At BC Colleges, we want to acknowledge the successes of our colleges, especially excellence in teaching and community building. We celebrate the many milestones, projects, collaborations and announcements from our colleges on our website, in our monthly newsletter, and throughout our social media channels.
Read about the latest news and activities happening at colleges throughout BC in this month’s What’s New at BC Colleges? e-newsletter.
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In the bustling shop spaces on Selkirk College’s Silver King Campus, students training toward a career in trades are benefiting from a partnership with Columbia Basin Trust.
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Darius Brons-Cooney’s summer job helping heavy duty mechanics at Fabrite, a local steel fabrication company, turned out to be life-changing, solidifying his decision to become a heavy duty equipment technician. With that settled, he couldn’t wait to get started.
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When you’ve got good friends you haven’t seen in a while, you better get going when you have the chance to visit.
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Langara College nursing students have been visiting YMCA locations around Vancouver as part of a community outreach initiative.
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Coast Mountain College has partnered with local high schools in School District 52 to offer a dual-credit course for senior students. Participating students qualify for certification as Early Childhood Education (ECE) Assistants, which could help alleviate childcare staffing shortages on the North Coast.
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Students and B.C.’s food industry will benefit from the new Centre for Food, Wine and Tourism once it opens on the Okanagan College Kelowna campus, a centrally located school in the heart of wine country.
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Monsters were on the loose at Selkirk College’s Tenth Street Campus in early-March, capturing the imagination of both elementary school and college students.
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A group of students from Eyēʔ Sqȃ’lewen - Centre for Indigenous Education & Community Connections at Camosun College are embarking on a three-week field trip to New Zealand to learn about Māori culture.
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North Island College and Vancouver Island North Film Commission (INFilm) have launched a series of specialized diversity and youth training programs targeted to British Columbians under-employed and under-represented seeking employment in the province’s rapidly growing motion picture industry.
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To keep pace with the growing demand for clean technology, Vancouver Community College (VCC) has added to its growing fleet of electric machinery used for training and education. Students in VCC’s Heavy Mechanical Trades program will receive hands-on training to maintain and repair the Volvo ECR25, a compact excavator that is 100% electric.
