City of Quesnel mayor and councillors received an annual update for the College of New Caledonia (CNC), Quesnel Campus, at the Jan. 30 council meeting.
CNC Quesnel representatives Henry Reiser, president; Alyson-Gourley Cramer, executive director communication services; and Morgan Ross, campus principal, gave presentations.
The annual update provided an overview of:
• Six different CNC campuses located in the communities of Quesnel, Burns Lake, Fort St. James, Mackenzie, Prince George and Vanderhoof.
• CNC programs offered in the areas of health sciences, trades and technology, business and management, social services, university studies, and upgrading and access.
• Students are reporting that 73 per cent of them are in jobs directly related to CNC training; 83 per cent are finding the CNC education they are taking useful in getting a job; and 83 per cent say the skills and knowledge they are learning at CNC are useful in performing jobs.
All of these percentages are slightly higher than the provincial average (B.C. Student Outcomes Dashboard 2016).
• CNC Quesnel currently has 19 per cent of students with declared Aboriginal heritage. The Aboriginal room, implemented in 2015, is being well-used and increasing the Quesnel Campus Indigenous learning environment.
• CNC allocates its budget to the campuses as follows: 83 per cent in Prince George; seven per cent in Quesnel; four per cent in Burns Lake; three per cent in Mackenzie; two per cent in Vanderhoof; and one per cent in Fort St. James.
• CNC Quesnel campus had 668 students enrolled in 2014/15, and 956 in 2016/17.