B.C.’s public sector colleges and institutes are often asked to verify their corporate status. Each is “designated” under section 5 of B.C.’s College and Institute Act, but neither the Act nor its regulations specially names each college and institute (other than BCIT).
So how does one prove that a specific college or institute is “designated” under the College and Institute Act?
One way is to point to the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skill’s website, which lists Public Colleges and Public Institutes. However, that’s not definitive.
Another way is to find the college or institute’s “designation” under the College and Institute Act. These are publicly available on the BC Laws website, but can be hard to find if you don’t know exactly what you’re looking for.
To help you shortcut your search, we have listed the designations of every public sector college and institute and provided links below.
- British Columbia Institute of Technology
- Camosun College
- Coast Mountain College (formerly “Northwest Community College”)
- College of New Caledonia
- College of the Rockies (formerly “East Kootenay Community College”)
- Douglas College
- Justice Institute of British Columbia (“JIBC”)
- Langara College
- Nicola Valley Institute of Technology
- North Island College
- Northern Lights College
- Okanagan College
- Selkirk College
- Vancouver Community College (formerly “Vancouver City College”)
