Castanet reports that the closure of satellite campuses across British Columbia is harming access to higher ed. The article discusses the impact of the potential and actual campus closures in towns such as Barriere, Clearwater, Fort St James, Nelson, and Williams Lake. Community leaders such as Fort St James Mayor Martin Elphee and Clearwater Mayor Merlin Blackwell emphasized the importance of having a physical higher education centre in the community to address labour market needs and prevent regional brain drain. BC Federation of Students (BCFS) Secretary-Treasurer Cole Reinbold told Castanet that 12 satellite campuses and education centres have closed in recent years. BCFS is calling on the Government of British Columbia to inject funding into PSE.
