More than 6,500 businesses in Nanaimo have success finding the skilled labour they need from local, post-secondary institutions.
Nanaimo’s Vancouver Island University (VIU) graduates students with trade certificates, college diplomas, BA and MBA degrees. Other notable post-secondary schools include Discovery College, Sprott-Shaw College, and Western Maritime Institute.
University of Victoria, Royal Roads University, Camosun College and North Island College, all on Vancouver Island, are also strong sources of skilled labour for local businesses. With the proximity to Greater Vancouver, the continuous flow of graduating students from institutions such as UBC, BCIT, SFU, Emily Carr, etc. provides additional recruiting resources for local employers.