UNBC and Rio Tinto have recently formed a partnership aimed at supporting students and growing education and research in the region.

Rio Tinto will provide $450,000 over the next three years which is set to go towards research and analysis of the socio-economic state within Nechako Watershed region, initiatives in common interest areas such as the environment, and experiential learning opportunities for UNBC students.

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“As one of Canada’s leading small universities, UNBC brings our research, teaching and learning expertise to a wide range of issues that communities are grappling with around the world,” said Dr. Geoff Payne, UNBC’s Vice-President Research and Graduate Programs.

“From water security, climate change and health care, to resource management, food security, and ecosystem management, all of these issues can be studied in depth in a unique environment right at our doorstep in northern B.C., providing an opportunity for this partnership to create local solutions that will have a global impact.”

The new partnership was announced last night at the British Columbia Natural Resources Forum in PG.

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