Mining Matters reaches out to Aboriginal youth The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada's (PDAC) Mining Matters program has expanded its Aboriginal youth outreach activities to Baker Lake in Nunavut and the First Nation communities of Webequie and Marten Falls in Northern Ontario. Together with the First Nations Natural Resource Youth Employment Program in Upsala, Ontario and the Manitoba Natural Resource Camp in northern Manitoba, Mining Matters will connect with more than 115 Aboriginal youth ranging from ages nine to 19. View Article
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Teachers don hard hats and mucker boots Thirty elementary and high school teachers from across Ontario donned hard hats, mucker boots and cap lamps for an underground tour of Xstrata's Nickel Rim South Mine in August as part of a four-day Teacher's Mining Tour organized by the Canadian Ecology Centre.
Mining programs inspire Aboriginal youth Thunder Bay's Confederation College has become a key player in First Nation employment training for northwestern Ontario's mining sector.
Laurentian graduates first PhD in Engineering Laurentian University mining engineering students won the 19th annual Canadian Mining Games at the University of Toronto February 19 – 21. The Laurentian victory is its seventh since the founding of the annual event in 1991.
Students win engineering competition Four engineering students from Laurentian University won the Ontario Engineering Competition, Junior Design Category, in competition against 14 other universities earlier this year. This is the first time Laurentian University has won this prestigious provincial competition.
Video contest introduces students to mining Inspired by famous Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan’s observation that the medium is the message, the Ontario Mining Association launched a video contest late last year to educate an unlikely audience about the mining industry.
