Training & Education

Laurentian mining experts working in different fields will find themselves playing on the same team in the coming months.

If you want to prepare your business for the future, harness local universities’ and colleges’ greatest resource: students.

When Austin Atatise-Morriseau graduates from Cambrian College in 2017, he won’t have to spend any time handing out his resumé.

Sudbury’s Laurentian University has; announced Craig Fowler will assume the role of associate vice-president, research partnerships, innovation and economic development.

Getting a francophone degree in business can now be as simple as two plus two.

Thunder Bay’s Lakehead University is creating an industrial research chair in green chemicals and processes. The establishment of the five-year position is being bolstered with more than $814,000 from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund (NOHFC).

Northern College’s Haileybury School of Mines is creating a Northern School of Hard Rock Mining through a partnership with Glencore.

A new bursary will help Métis students from the Abitibi-Temiskaming-James Bay region attend college. Representatives from the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO), Detour Gold, Collège Boréal, and Northern College met Feb.

North Bay’s Canadore College has opened an aviation training facility in India. The college and Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF) announced Feb.

Gord Miller, Ontario’s former environmental commissioner, has been named to the foundation board of Canadore College in North Bay. Rick Evans, board chair, made the announcement in a Feb. 1 news release.