Its primary function was the management of the Knowledge Network, a public television station in British Columbia, and the Open Learning Institute.
It once played a larger role in education and a university function, before being scaled back by the provincial government in 2004.
Thompson Rivers University (TRU), through its Open Learning Division (TRU-OL), became one of Canada’s leading distance education providers.
Educational goals are obtainable for anyone through accessible and varied courses that can be taken anytime and at an individually determined pace.
Also included is Open School BC (OSBC), currently of the Services and Technology Division in the Ministry of Education.