The Honourable Al Hawkins, Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour, and the Honourable Dale Kirby, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, will attend a meeting of the Council of Atlantic Ministers of Education and Training today (Thursday, January 18) in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Ministers will discuss steps to confirm regional collaboration to help address mental health issues in public and post-secondary education in Atlantic Canada. Ministers will also discuss entrepreneurship in public and post-secondary education.

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