North Island College Student Help Assemble Next 15 Buildings on the Watyaqit Tiny Home Village site Tag: North Island College
Tiny homes should start appearing at Watyaqit Tiny Home Village on Fourth Avenue in Port Alberni this week.
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.
North Island College New Housing Service Connects Students and Homeowners Tag: North Island College
NIC wants to help connect students with places to live in Campbell River, the Comox Valley and Port Alberni.
North Island College Elder in Residence on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation "Much More than a Holiday" Tag: North Island College
Sept. 30 marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. “It is a day to honour and recognize the ones who survived, and remember and honour the ones who were murdered in the schools,” she said. “But I don’t think it should be called a holiday. Holidays (imply) everybody having good times, and all that. This is a time where we should be remembering, and having ceremonies, to remember all those who didn’t make it, and all the ones who were traumatized for life from their experiences there.”
North Island College chooses Marisa Bennet to lead its Port Alberni campus Tag: North Island College
A member of the Ahousaht Nation and North Island College alum, Bennett is the first Nuu-chah-nulth member to take on the Port Alberni campus administrator role since the college first began operations in the Valley in 1976.
North Island College Program Funded by BHP Canada Supports Indigenous Land-Based Learning Tag: North Island College
A $325,000 donation by BHP Canada will support Indigenous land-based learning on the North Island for the next five years.
North Island College Training for Ocean Remediation Projects in Barkley Sound Tag: North Island College
The Coastal Restoration Society (CRS) is working with North Island College to train and hire at least 12 individuals for coastal remediation activities in Barkley Sound and Clayoquot Sound.
North Island College's New Gathering Place Supports Indigenous Culture on Campus Tag: North Island College
Indigenous students, faculty and staff have a new culturally relevant space for connection and celebration with the official opening of the Indigenous Gathering Place at North Island College's Campbell River campus.
North Island College Trades Sampler Sparks New Electrical Career Tag: North Island College
Leah Blok is starting a new electrical career, thanks to her experience in NIC’s Women in Construction Trades program.
North Island College’s First Housing Improves Access to Education for Students Tag: North Island College
North Island College is launching an ambitious plan to improve access to education for students in communities across the North Island with a new $65.9 million Housing Commons.
North Island College in the News: Research team is Revitalizing Indigenous language with a First-of-its-kind Blueprint Tag: North Island College
With 75 percent of Canada’s Indigenous languages facing accelerated language loss, an Indigenous-led research team from Port Hardy is setting a precedent for language revitalization by developing a unique approach that will teach people how to ‘live’ their language.