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Photo of jobseekers at the Career Fair

Successful career fairs
“You don’t have to be a burger to join our family,” states the food tray placemat at an A & W restaurant I was dining at recently. This is just another sign of how innovative employee recruitment programs have become for businesses in the food service sectors and beyond.

Photo of Geology students in a classroom COTR partners in web-based science project
Imagine being able to conduct university science labs from your home computer.
Funding for a worthy cause
Instructors Allison Lutz and Elizabeth Lund have catapulted Selkirk College into fifth place among all Canadian colleges and universities actively participating in the Spread the Net campaign.

Selkirk College launches new website
Selkirk College unveiled its new website last week, and according to Lucie Fortier, the college’s institutional marketing co-ordinator, the new design is cleaner, more straightforward and easier to navigate.

NELSON
Renewable energy program created
Selkirk College will begin training renewable energy technicians with its new Renewable Energy Technology program, to be launched in the fall.
CRANBROOK
A new kind of classroom
Students enrolled in College of the Rockies’ (COTR) Resident Care Attendant (RCA) program are learning first-hand what it takes to work in resident care facilities.

Key Education contacts
Home care providers since 1977
Looking for a rewarding career? Then look no further. BC Care Providers has created our Careers section just for people like you, people who are interested in a career within the Long Term Care and Home Support sectors. Visit our Current Vacancies section to see our listings which are catalogued according to provincial health region. As a group, the BC Care Providers Association provides effective leadership and valued resources that facilitates progressive changes, promoting the growth and success of its members who provide care services for seniors.


BC Care Providers Association
301 1338 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC
PHONE: (604) 736-4233
WEBSITE:

Golden Life Management
1800 Willowbrook DR
Cranbrook, BC
PHONE: (250) 489-0667
WEBSITE: www.goldenlife.ca

Rocky Mountain Local Government Management
40 10th Ave S
Cranbrook, BC
PHONE: (250) 426-4211
WEBSITE:

Bighorn Meadows Resort
Radium, BC
PHONE: (250) 347-2323
WEBSITE:

A&W Restaurant (Invermere)
255 3rd Ave
Invermere, BC
PHONE: (250) 342-3575
WEBSITE: www.aw.ca

Eagle Ranch Golf Resort
Invermere, BC
PHONE: (250) 342-0562
WEBSITE: www.eagleranchresort.com

North Of 49 Markets
Unit 1 4985 Hot Springs Rd
Fairmont Hot Springs, BC
PHONE: (250) 345-2134
WEBSITE:

Certified General Accountants Association-EAS
Elkford, BC
PHONE: (250) 865-2130
WEBSITE: www.cga-bc.org