housing building (improving access to education for students with children) and second single student building with non-gender specific room assignments, gender-neutral washrooms and a common area. Campbell River campus The Campbell River campus is NIC’s second largest campus and home to several programs, including trades and technology, health and human services, business, university studies, upgrading and continuing education and training. A five-year campus plan envisions the campus as a regional learning hub for Vancouver Island’s northern region with programming extending outward through digital delivery and regional in-community offerings. Originally opened in 1997 as an integrated facility with Timberline Secondary School, the campus was the site of a significant provincial and federal investment in 2018 to meet the education and training needs of the Campbell River community. The completed $17.6M expansion and renovation separates Timberline Secondary School and NIC into two distinct entities, creating almost 10,000 m² of new and renovated space for Heavy Duty Mechanic, Aircraft Structures and Professional Cook programs as well as a new library and learning commons, Indigenous lounge, bistro and lab facilities for health programs. In addition to new and renovated campus amenities, the campus also includes a bookstore and daycare. Construction on the Campbell River Indigenous Gathering Place began in 2020 fall. This new space will enhance support services for Indigenous students and the entire college community, promoting and preserving Indigenous culture and history in the spirit of reconciliation. Port Alberni campus Constructed in 1994, the Port Alberni campus is NIC’s third largest campus, serving the Port Alberni area and Vancouver Island’s west coast region from the Roger Street campus and the offsite, trades-focused Tebo Vocational Centre. Campus amenities include a library, bookstore, bistro and cafeteria, Indigenous gathering place and lounge, as well as a $1.35M teaching kitchen, completed in 2012, at the Roger Street campus. Future plans for the Port Alberni campus include a campus consolidation, combining the Roger Street and Tebo sites to provide centralized student services and supports for all students. Mix̱alakwila campus in Port Hardy Mix̱alakwila campus is a busy learning hub in Mount Waddington region at the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. The campus provides students in Port Hardy and surrounding communities the opportunity to access NIC services and a variety of adult upgrading, Indigenous language, early childhood care and education, health and human services, university transfer and continuing education courses and programs. The campus also supports in-community programming throughout