Pilot Project Aims To Boost Education Access In Fort St. James
Fort St. James, BC – An open house was held in Fort St. James yesterday to celebrate the opening of a education and training resource centre in Fort St. James…
The Key Resource Centre is a one-year pilot project that aims to connect community residents to educational resources and programs, as well as other social services programming. The centre is supported by a partnership between the College of New Caledonia and Integris Credit Union. It will be overseen by an advisory board made up of CNC, the District of Fort St. James, Nak’azdli Health and the Nak’azdli Alternate Justice Centre.
CNC Fort St James Regional Supervisor, Ann McCormick, says, "The Key Resource Centre offers in-house and outreach services with the goal of improving access to education and training for individuals who visit the centre.
McCormick says both local Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal service providers are available at the centre, providing a ‘welcoming inclusive and culturally-sensitive environment’ where individuals can access a computer lab, ask for drop-in academic advising services, or even take a course.
"CNC came to us with the pilot project concept to address needs in our community," says Integris Branch Manager, Joan Burdeniuk. "Accordingly, Integris has provided a one-year free lease as our contribution to the Key Resource Centre. We are pleased to work with partners such as CNC in strengthening our community."
CNC’s funding for the pilot was provided through Northern Gateway’s Community Education and Training Fund.
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The Facts are, out in the real World no one cares where you from ,just can you do the Job
“The Facts are, out in the real World no one cares where you from ,just can you do the Job”
Ah, yes, black-and-white thinking, clearly the product of a first-class, advanced education.
No just a lowly Tradesmen ,but First Class
Training and no Student Loans or Government Help and no Higher ED.
What I see , we do have an Education Industry ,taken plenty of Money from Students. If Industry needs the Skills let them do the Training and pay for it!
“Training and no Student Loans or Government Help”
I am afraid that if you stepped into a College during your training period for say one year or more before you did your apprenticeship you had “government help” since your tuition would have covered about a quarter or so of the actual cost. Colleges get paid by the province for each student seat on a pro rated full time equivalent basis per semester. The rates depend on the programs. Any “tuition” fee paid to the college by the student bridges the gap of the actual cost.
In addition, depending on the year when someone took the training, there were both federal and provincial tax incentives at the time of doing the income tax return. Currently there are additional grants available depending on the programs.
So please, do not tell us that you were not provided with “government help” unless you trained in another province or another country in which case you were given government help there or you, or someone else for you, paid an exorbitant amount for your training.
Not in Canada I know, but a very large private Company , all I would like to say our Model here is not the greatest, it’s very costly for you to take the Training.
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