Assiniboine Community College will have support from the province to redevelop the Parkland Building on the college’s North Hill Campus announced Minister of Education and Advanced Learning, James Allum, alongside Mark Frison, president, Assiniboine Community College (ACC).
The project will redevelop the iconic 103-year-old Parkland Building, which will be home to a new Centre for Health, Energy and Environment, serving as a hub for learning and research innovation. It will provide much-needed capacity for the college to develop and enhance programming, graduating highly skilled individuals that are job-ready and proficient in their fields, Minister Allum noted.
The Manitoba government will provide up to two-thirds of the total cost of the project, which is estimated to be $94.1 million, subject to project approval from the federal government. The province will also provide an additional $4 million toward environmental remediation work on the project.
The new Centre for Health, Energy and Environment will accommodate up to 355 students to be relocated from the Victoria Avenue East Campus, as well as 192 new students. The Centre for Health, Energy and Environment will increase capacity for education opportunities by contributing to Manitoba’s commitment to add 75,000 more workers to the labour force by 2020.
A crowd gathered for the official announcement inside the Parkland building's auditorium.
[L to R] Minister James Allum, Minister Caldwell, Students' Association president Tamara Studer and ACC president Mark Frison.
A view of the Parkland building on ACC's North Hill Campus.