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Centre for Design Innovation + Entrepreneurship Receives 2.1M Funding
Posted on September 09, 2015 | Updated June 10, 2019, 11:07AM
One-time funding of $2.1 million will go toward startup and program-delivery costs of the Emily Carr Centre for Design Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Wood Innovation and Design Centre (WIDC), Prince George, BC.
One-time funding of $2.1 million announced on September 4, 2015 by the Ministry of Advanced Education, will go toward startup and program-delivery costs of the Emily Carr Centre for Design Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Wood Innovation and Design Centre (WIDC), Prince George, BC.
Funding will support art and design-based educational training needs identified
by the wood industry, community and other stakeholders. This includes
programs related to design innovation and secondary manufacturing with
wood and wood-based products.
The Emily Carr Centre for Design Innovation and Entrepreneurship was announced on Jan. 23, 2015, and will reside on two half floors of WIDC.
Read the Ministry of Advanced Education Media Release.
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