Boreal Prospectors Association
About Ontario’s Federated School of Mines
Excerpt from “Schools forge mining union” by Keith Lacey Northern Life; January 20,2006
Cambrian College and Northern College, which operates the Haileybury School of Mines and several other campuses across northeast Ontario, are the founding partners in a new initiative to develop a Federated School of Mines for Northern Ontario.
Other partners who signed a Memorandum of Agreement for a new Federated School of Mines Friday include Confederation College from Thunder Bay, Canadore College in North Bay, and College Boreal and Laurentian University.
This agreement will encourage a co-operative working relationship among all of the schools and the mining sector, said Barnard. The agreement will facilitate student access to education in the mining and minerals industry and allow these schools to respond to labour force and training needs, said Cambrian president Sylvia Barnard.
“One of the key issues...has been accessing training and educational opportunities for employees in the mining industry...and for those young people entering the industry,” she said.
Ultimately, the goal is to attract people to Northern Ontario, strengthen the communities involved through access to education and training, encourage students and employees to remain in this part of the province and assist the mining industry in meeting educational and training needs, said Barnard.
There’s power in numbers and leaders in this new Federated School of Mines will be able to work with government, Aboriginal leaders and other academic institutions to address key educational and training concerns for the mining industry for decades to come, said Hill.
“Through an educated workforce, our communities will continue to grow and prosper,” she said.
Pat Lang, president of Confederation College, said technology will allow mining students and employees across the north to access crucial training and information, which will only benefit an industry crucial to economic prosperity across Northern Ontario.
Source: http://www.ontarioprospectors.com/boreal/pubs/0603-Newsletter.pdf
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