Honourable Murray Coell

Minister announces $10 million to triple graduate student internship program
June 5, 2007

From left, Arvind Gupta, scientific director of MITACS, Advanced Education Minister Murray Coell, David Fracchia, vice-president of technology at Radical Entertainment, Don Avison, president of the University Presidents' Council of B.C.and student intern Scott Beatty get a demonstration from intern Todd Keeler on how video games are created at Radical Entertainment in Vancouver.

The Province invested $10 million to triple the size of an internship program where graduate students will work with businesses to help increase B.C.'s competitiveness. The funding will allow MITACS, a national research network,  to provide more than 650 internships over the next four years. All provincial public post-secondary institutions that offer graduate programs will be eligible to take part in ACCELERATE BC – B.C.'s Graduate Research Internship Program

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