I'll touch on recruitment first, which is always on our minds. It was, I would say, even before the international student changes.
I'll speak from our perspective. RRC Polytech has seen an increase in domestic enrolment over the last few years. Year over year, we're somewhere between 8% and 10%, depending on the last year we're at. It's been very strong, especially coming out of the pandemic.
I think the key to increasing recruitment is speaking more about the types of careers and type of education you can have in a college or polytechnic. I don't think we talk about that enough. I think there's a default way we think about polytechnics and colleges and the careers that come out of them. A lot of times people still look at them in the same way as their origins. They were trade schools and you would leave in a trade.
What we don't talk about right now is that we have machine learning and data science programs that are at the core of artificial intelligence. In Winnipeg, we have video game programming and a video game design program. That's at the heart of an industry that's growing rapidly. We have engineering technologists who work on robotics and automation.
In this country, in the way we think of our narrative, we're thinking about the education and careers that come out of these schools as not modern or digital.
I just went through an HVAC program the other day. A lot of people would be shocked by the number of digital sensors and amount of equipment they have to use and the high level of skill associated with that. These are digital skills. These are the future skills people are graduating with.
On industry investment, we have strong industry partners. They're in it because they want to attract more graduates, and they know there are fees associated with that, so they're moving forward and partnering on that front. We have deep partnerships with many.
It still is a heavy lift. There's still a significant gap. Also, we know that in colleges and polytechnics across the country, the change in international students has had a dramatic impact—for us as well. However, we have very strong partnerships, because they're attracting the talent directly out of our institutions.