WEST – Workplace Essential Skills and Training Program @ Vancouver Island University

The WEST Program is specifically targeted to students with developmental and cognitive disabilities. It is designed to assist students’ development with personal, interpersonal, and employment skills required to obtain and maintain employment. The overarching program goal is for the students to gain skills necessary to foster personal growth and independence. Students will acquire and develop vocational, academic, work, and essential life skills. The WEST Program is offered at the Nanaimo and Cowichan campuses. ​