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EMILY CARR BECOMES A UNIVERSITY


April 28, 2008
Premier Gordon Campbell announces that The Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design will become a university, to be called the Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

Premier Gordon Campbell announces that The Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design will become a university, to be called the Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

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2008-04-28 - Premier Gordon Campbell announces that The Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design will become a university, to be called the Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
2008-04-25 - Premier Gordon Campbell was joined by faculty, students and community representatives to celebrate the announcement that Capilano College will become Capilano University. April 25, 2008.
2008-04-23 - NANAIMO – Malaspina University-College will become a university, to be called Vancouver Island University, Premier Gordon Campbell and Advanced Education Minister Murray Coell announced.
2008-04-22 - Premier Gordon Campbell announces that Kwantlen University College will become a full university, to be called Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
2008-04-21 - Premier Gordon Campbell announces that the University College of the Fraser Valley will become a university, to be called the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV).
2008-04-14 - Premier Gordon Campbell announced a $5-million partnership to add 32 beds to Covenant House Vancouver, a shelter and resource centre for homeless youth.
2008-04-14 - Premier Gordon Campbell announces plans to create up to 172 new supportive housing units and 20 new sobering beds in the City of Surrey by 2010.
2008-04-11 - Premier Campbell joins UBC alumnus and donor Irving K. (Ike) Barber and wife Jean for the grand opening of the new Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC. The Centre was made possible through a $20 million donation from Ike Barber and $10 million from the Province.
2008-04-08 - Premier Gordon Campbell joins Health Minister George Abbott to break ground for the new, $18.8-million emergency department at Victoria General Hospital.
2008-04-04 - Premier Gordon Campbell met with internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist Tim Flannery. Flannery authored 'The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change' a book often credited with galvanizing the public to begin fighting global warming. April 4, 2008
2008-04-04 - Premier Gordon Campbell and Comox Valley MLA Stan Hagen announced $2.6 million in government funding to twin the East Courtenay Reservoir in order to double the region's available water supply.
2008-04-04 - Premier Gordon Campbell and Nanaimo-Parksville MLA Ron Cantelon announced that the province is investing $5 million to develop a cruise ship terminal in Nanaimo.
2008-04-04 - Premier Gordon Campbell announced that Port Alberni would receive $440,000 from the BC Spirit Square fund to upgrade and expand the Harbour Quay.
2008-04-04 - Premier Gordon Campbell joined Nanaimo-Parksville MLA Ron Cantelon and Qualicum Acting Mayor Jack Wilson to announce $162,500 for Qualicum to develop its very own B.C. Spirit Square.
2008-04-03 - Premier Gordon Campbell is joined by Claude Richmond, MLA for Kamloops and Minister of Employment and Income Assistance, and by Kevin Krueger, MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson and Minister of State for Mining in announcing the Province's $18 million investment in a new library and First Nations House of Learning at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops.
2008-04-03 - Premier Campbell, ministers Richmond and Krueger, and Thompson Rivers University officials at the funding announcement for a new library and First Nations House of Learning at TRU.