Post-secondary students in rural and remote Indigenous communities throughout B.C. will soon have better access to health-care and technology training close to home.
The B.C. government is providing Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT) $3.4 million for the purchase of three modern, innovative and fully equipped mobile training units that offer the latest in health-care and information technology, including simulators, beds, computer workstations and multi-media equipment.
“As B.C.’s only Indigenous-led public post-secondary institution, founded by the five First Nations of the Nicola Valley and fully governed by a First Nations board of governors, NVIT has a mandate to provide post-secondary education and support services to Indigenous students across British Columbia,” said Ken Tourand, president, NVIT. “These three new mobile training units allow NVIT to expand our ability to service rural and Indigenous communities throughout B.C. with computer and health-care training.”
