Despite growing up in a family full of miners, Jenny-Lou Campbell didn’t see herself following the same career path.
But opportunity led her there anyway, and now the Sudburian is taking the lead on an innovative new project as the newly installed executive director of the Indigenous Centre of Excellence for Mineral Development (ICEMD).
In the works for more than a decade, the centre was initiated by the Waubetek Business Development Corporation as part of a greater mining strategy designed to engage more Indigenous people in the industry.
The Centre of Excellence will serve as a clearinghouse of information related to mining and mineral development that Indigenous communities can access to help navigate their role in the sector.
Campbell, a member of Serpent River First Nation whose childhood was split between Elliot Lake and Marathon, studied environmental sciences at Lakehead University and worked at Hemlo Gold Mines during the summers.
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