Canada Education Park
In March 2003, the City of Chilliwack, the Chilliwack Economic Partners Corporation (CEPCO), Canada Lands Company and additional partners, signed a memorandum of understanding to officially launch the Canada Education Park project. Over the next 10 years, the Park will unfold on a 200 acre site at the former Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack.
Upon completion, the Park will showcase several major institutional facilities. Currently, the RCMP Pacific Region Training Centre (PRTC), Justice Institute of BC (JIBC), and the University of the Fraser Valley's (UFV) Trades and Technology Centre, and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) are located at the Canada Education Park. Future partners include the Canadian Police College and Pacific Gateway partnerships (via UFV) with international universities from China and India.
Future activities will revolve around post secondary and post graduate education; research and training; industrial research and enterprising; criminal justice programs sponsored by the RCMP, UFV and the Justice Institute of BC; First Nations training programs; international studies, including trade and commerce; and health science programs.
The Canada Education Park is growing and diversifying daily. The Park’s projected student population is expected to grow exponentially with the number of full-time students increasing from 5000 in 2007 to approximately 18,470 by 2020. Partners in Education: RCMP Pacific Region Training Centre (PRTC)
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/learning/prtc/home_e.htm
The RCMP PRTC officially opened on December 4, 2001. The facility is a 221 room conference destination, exclusively catering to all Canadian Federal, Provincial and Municipal Government and Crown Agencies. The centre offers training in a variety of disciplines ranging from firearms safety to traffic and marine training. Currently there are 4,600 students training at the academy with plans to expand to 6,520 by 2010. Justice Institute of BC (JIBC)
www.jibc.bc.ca
The Chilliwack campus of the Justice Institute of BC (JIBC) is the home of the satellite training facility of the Paramedic Academy. Currently there are 300 students training at the Chilliwack campus. By 2020, JIBC plans to increase the number of students to 750. University of the Fraser Valley (UFV)
www.ufv.ca
UFV is a fully accredited, public post secondary institution that enrolls over 10,000 students per year. With campuses in Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Mission, and regional centres in Hope and Agassiz, UFV offers 12 bachelor's degrees, one applied master's degree, and more than 80 certificate and diploma programs in applied and academic areas, including Trades. UFV recently received $29M from the provincial government for the purchase of 85 acres within the Canada Education Park. $7.6M was provided for the purchase of land with $21.6M being delivered for the renovation of an existing 115,000 square foot building. The new Trades and Technology Centre opened in September 2007. UFV will relocate all programs from its existing Chilliwack campus to the Canada Education Park campus. Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
www.cbsa.gc.ca
CBSA's Western Canada Learning Centre currently provides the following:
- Duty Firearms training
- Control and Defense Techniques
- Transport and Control training
- Passenger Motor Vehicle training
- Phase three of Basic Recruit training for new Border Services Officers Health Sciences Centre
The Canada Education Park Health Sciences Centre is a planned community facility that will provide comprehensive healthcare services including primary, ambulatory and urgent medical care. Supplementary medical services may consist of a pharmacy and health and wellness stores. The three acre site will also provide a variety of training and research opportunities for educational institutions and federal and provincial organizations. The project partners include the City of Chilliwack (CEPCO), RCMP, UFV, University of British Columbia (UBC) and Fraser Health. Canadian Police College (CPC West)
www.cpc.gc.ca/cpcwest_e.htm
Established to meet the growing needs of police in western Canada, the Canadian Police College (CPC West) at the Park provides the same high quality specialized and advanced police training currently offered at the Ottawa campus of Canada’s national police college. Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)
www.csc-scc.gc.ca Pacific Gateway International College partnerships (Asia and India) via UFV
http://www.pacificgateway.net/ |