By Greg Fry

$10.3M Centre of Excellence in Sustainability opens at NVIT

Sep 19, 2018 | 1:44 PM

MERRITT — Students, staff and dignitaries celebrated the opening of the Centre of Excellence in Sustainability at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology today (Sept. 19).

It means improved access to hands-on career training in areas like culinary arts and environmental resource technology.

“NVIT plays an important role by providing an education grounded in Indigenous culture, tradition and knowledge, and this new centre will help it open the doors of opportunity and build community,” said Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Training Melanie Mark.

According to the ministry, the 2,000-square metre centre contains new classrooms and an innovative clean energy lab that brings the mechanical room to the classroom and uses power from the building’s solar rooftop, which is also a teaching space.

Funding for the $10.3 million facility came from the Government of Canada’s Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund ($6.9 million), the Province of B.C. ($2.5 million), Western Economic Diversification Canada ($720,000) and the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology ($150,000).

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The ministry says NVIT serves more than 1,200 learners.