$1.8 million Yukon College mobile trades training lab open for business
WHITEHORSE—Deputy Premier Elaine Taylor and Yukon College Board of Governors Chair Paul Flaherty officially launched a new $1.8 million mobile trades training lab and supply trailer at Yukon College’s Ayamdigut…
Northern College Receives Productivity and Innovation Funding
Date: Wednesday, 11 December 2013 TIMMINS, ON: Northern College has received $500,000 in funding for two new initiatives through the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities’ recently launched Productivity…
Centre for Skills and Post-Secondary Education Develops Its Research Program
NEWS RELEASE 14-56 Ottawa, December 9, 2013 – Following on The Conference Board of Canada’s highly successful launch of the Centre for Skills and Post-Secondary Education (SPSE) on November 6 and 7, investors…
Health course helps Inuit interpreters tackle tough jobs
December 10, 2013 One of interpreter Maggie Tooktoo’s hardest tasks when working with doctors, nurses and Inuit patients in remote James Bay communities in Nunavik, Quebec, is to deliver bad…
First Nations University Forges Ahead with Strategic Plan and Shares Accomplishments of the Past Year
December 2013 – the Regina launch of Lighting the Path: First Nations University of Canada Strategic Plan 2013-2018 brought together local dignitaries and community stakeholders as well as FNUniv Executive,…
Northern College and Métis Nation of Ontario Sign Memorandum of Understanding
Friday, 6 December 2013 TIMMINS, ON: Today, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) and Northern College signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU is intended to strengthen and…
Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life contribute $500,000 as National Development Sponsor to fund Indspire’s new Peer Support: Educator Coaching program
Program to help educators of Indigenous students connect, share successful practices REGINA, Dec. 4, 2013 – Educators of Indigenous students today received a long-term commitment towards their goal of helping…
Minister Kenney affirms Harper Government’s commitment to address skills shortages in the mining sector
Ottawa, Ontario, November 20, 2013—In a keynote speech today at the Mining Association of Canada’s Board of Directors meeting, the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development and…
Scotiabank and Canadian Foundation for Economic Education Proudly Announce New Partnership
New Video Series Promotes Entrepreneurship and Financial Education in Schools Across Canada TORONTO, ON – November 19, 2013 – Scotiabank today announced a new partnership with the Canadian Foundation for Economic…
Lakehead University shares a remarkable year with its 2012-13 Annual Report
November 15, 2013 – Thunder Bay and Orillia, ON Lakehead University is celebrating its success stories in Northwestern Ontario and Central Ontario through the release of the 2012-13 Annual Report. The Annual Report describes…
