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Issue 2 - Spring 2004 |
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Specialty Programs and Schools
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As a parent, you want the best education for your child - one
that meets individual needs and interests - whether your child plans to be an
artist, an athlete, a scientist or a computer whiz.
You'll be happy to know that in British Columbia, you and your child now have
more educational choices than ever before. In fact, B.C. is now leading the
nation when it comes to specialty programs and schools. [more]
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Help Wanted - More Than a Million Positions Available!
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The most recent projections estimate there will be over one million job openings
in B.C. between 2003 and 2015. In the next decade, businesses will be competing
for skilled people like they never have before. This means more opportunities
for you! [more]
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Achieving Success Through Employment |
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Want to get the job you want and put income assistance behind you? B.C.'s
income assistance system has been redesigned to focus on achievement through employment
for clients who are able to work. Here's how Surrey's Parvinder Suri changed her
life forever, and you can too. [more]
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Access Increased with 25,000 New Post-Secondary
Spaces by 2010 |
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Students will have more opportunities to pursue their goals at B.C.'s colleges
and universities, thanks to government's commitment to add 25,000 new student
spaces to post-secondary institutions by 2010 — the largest expansion of
post-secondary education in B.C. in 40 years. [more]
New
Post-Secondary Spaces to Date (larger map)
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Kids Engage Through Pilot Project |
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For the past year, groups of young people in the Tri-Cities have been planting
vegetable gardens for the local food bank, painting peace walls in schools, and
putting on hot dog roasts and rock concerts - all with the help of funding from
the Ministry of Children and Family Development. [more]
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Safe and Properly Equipped Schools |
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As a parent, you want to know your child is going to a school that is safe
and properly equipped. That's why over the next three years the Province will
be investing three-quarters of a billion dollars in new schools and facility improvements
across B.C. [more]
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