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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Several Northen Lights College students not only earned a place in Skills Canada’s BC championships this year but also brought home medals and a better understanding of how their education fits within the national context.
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Vancouver Community College’s (VCC) Automotive Service Technician program is now an internationally accredited training program after achieving the highest level of excellence from the Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Education Foundation.
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Langara College is proud to receive a total of $2,671,771 in federal funding for the applied research project Innovating Virtual Reality in Inclusive and Anti-biased Early Learning and Child Care Training, funded through the Early Learning and Child Care Innovation Program.
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With more secure funding from the province, North Island College is expanding programming to help communities meet the demand for skilled nurses.
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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.
