President Claire Suave will provide an overview of how (and why) the CETA BC Innovation fund was established and will review what projects have been funded to date.
Dr. Jenny Horn, VIU, will recount the 3-year project underway with the Agriculture and Food Special Interest Group. The work of this collaborative group has resulted in a MC Gap Analysis and the subsequent development of several Micro Credential curriculum packages in response to the analysis.
Dr Jenny Horn has worked as a coordinator in community education, recreation, and community-based research for over 40 years. She is passionate about agriculture and food systems development, and values small and medium-scale agriculture and its direct connections to the consumer. Jenny holds multi-disciplinary degrees focused on Rural Education and First Nations Studies, was an animal health technologist, and is a certified Research Grants Manager. She has developed agriculture programs with the PDT division at VIU Cowichan (off and on) since 1988
