LEARNING INITIATIVES FOR RURAL AND NORTHERN BC (LIRN BC)

LIRN BC is offered by a partnership of government and non-government organizations to collaborate with rural and Northern BC communities in the development and delivery of learning initiatives that build on community capacities.
LIRN BC came about as a result of a session held at the 4th Annual BC Rural Network in Osoyoos, April 2006. Representatives of agencies organizations shared information about their respective mandates to deliver dialogues and workshops in rural communities around BC, on a variety of subjects. Recognizing that repetition and duplication of events puts a burden on local community capacity, a subsequent meeting was held in Vancouver to discuss possible partnerships and coordination of delivery. As a result, four organizations pooled their resources to deliver a series of 15