VCC Students Giving back to the Community
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Students from VCC’s Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) and Building Information Modelling (BIM) Technology program spend a day volunteering with Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver.
In The News
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.
Finding the Good: Conference Seeks to Generate New ideas for Ethical International Development
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How can ideas that begin in the classroom grow into real-world solutions to attack poverty, hunger, and gender inequality around the world? And – on the flip side – how can front-line practice inform the way students and researchers comprehend increasingly complex challenges to fundamental human rights?
Selkirk College’s Rural Pre-Medicine Program Reaches Major Milestone
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Launched in 2014 as part of an effort to educate rural students in a manner that helps build a stronger health care system outside urban areas, the Selkirk College Rural Pre-Medicine Program has helped a pair of alumni reach their goal of entry into medical school.
North Island College Nursing Grads Hired by Island Health
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Island Heath has hired nursing graduates for the Comox Valley and Campbell River hospitals, including 20 graduates from NIC.
Great Shed Auction Supports North Island College Trades Students
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Students from NIC’s first Trades Sampler program are auctioning off their class projects to support future trades students.
New 10K Scholarships Support Women in BC's Growing Tech Sector
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Women studying computer science, math and engineering can now apply for a $10K scholarship designed to increase the number of women in these traditionally under-represented tech professions. At least one of these scholarships will be dedicated to a woman of Indigenous ancestry.
Graduation Brings It All Into Focus for Okanagan College Welding Student
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After more than a decade working as a professional photographer in Ottawa, Mitchell Burton moved across the country, enrolled at Okanagan College and traded in his camera for a welding torch.
Sex Assault Supports Vary in BC Universities a Year After Provincial Bill (Universities-Sex-Assault)
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One year after a bill came into effect requiring British Columbia universities to have sexual assault policies, the supports available at different schools still vary widely and students are urging the province to fill a funding gap.
VCC President and CEO, Dr. Peter Nunoda, Joins Innovate BC Board
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Bruce Ralston, Minister of Jobs, Trade and Technology, announced the appointment of VCC President and CEO, Dr. Peter Nunoda, to the Board of Directors of Innovate BC.
Premier Announces Tech and Innovation Investments to Spark Economic Growth, Job Creation
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To help spark B.C. innovation, economic growth and new jobs, the provincial government is investing in tech-based research and advanced training opportunities in all parts of the province, Premier John Horgan announced today at the #BCTECH Summit.