British Columbia Wine Institute and Okanagan College sign cooperation agreement
The British Columbia Wine Institute and Okanagan College have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that outlines the two institutions’ enhanced collaboration to provide a broad range of integrated opportunities for partnerships, projects, and applied research in wine and related industries designed to positively influence regional economic development and contributions to creating a prosperous and sustainable industry.
The British Columbia Wine Institute
development and contributions
more specifically in applied research
(BCWI) and Okanagan College (OC)
to creating a prosperous and
related to our common goals,” says
have a new tool in place to help
sustainable industry.
Miles Prodan, BC Wine Institute
guide their continued cooperation. The pair have signed a
further their common interests in
Memorandum of Understanding
research and projects to further the
(MoU) that outlines the two
wine and related industries.
institutions’ enhanced collaboration
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The MoU establishes a framework to
president. “In a time of rapid growth, this agreement gives us the direction to leverage our partnership for the benefit of the industry, and we look forward to the progress
to provide a broad range of
“The Memorandum of
ahead.”
integrated opportunities for
Understanding recognizes the
Adds Bill Gillett, Okanagan College’s
partnerships, projects, and applied
value of our new relationship with
dean of the School of Business,
research in wine and related
Okanagan College and fosters
“Okanagan College is a devoted and
industries designed to positively
coordinating our collective efforts
integral part of the wine industry
influence regional economic
to further the wine industry, and
here in the Okanagan Valley.” Gillett
