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Minister tours Northwest Community College

Minister tours Northwest Community College
October 16, 2009 – Moira Stilwell, Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development along with Irene Seguin, chair, Northwest Community College (left) and Stephanie Forsyth (centre), president, Northwest Community College visited the Longhouse construction site at Terrace campus during a tour of Northwest Community College. The minister also took part in the official groundbreaking ceremony of the $16.7 M Smithers campus expansion and renovation project funded jointly by the provincial and federal governments. [News Release]

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Minister Stilwell Visits NWCC Terrace Campus

Minister Stilwell Visits NWCC Terrace Campus
October 16, 2009 – Minister Stilwell appreciates the mask created by Gisa-Huut Gibuu (Darryl Moore), a second year diploma student in the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art at Northwest Community College. Stilwell toured NWCC campuses following a groundbreaking for the college’s new $16.7-million Smithers campus.

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Minister tours Mining camp at Northwest Community College

Minister tours Mining camp at Northwest Community College
October 16, 2009 – Minister Stilwell, pictured here with students and instructors from the School of Exploration and Mining, visits the Northwest Community College mining camp - Camp Ganokwa. Camp Ganokwa provides the Exploration and Mining students with valuable hands-on experience to be ready for employment at graduation.

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BCIT and Eurocopter Canada Sign MOU on New Aerospace Training Program

BCIT and Eurocopter Canada Sign MOU on New Aerospace Training Program
September 25, 2009 - L-R: Don Wright, president of BCIT, Marie-Agnès Vève, president and CEO of Eurocopter Canada, Moira Stilwell, Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, and Ken Takagaki, acting dean of the BCIT School of Transportation gather at the BCIT Aerospace Technology Campus Sept. 25 for the signing of an agreement for a future specialized aerospace training program in airframe and engine maintenance.

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$19.6 Million in Renovated Buildings Open at UFV

$19.6 Million in Renovated Buildings Open at UFV
September 9, 2009 - Moira Stilwell, Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development along with local MLAs (from left) John van Dongen, John Les, Marc Dalton, Hon Michael de Jong and University of the Fraser Valley president Dr. Mark Evered cut the ribbon at the official re-opening of the renovated Building C at the University of the Fraser Valley’s Abbotsford campus after a $19 million investment by the Province. [News Release]

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New Accelerated Nursing Degree at UFV

New Accelerated Nursing Degree at UFV
September 9, 2009 - Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development Moira Stilwell examines Mrs. Sweetwater (a computerized patient doll), while University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) nursing student Kaytlin Mosdell looks on following the announcement of the new 3 year accelerated nursing degree at UFV. [News Release]

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Minister Tours University of the Fraser Valley

Minister Tours University of the Fraser Valley
September 9, 2009 – On her recent campus tour of the University of the Fraser Valley, Moira Stilwell, Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development shared lunch with University of the Fraser Valley students. The Minister is pictured here with UFV students Curtis Penner and Amara Vanderveen.

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Targeted Initiative for Older Workers
 $30M for the Targeted Initiative for Older Workers
August 28, 2009, Minister Moira Stilwell (centre), along with Chuck Strahl (left), federal Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, and Robert Waycott (right), President of Mission Community Skills Centre Society, announced $30 million over three years for the Targeted Initiative for Older Workers.

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Royal Roads University

Another $64M for Post-Secondary Renewal
August 5, 2009 - Minister Stilwell is joined by Prime Minister Stephen Harper at Royal Roads University where $64 Million in additional federal-provincial funding was announced for post-secondary infrastructure projects across BC. [News release]

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North Island College
 NIC Breaks Ground for $8.2M Trades Training Centre
July 31, 2009, Minister Moira Stilwell is joined by MP John Duncan, MLA Don McRae and North Island College president Lou Dryden at a groundbreaking ceremony for North Island’s new $8.2M skills development and trades training centre in Courtenay. [News release]

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MITACS Globalink Welcomes India
 MITACS Globalink Welcomes India
June 25, 2009, Minister Moira Stilwell and Arvind Gupta, Scientific Director of the Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS) celebrate the MITACS Globalink Program created in part to attract leading talent to B.C. and to raise awareness in India about B.C.’s research excellence and industrial leadership. Seventeen of India’s brightest undergraduate students are spending the summer in British Columbia at UBC, UVIC or SFU, taking part in a quantitative sciences research internship under the supervision of a faculty member.

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Skills Canada Competition
 B.C. Students Top Ranked at Skills Canada Competition
June 22, 2009, Minister Moira Stilwell recognized Skills Canada “Team B.C.” students who achieved top ranking at the provincial and national Skills Competitions as part of a celebration of trades and technology. Forty-three secondary and post-secondary students on Team B.C. earned an unprecedented 12 gold, three silver and four bronze medals at the competition. [News Release]

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Minister Celebrates BCIT Convocation
 Minister Celebrates BCIT Convocation
June 19, 2009, Minister Moira Stilwell congratulates students at the BC Institute of Technology’s convocation ceremony.

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BCIT Building Renewal
 BCIT Building Renewal
June 19, 2009, Advanced Education and Labour Market Development Minister Stilwell at the BC Institute of Technology with President Don Wright in front of the sign announcing the revitalized Campus Gateway building for 22.75 million from the provincial government.

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BCIT Building Renewal
 Camosun Demonstrates Simulation Lab
June 18, 2009, Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development Moira Stilwell takes the pulse of CHRIS, a computerized human patient simulator, while instructor Joan Humphries and Steven Bishop look on during a tour of Camosun College’s simulation lab.

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