$6.79 Million in federal infrastructure money for Lethbridge College
FORT MCMURRAY – The federal government has announced $6.79 Million in infrastructure funding for the College. The Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) money will to be used for two projects.
$6.44 million from the funding will be used for development of a 7,000 square foot innovation space in the second phase of the college’s new trades and technologies facility.
According to College President, Paula Burns, the facility will be the largest of its kind south of Calgary, which will enable students, faculty and industry professionals do applied research in a wide range of disciplines.
The new trades and technologies facility will welcome its first students this August and the innovation space, which will include a wet lab, a social science observation lab and a collaboration space, will be ready for use by spring 2018.