This was a good day for post secondary institutions in Niagara.
The Ontario government has announced millions of dollars in funding for Brock University and Niagara College.
Deb Matthews, Ontario's Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development, joined federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains, local MPP Jim Bradley and local MP Vince Badawey at Brock University today to celebrate the start of construction on new facilities.
The Brock University investment will support a new, leading-edge research facility, and the installation of new energy-efficient heating and cooling infrastructure throughout the campus.
The Niagara College investment will accelerate completion of new Agri-Food and Agri-Business facilities at the Niagara-on-the-Lake campus, to provide research, incubation and testing space that will support existing companies and new entrepreneurs, and increase industry productivity and employment in the Niagara region.
and help people in their everyday lives.
The overall cost to complete the Brock project is approximately $29.5 million, and includes $13.7 million from Canada’s Strategic Investment Fund, $2.6 million from Ontario, and $13.2 million from Brock University.
The overall cost to complete the Niagara project is approximately $34.6 million, and includes $8.7 million from Canada’s Strategic Investment Fund, $1.6 million from Ontario, and $24.3 million from Niagara College.