LANGARA CELEBRATES $15.9-MILLION CAMPUS UPGRADE
November 20, 2009 – Moira Stilwell, Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development and MLA for Vancouver-Langara and Ed Fast, MP for Abbotsford, joined officials at Langara College to celebrate the completion of renovations and expansion of campus facilities, including the opening of their new aboriginal gathering place. Left to right: Dr. David Ross, Langara College President, Larry Grant, Musqueum Elder, MP Fast, Minister Stilwell, David Chiang, Langara College Board Chair, and Colin Smith, Representative, Langara Students' Union. [News release]
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B.C. PROCLAIMS FAMILY LITERACY DAY
VICTORIA – Libraries, communities and families throughout B.C. and Canada are celebrating Family Literacy Day today with events that promote the importance of reading as a family.

FIRST PEOPLES HOUSE OFFICIALLY OPENS AT UVIC
VICTORIA – Ida Chong, MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head and Minister of Healthy Living and Sport and Murray Coell, MLA for Saanich North and the Islands and Minister of Labour joined the Hon. Steven L. Point, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Mrs. Gwen Point and University of Victoria representatives to officially open the First Peoples House on the UVic campus.

ABORIGINAL CENTRE OPENS AT UBC OKANAGAN
KELOWNA – Norm Letnick, MLA for Kelowna-Lake Country joined Steve Thomson, Minister of Agriculture and Lands and MLA for Kelowna-Mission, along with representatives of the University of British Columbia Okanagan to celebrate the official opening of the new Aboriginal Student Centre.

SUCCESSFUL ESL TRAINING EXPANDED
VICTORIA – More immigrants and refugees in communities across British Columbia will have access to free English language training programs with this year’s $2-million investment in the English as a Second Language Settlement Assistance Program, announced Moira Stilwell, Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development.

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