NVIT is British Columbia's Aboriginal public post-secondary institute.

NVIT spent years in the downtown core of Merritt, British Columbia.

NVIT is a member of the Indigenous Adult and Higher Learning Association (IAHLA), which was created in 2003 to represent and work on behalf of Aboriginal controlled adult and post-secondary education institutes in British Columbia.

A ransomware cybersecurity incident in December 2019 wiped out most of NVIT's technology systems.

[3][4] NVIT programs and courses are accredited within the province of British Columbia.