government of British Columbia is expanding opportunities for health education in northern B.C., marked by the opening of a physiotherapy teaching lab at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), built in partnership with the University of British Columbia (UBC), and a commitment to provide long-term funding to the Rural Nursing Certificate Program.

Future health professionals in British Columbia will benefit from additional student spaces at the British Columbia Institution of Technology (BCIT) to get the training they need as diagnostic medical sonographers to provide the high-quality health care B.C. families deserve.

Future health professionals in northern British Columbia will benefit from an additional 28 student spaces at the College of New Caledonia to get the training they need as health-care assistants to provide the high-quality health care B.C. families deserve.

Future health professionals in the East and West Kootenay regions will benefit from additional student spaces at College of the Rockies, Selkirk College and the Justice Institute of British Columbia to train health-care professionals to provide the high-quality health care B.C. families deserve.

Future health professionals in the Lower Mainland will benefit from additional student spaces at Vancouver Community College to get advanced training for health-care assistants to provide the high-quality health care B.C. families deserve.

Future health professionals on southern Vancouver Island will benefit from an additional 64 student spaces at Camosun College to get the training they need as health care assistants to provide the high-quality health care B.C. families deserve.