Training & Education

Northern College has circled July 28 for an official groundbreaking ceremony for a new residence building at its Haileybury campus. The proposed four-storey building will provide lodgings for 64 students in 16 apartment-style units.

Program seeks women who have experienced personal hardship

Sudbury’s Laurentian University has opened a new School of the Environment to expand on its expertise in environmental teaching and research.

Sudbury ’s Laurentian University has recruited Dr. Rui Wang as its new vice-president of research. The move becomes next Jan. 15 and has a renewable term ending June 30, 2020.

Confederation College has graduated its first set of mining technicians.

Dixon Wapoose, a student from Simon Jacob Memorial High School in Webequie , has earned $2,500 for his video about the benefits of mining.

On May 29, Cambrian College awarded its highest honour to the founding partners of its powerline technician program. The Dr.

Lakehead University chancellor Derek Burney and his wife, Joan, announced a gift of $150,000 to establish the first postdoctoral fellowship for the Thunder Bay school’s Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Mining and Exploration (CESME).

Gin-Cor Industries hosted 75 secondary school students to learn about potential trades and technology careers with the Mattawa-based heavy truck equipment company.

North Bay ’s Canadore College has renewed its long-standing partnership agreement with Essential Helicopters, a flight training company, to deliver its popular helicopter programs.