Training & Education

The sky’s the limit for Canadore College aviation students with the September grand opening of the Advanced Composites Fabrication, Repair and Test Centre (ART-TC) in North Bay.

Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Qujing Normal University of China to provide for cross-cultural learning.

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. , the University of Limpopo in South Africa, and Laurentian University in Sudbury signed an agreement launching an educational collaboration between the two universities.

The Carpenters Training Centre is constructing a 3,500-square-foot addition to its training centre located in Azilda (a suburb of Sudbury). The new space, being funded with $388,500 from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.

Sudbury’s Cambrian College graduated 13 Aboriginal students from its line crew ground support training program, the fourth cohort of the program, which started out as a pilot project in 2013.

The Ontario Waterpower Association (OWA) is launching new Aboriginal programming through the University of Sudbury. An Aug.

This summer, Collège Boréal will be offering a new pre-apprenticeship training program exclusively to women interested in jump-starting their career as industrial mechanic millwright.

Northern College ’s Northern Training Division has launched a new online e-learning platform, which will allow employers and individuals to access short-form training programs from any location with internet access.

North Bay’s Canadore College is looking to export its aviation skills training to India.

When Bob Ryckman started in the construction industry four decades ago, there often wasn’t much precedent for safety monitoring amongst companies, so he created his own, pioneering the use of spreadsheets and databases to track safety records.