MINISTER OPENS UVIC'S LATEST GREEN BUILDING
Advanced Education and Labour Market Development Minister Murray Coell, left, on the green roof of the University of Victoria’s new social sciences and mathematics building, built with $24.84 million from the Province. As the plants in the foreground and background mature, they will help cool the building in summer and insulate in the winter. The small exhaust fan in the foreground is one of a very few sensor-controlled mechanical ventilation units.
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GOVERNMENT ASSISTS MACKENZIE FOREST WORKERS
MACKENZIE – The B.C. government is investing more than half-a-million dollars in training programs to help displaced forest workers in Mackenzie overcome a lumber and paper manufacturing downturn in their community, announced Minister of Forests and Range Pat Bell.
NOTHING BUT THE FACTS: POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN B.C.
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s public post-secondary education system is preparing students to take their places in the province’s knowledge economy. Here’s a statistical profile showcasing higher learning in B.C.:
SCHOLARSHIPS HELP B.C. STUDENTS BECOME GLOBAL CITIZENS
VICTORIA – A new Premier’s One World Scholarship to support up to five B.C. students pursuing post-secondary studies abroad and its first recipients were announced today by Murray Coell, Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development.
REVISED PUBLIC SERVICE EXECUTIVE PAY FRAMEWORK
VICTORIA – The Province has revised its compensation framework for executive level employees of the professional BC Public Service to bring B.C. more in line with other jurisdictions across Canada.
KNOWLEDGE NETWORK BECOMES CROWN CORPORATION
BURNABY – The Knowledge Network has been officially established as a Crown corporation, honouring government’s commitment to maintain the network as B.C.’s educational public broadcaster, Murray Coell, Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, announced.
Provides leadership and support for excellent and accessible post-secondary education and an integrated and dynamic approach to research and innovation.
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