The future of Fort St. James’ CNC campus is looking bleak, as the school is planning on shutting its doors.
According to the college, maintaining a full brick-and-mortar campus may not be sustainable due to the campus not meeting local learner needs, and a significant decline in student participation.
Fort St. James Mayor Martin Elphee said this news wasn’t unexpected.
“They came to the community I’d say in early December, and then it was brought out at that point in time.”
“It hit hard. It wasn’t a total surprise, because the total number of employees there has gone down considerably over the past year.”
Northern Health asked if it could put out courses with its new hospital building, which CNC said it will work with local organizations, Indigenous partners, employers, and industry to deliver programs in community spaces.
CNC will be holding an open forum at the Rec Centre tonight (Thursday) from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for people to attend.
Elphee said they will be listening to see what the recommendations are, and hope for a firm commitment.
CNC said it will continue meeting with community partners to identify program needs and opportunities, with an update to the Board of Governors at the February 27th meeting.
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