“These new mobile training units will mean Indigenous people will be able to learn and live closer to home, while completing culturally aware post-secondary education and training. “Our government continues to remove barriers to education and to increase post-secondary accessibility for people in rural and remote communities,” said Anne Kang, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Training. The new mobile training units will open the door for Indigenous people to access post-secondary training close to home and to receive training in culturally aware, in-demand sectors such as health care and technology. NVIT faced challenges delivering health-care and technology training programs to rural and remote communities, largely due to difficulty securing facilities and resources. “This opportunity will not only build the students’ capacity, it will build the communities’ capacity by adding new qualified health-care and IT professionals.” “The new mobile training units will provide much-needed simulated patient-care training close to home,” said Jeremy Halldorson, NVIT student. The new mobile training units will deliver programs that lead to careers as health-care assistants and licensed practical nurses, and careers in information technology. NVIT has seen increased demand for delivery of information technology (IT) and health-related programming in Indigenous communities. “These three new mobile training units allow NVIT to expand our ability to service rural and Indigenous communities throughout B.C. “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. 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. will soon have better access to health-care and technology training close to home. Post-secondary students in rural and remote Indigenous communities throughout B.C.
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