Increasing BC Post-Secondary Participation
Concerns about a looming skills shortage as the baby boom generation retires have led to calls for more post-secondary education in BC. Invariably, the prescription put forward has been to increase “seats” in post-secondary institutions. Seats are a convenient...
Increasing BC Post-Secondary Participation
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BCIT announces new Bachelor of Interior Design degree
Aspiring interior designers now have a unique way to acquire the skills and knowledge needed to practice their craft.
A long-time provider of interior design education, the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) has added a Bachelor of Interior Design to its well-respected certificate and diploma offerings.
The...
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Emily Carr UA+D Announces Master of Design Degree | A First for BC
For the first time in British Columbia, a Master of Design Degree will be offered by Emily Carr University. This new degree will address an important need for advanced design education regionally and will contribute to a strong professional design community provincially.
The full-time research-oriented degree, offered...
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Reinventing Emily Carr University of Art + Design
The president of Vancouver’s oldest art school has grand plans to create a 21st-century university campus on False Creek Flats
by Charlie Smith on Apr 25, 2013
A large crowd has shown up to view a diverse and impressive array of paintings, objects, clothing, and artifacts, all created by first-year students. At times,...
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BCIT Students bring home the hardware in Skills Canada BC Competition
On April 17, hundreds of high-school and post-secondary students from across British Columbia gathered at Tradex in Abbotsford to compete in the 19th annual BC Skills Competition. With 40 competition categories ranging from aircraft maintenance to welding, students took on practical challenges designed to test—and prove—that...
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VIU IN THE NEWS – MARINERS NAMED BEST IN BC
By Josh Aldrich, Nanaimo Daily News April 23, 2013
The Vancouver Island University Mariners received two more honours this weekend as they were named team of the year by Basketball B.C. and Matt Kuzminski received a coaching excellence award.
The Mariners surprised many by winning the Canadian Colleges Athletic...
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Kwantlen students take gold at provincial Skills Canada competition, advance to national competition
Competing in a six-hour garden building event which involved working from a prescribed landscape plan, two Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) Horticulture students took gold in the provincial Skills Canada—Skills BC—competition, held April 17 in Abbotsford.
As part of the challenge, fourth-year student Kevin...
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COMMUNITY DIALOGUE SERIES TO BE PLANNED ON “RISING TO THE CHALLENGE OF RECONCILIATION”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, April 3, 2013
NANAIMO, BC
A coalition of community leaders have formed a working group to begin planning a series of dialogue sessions to address the theme of reconciliation and racism prevention in Nanaimo.
This was the outcome of a dialogue session held today at Vancouver Island...
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VIU (Vancouver Island University) Introduces Graduate Diploma in Online Learning and Teaching (OLTD)
Distance learning is one of BC's educational growth areas and teachers with expertise in this rewarding field are in popular demand. The OLTD program was designed in cooperation with professionals and school district distance learning principals to meet the needs of today's 21st Century online learners.
This innovative,...
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