May 1, 2015 – Yellowknife, NWT – Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)
The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council, today announced an investment to expand mine training opportunities in the Northwest Territories.
The Surface Miner Training Program Development project will enable the Northwest Territories Mine Training Society and Aurora College to launch a new training program this summer that will prepare northern workers for an anticipated wave of employment opportunities in the mining sector beginning in 2016.
Ted Laking
Office of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq
819-997-1441
Shane Kilpatrick
Communications Advisor, NWT
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
613-240-7682
Hilary Jones
General Manager - Mine Training Society of the NWT
Proponent/partner contact person
867-765-0445
Roya Grinsted
Cabinet Communications
Government of the Northwest Territories
867-669-2308