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news releaseBCIT-Canfor partnership wins Global Best AwardOctober 13, 2006 BURNABY, BC: The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) and Canfor Corporation have teamed up to win The Conference Board of Canada’s 2006 Global Best Award in Enterprise Education Partnerships.The Global Best Award in Enterprise Education recognizes business-education partnerships that demonstrate innovation in the business community and outstanding achievement in teaching young people marketable workplace skills. It is awarded biennially through an international competition. In an innovative partnership, BCIT students worked with Canfor executives under the direction of BCIT faculty to design and build a model wood-frame home to scale. The model home used engineered wood products and was designed to meet building code requirements. It used environmentally friendly building materials in order to reflect Canfor's commitment to sustainable forest management. This initiative gave Canfor a physical means of communicating the capabilities of new construction methods and innovative building materials to its customers. "The students at BCIT did a wonderful job constructing the model home, which provides us a tangible reference to communicate Canfor's capabilities to our customers," said Don Kayne, VP Wood Products Marketing. "Projects of this nature are an excellent opportunity for students to get a unique education about our industry and our company," he said. "We were delighted to be asked by Canfor to partner with them in this initiative," said John English, Dean of the School of Construction and the Environment at BCIT. "This project gave our faculty and students a unique opportunity to work with a world class firm and make a direct contribution to the firm's marketing communications," he added. -30- For further information, media can call: Marita Luk, Business Development Manager Allison Markin, Media Relations Manager |
