Minister Dix and Kahlon in a photo with two people in nursing (via Zoom) (flickr.com)

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Backgrounders

Public post-secondary institutions receiving seats

Some of the 602 new nursing seats will be offered every other year, or on a schedule that best meets the needs of the local community.

The anticipated intake timelines for new nursing seats are as follows. Some expansions will be phased in over two to three years; the planned expansion is included below. Timelines and programs are subject to institutional, ministerial and regulatory college approvals.

BC Institute of Technology
New seats: 96 registered nursing
First intake: September 2022

Camosun College, in partnership with University of Victoria (UVic)
New seats: 16 registered nursing, pathway for license practical nurses (LPNs)
First intake: September 2023

Coast Mountain College
New seats: 24 licensed practical nursing
First intake: every two years beginning September 2023

Coast Mountain College, in partnership with UNBC
New seats: 8 registered nursing
First intake: September 2022

College of New Caledonia (Quesnel) in partnership with UNBC
New seats: 8 registered nursing 
First intake: September 2022

College of the Rockies, in partnership with UVic:
New seats: 8 registered nursing
First intake: September 2022

Kwantlen Polytechnic University
New seats: 75, including 35 internationally educated nursing refresher and 40 bachelor of science in nursing, advanced entry
First intake: January 2023

Kwantlen Polytechnic University
New seats: 40 registered psychiatric nursing
First intake: September 2023

Nicola Valley Institute of Technology
New seats: 18 HCA-to-LPN laddering
First intake: fall 2022

Northern Lights College
New seats: 16 licensed practical nurse, pathway for HCAs
First intake: September 2022 or 2023

North Island College in partnership with VIU
New seats: 24 LPN-to-RN laddering
First intake: September 2023

North Island College
New seats: 8 and 24 HCA-to-LPN laddering
First intake: January 2023

Okanagan College
New seats: 48 HCA-to-LPN laddering
First intake: January 2023

Selkirk College
New seats: 18 licensed practical nursing
First intake: January 2023

Thompson Rivers University
New seats: 10 registered nursing, pathway for LPNs
First intake:  September 2021

Thompson Rivers University
New seats: 15 nurse practitioners
First intake: January 2023

University of British Columbia (UBC)
New seats: 30 registered nursing
First intake: September 2021

UBC Okanagan
New seats: 15 registered nursing
First intake: September 2021

University of the Fraser Valley
New seats: 16 LPN-to-RN laddering
First intake: September 2023

University of Northern BC
New seats: 24 registered nursing
First intake: September 2023

UVic
New seats: five nurse practitioner, pathway for Masters-trained nurses 
First intake: September 2022

Vancouver Island University
New seats: eight seats and 24 LPN-to-RN laddering
First intake for LPN-to-RN laddering: May 2022
First intake for registered nursing: Fall 2022

Vancouver Island University
New seats: 24 HCA-to-LPN laddering
First intake: May 2023