TIMMINS — Students from all over northeastern Ontario got a glimpse at what a future in mining could look like.
Northern College hosted the Laurentian University Goodman School of Mines for the MineOpportunity Games on March 26, inviting 120 students from Timmins, New Liskard, Kapuskasing, Iroquois Falls, and Kirkland Lake.
“The point of this is for them to learn about the mining sector and what is available in the region, not only from the mining side but also from the supplier side,” said organizer Marla Tremblay, the executive director of MineConnect, an industry organization representing mining service and supply companies from across the North.
“We have a dozen companies here providing a series of questions and an interactive activity.”
With the labour crunch, she said it’s a great opportunity for companies looking for staff as well.
“Awareness is a very important thing to do, to educate our youth about opportunities. People have perceptions about the industry because they don’t know, so we’re trying to help the companies change the message or get the message out about what they do and potentially gain future employees,” she said.
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