Instructors in TRU’s School of Trades and Technology are using video meeting software to help train a group of Haisla First Nations construction students at a liquified natural gas site in Kitimat.

The state-of-the-art Virtual Classroom Training System (VCTS) is an initiative by Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) and construction contractor Ledcor and uses a combination of the software ToGoMeeting and Skype to deliver the instruction that is in both in short blocks of time and tailored to the fit the work schedules.

An official announcement was made Sept. 30, 2014 of TRU’s involvement and the involvement of others.

Read more about the innovation in a Journal of Commerce article.