Training & Education

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.

Program will be offered at Northern College's Haileybury campus in conjunction with Kidd Operations in Timmins

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.

The Anishinabek Nation is spearheading a public awareness campaign encouraging its citizens to learn more about the proposed Anishinabek Education System. Say Yes to the AES, and an accompanying website ( www.sayyestoaes.

With tuition, books, accommodation, groceries, transportation and other expenses, post-secondary education can be expensive. But with its Professional Clothing Depot, Cambrian College wants to eliminate at least one financial stressor for students.

Thunder Bay’s Confederation College is making arrangements with New Gold to train the future workforce for their mine near Fort Frances. The college and the soon-to-be gold producer signed a collaboration framework agreement, Dec.