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.
WHERE Challenge targets future Earth scientists An urgent need to attract students to the Earth sciences has sparked a national contest for Canadian youth. Sponsored by EnCana Corporation and Teck Cominco Limited and in celebration of the International Year of Planet Earth and National Science & Technology Week, the WHERE Challenge is designed to get young people aged 10 – 14 years thinking about what on Earth is in their stuff and WHERE on Earth it comes from.
