Education

Whether it’s training potential employees what they need to know to head out into the field or informing the public about the important everyday items that mining makes possible, education is a vital aspect within the mining and exploration industries.  

Recent Education articles

Kendra Johnston is the president and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration.
Education, Mines, Sustainability & environment, Technology The Association of Mineral Exploration leads through change

Kendra Johnston, CEO of AME, likens the Canadian mining and energy conferences to family reunions because of the meaningful relationships developed during camp

by Timothy Fowler
Worker pouring concrete onto steel girders.
Mining Insider, Education, Global BC Construction Industry set to launch Certification Program for Concrete Pump Operators

A major step has been taken to improve safety on construction sites throughout British Columbia

Carol Howes is Vice President of Communications and the PetroLMI division at Energy Safety Canada.
Education, Energy, Alberta, Global Canada’s oilpatch is getting nerdy

Despite the dogged downturn, Carol Howes of PetroLMI foresees enduring employment opportunities for adaptable, tech-savvy oil and gas workers.

by Jamie Schmidt
(L to R) Chris Hodgson, president of the Ontario Mining Association; Marc Lauzier, mine general manager for Newmont Goldcorp’s Porcupine Gold Mine; Duncan Middlemiss, president and CEO of Wesdome Mines; and Mike McCann, head of mining and milling for North Atlantic Operations.
Education, Minerals, Mines, Ontario #ThisIsMining illustrates how mining affects everyone

Chris Hodgson, president of the Ontario Mining Association, explains how #ThisIsMining coincides with OMA’s 100th anniversary

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A haul truck is being loaded at one of Conuma Coal’s mines near Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
Education, Energy, Mines, Safety, Sustainability & environment, Technology Powering the future

The Coal Association of Canada supports the coal industry through challenges arising from innovation and advances in technology.

by Marie Milner
Fossils discovered in B.C. province, new regulations for mining companies put the fossils in Royal Museums and local history exhibits.
Education, First Nations, History, British Columbia British Columbia’s new fossil protocol

The government of British Columbia has implemented a new recovery protocol for the removal and preservation of found fossils.

by Zoë Dupley
Celebrating at last year’s challenge are (L to R): Jacques Yves Guigné, CEO of Acoustic Zoom; David Garofalo, CEO of Goldcorp; and Gary Dinn, vice-president marketing at Acoustic Zoom.
Education, Mines, Sustainability & environment, Technology, Global #DisruptMining: Goldcorp’s contest is a catalyst for quantum leaps in performance

Goldcorp’s #DisruptMining contest gives great ideas a voice for a big audience.

by Timothy Fowler
Guy Santucci, Cranbrook History Centre Board Chair, and Jason Jacob, President of East Kootenay Chamber of Mines, with one of the dino prints.
Mining Insider, Education, Exploration, History, Mines, British Columbia Local dinosaur prints on display at Cranbrook History Centre

Teck loans museum 140 million-year-old meat-eating raptor tracks found in local mines

Picture of students.
Mining Insider, Education, Mines, Global Vale launches 2019 Global Trainee Program

In Canada, Vale is recruiting 12 young professionals to come and spend a year with the Company in 2019.

Group of smiling children in India.
Mining Insider, Education, Global UNICEF Canada and Teck partner to save the lives of children in India

Over the past five years, the partnership has saved the lives of 62,000 children in India.

XPRIZE Bloomberg press conference earlier this year.
Education, Energy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability & environment, Technology, Global XPRIZE and COSIA partner to solve the carbon challenge

Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance has partnered with XPRIZE to inspire innovators to solve the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE challenge.

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MetSoc logo.
Mining Insider, Education, Minerals, Global Canada’s Top Metallurgy & Materials Engineers 2018 Award recipients announced

The Excellence Program at MetSoc aims to honour those members of the Society who have excelled through their outstanding achievements to metallurgy.

Don Lindsay, President and CEO, Teck, and Luiza Carvalho, UN Women Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean, sign an agreement.
Mining Insider, Education, Mines UN Women and Teck extend partnership to empower indigenous women

The investment will extend the Originarias programme, and support the goal of providing Indigenous women in northern Chile with access to training programs.

An overview of attendees at the PDAC Convention in Toronto.
Mining Insider, Education, Exploration, First Nations, Minerals, Mines, Products & equipment, Renewable Energy, Sustainability & environment, Technology, Ontario PDAC 2018 Convention exceeds 25,000 attendees

High attendance rates are a clear sign that the mineral exploration and mining industry has regained its swagger and is building momentum.

Person standing on mountaintop, with logo for Engineers and Geoscientists BC.
Mining Insider, Education, Mines, British Columbia Science inspiration to spark a rewarding career

Considering a career in engineering and geoscience opens up a world of possibilities to students in BC and across Canada.

The 2018 Vancouver Resource Investment Conference takes place at the Vancouver Convention Centre West on January 21-22, 2018.
Mining Insider, Education, Mines, Products & equipment, British Columbia Register now: 2018 Vancouver Resource Investment Conference (VRIC18)

VRIC2018 is the world's largest resource investment conference dedicated to resource exploration, and is a must-attend for investors and stakeholders.

A woman, wearing a hardhat, takes a water sample from a stream.
Education, First Nations, Technology The future of mining: MiHR discusses employment opportunities

Ryan Montpellier, executive director of MiHR, discusses mining as a viable career path for future generations.

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NAIT is currently working on Phase 1 of the applied research project to test DME in long-haul trucks in Alberta.
Education, Renewable Energy, Alberta NAIT applies DME to long-haul trucks in Alberta

NAIT researcher explains DME, NAIT’s applied research project with industry partners, and how close the alternative renewable fuel is to market.

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Four men on a roof working on an equipment installation.
Education, Alberta Microgrid innovation at Medicine Hat College

Bluenergy Solarwind perfects double-helix urban wind turbine for Medicine Hat College’s microgrid.

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