A joint venture between Camosun College and Babcock Canada will help position the college as the region's leading technology learning hub to support local industry.
Tuesday marked the official opening of the new Babcock Canada Interaction Lab at Camosun's Interurban campus. The lab is housed within the Camosun Innovates department which includes BC's only Technology Access Centre--part of a network of 30 such centres nationwide. Working with local industry, Camosun Innovates provides research services including environmental protection and technology to streamline business processes
Camosun College President Sheri Bell says the lab can bring students from the school of business, from health and human services to deal with real world problems.
"It may be a marketing issue, it may be a publication issue, it might be something to do with a trade, and the connection is what we are looking at moving forward with."
Babcock Canada announced an investment of $800,000 to support next generation specialized equipment in the new future-focused Interaction Lab that bears its name.