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PM announces next round of funding for British Columbia universities and community colleges

Tours existing project at Royal Roads University that is already creating jobs and will support computer and media research

5 August 2009

Victoria, British Columbia

Students and staff at British Columbia post-secondary institutions will be able to take advantage of new, expanded and improved facilities thanks to a major new job-creating investment contained within the Harper Government’s Economic Action Plan.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today joined British Columbia Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, Moira Stilwell, to tour the joint federal-provincial infrastructure project at Royal Roads University, one of 29 new and expanded facilities already being funded by the Knowledge Infrastructure Program contained within the Economic Action Plan.

"These investments are examples of how our Economic Action Plan is helping people on Vancouver Island and throughout British Columbia," said the Prime Minister. "Work on these facilities creates jobs today. These facilities will help prepare graduates of Royal Roads and other post-secondary institutions for the jobs and opportunities of the future."

The new facility at Royal Roads University will support research in several areas, including human-computer interaction, computer-mediated communication and media production. This project is expected to be completed by next summer.

The Prime Minister also announced that 12 post-secondary institutions will receive funding through a second round of Knowledge Infrastructure Program investments. These new investments include $35 million from the Government of Canada, $33 million from the Government of British Columbia and almost $5 million from other sources, including the institutions themselves.

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