Training & Education

If you ask Grade 9 student Maddison Loiselle, stereotypes around the trades are shifting with her generation. Loiselle said her Grade 9 wood shop class at Sudbury's École secondaire du Sacré Coeur had more girls than boys.

For years, Willow has served as a training ground for Sault College’s culinary and hospitality students. Now, with a few aesthetic enhancements, the restaurant’s ambiance matches the high quality of items offered by the fine-dining experience.

Finding ways to keep the best and brightest youth at home has been a never-ending task for many Northern Ontario communities. But a researcher at the University of Waterloo has some sage and progressive piece of advice: let them go.

More students are looking to online training to complete their education. Contact North | Contact Nord is reporting an increase of 51.

Secondary school students in North Bay and Timmins will benefit from funding to support their participation in a provincial robotics competition.

Thunder Bay’s Confederation College celebrated a successful mining industry training alliance at the recent Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention and confirmed a new one.

Sudbury’s Laurentian University has recruited a City of Greater Sudbury planner to oversee its campus modernization program. Jason Ferrigan is the new director of planning and capital projects.

Collège Boréal will launch a new prospecting and exploration technology program in 2015. College president Pierre Riopel made the announcement at the annual general meeting of the Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA) on Dec. 4.

Canadore College has broken ground for an expansion of its Aviation Technology Campus at North Bay’s Jack Garland Airport. The college announced Nov.

Northern College and Primero Mining Corp. are teaming up to provide training to Primero’s workforce.