BC 1 Call urges homeowners to click or call before digging
With so many British Columbians staying home to practice safe physical distancing, many are taking advantage of the spring weather to get outside in their yard and tackle home improvement projects. Which is why BC 1 Call is urging homeowners to click or call before they dig to avoid damaging underground infrastructure and ...
BC Principals’ & Vice-Principals’ Association Offers Free BetterEducate Access to BC Teachers
In support of the BC education sector’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the suspension of in-school classes, the BC Principals’ & Vice-Principals’ Association (BCPVPA) is now offering BC teachers free access to the online resource and collaboration platform BetterEducate. Educators at the K-12 level in BC will use...
Province boosts emergency funding supports for students
Students attending British Columbia’s 25 public post-secondary institutions, who are experiencing emergency financial pressures, will benefit from a one-time investment of $3.5 million in emergency financial assistance. “Our government is taking steps to ensure post-secondary students get some emergency support so they can ...
Zoom collaboration tool now available for K-12 continuous learning
Educators will have an easy-to-use video-conferencing and collaboration platform to communicate remotely with their students while in-class learning is suspended to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Ministry of Education has secured and funded licences for the application Zoom for all K-12 public and independent schools in...
Keeping opportunities for learning open in COVID-19 environment
Spring Break is over. However, instead of returning to classes Monday, students remained at home as the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the BC government to close schools earlier in March. School Districts throughout BC have been scrambling to prepare students what schooling will look like beyond Spring Break....
BC Teachers, BCPSEA reach tentative agreement
In a media release on the BC Government website, it was announced that a tentative agreement under the B.C. government's Sustainable Services Negotiating Mandate has been reached between the members of the BC Teachers' Federation (BCTF) and the BC Public School Employers' Association (BCPSEA). The release said the mandate...
Selkirk College Pharmacy Technician Program Puts Grads on Health Care Frontline
A career in the health care sector was pretty much a guarantee for Shelby Jorgensen. When she was a toddler, the 21-year-old Selkirk College alumna was diagnosed with type-one diabetes and since then has had an intimate connection to the vital importance of the health care system. When it came time to decide on what post-secondary...
BC government suspends K-12 schools indefinitely
Students from K-12 in province will receive extended time away from the classroom after Premier John Horgan announced Tuesday that BC elementary and secondary schools in the province will be closed indefinitely due to COVID-19. Most students had been away from school since Friday due to Spring Break Holiday. The government ...
Trust helps build Business skills for Basin Students
Students in the Columbia Basin can learn about financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship through JA British Columbia (JABC). Columbia Basin Trust is providing JABC with $460,500 over three years to provide support to students throughout the region. “We’ve seen an increased demand by Basin schools for...
Op/Ed: We need to roll up our sleeves and protect Canadian wildlife
Scientists estimate that up to one million species may be at risk of extinction in the next few decades. Extinction and the loss of nature now rank up there with climate change as the biggest issues facing not just our environment, but our economy and society. However, there is reason to be optimistic. Yes, officially there...
