Description

The Ready to Mine, Skills Development Project will:

• Ensure that Aboriginal peoples have the skills and confidence needed to enter the mining industry, providing a launching pad for rewarding careers in one of Canada's highest paying industries
• Provide mining and exploration companies with a skilled, local workforce now and in future    
• Create a nationally recognized work-ready skills development program, offering consistency in learning outcomes and worker mobility that can be delivered by a number of training experts, including colleges and other community training facilities
• Facilitate the ability of mining industry employers to identify and verify the work readiness of candidates who have successfully completed the program
• Enhance the relationship and cooperation between Aboriginal communities, training organization and the mining industry

Project Deliverables

• Entry-level Skills Training Standard
• Mining Essentials (ME) Program, including training curriculum, learner's workbook, assessment tools  and online database to track participants and success rates
• Increased capacity for Aboriginal employment, with positive spin-off effects anticipated in community development
• Enhanced training opportunities in mining at the local and provincial level
• Improved worker mobility
• Strengthened awareness and uptake of MiHR's CMCP
• Better connectivity and collaboration between companies, communities, and trainers
• A greater, more skilled work force for the mining industry

Start / Completion Date

January 2010 to March 2011

Committee Members 

Dave Essensa Trainer Cambrian College	Angie Merasty Specialist, Workforce Planning Human Resources Cameco
Richard Rehel Trainer, Health and Safety Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited - Goldex	Barbara Green Parker Student Liaison and Aboriginal Education Specialist PDAC - Mining Matters
Maria Wilson      Senior Project Coordinator Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami	Karin Hunt Executive Director PGNAETA
Leonie Qaumariaq CEO Kakivak Association	Micheal Miller Employment and Training Coordinator Wabun Tribal Council
David Boisvert Métis National Council	Hilary Jones        General Manager Mine Training Society
Rick Meyers       VP, Diamond Affairs  Mining Association of Canada	Jason Wilson      Program Director, Community and Resource Development  Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada
Gail Gallagher National Coordinator Native Women's Association of Canada	Jennifer Russell                Training Manager Yukon Mine Training Society
Patrick O'Neill Director, Mineral Resources Directorate Indian and Northern Affairs of Canada	Catherine Peltier Mavin Aboriginal Policy & Promotion Advisor  Minerals and Metals Sector Natural Resources Canada
Judy Whiteduck Director, Economic Partnerships Assembly of First Nations	Bryan Hendry Sr. Policy Analyst, Economic Partnerships Assembly of First Nations
Linda Wright Sioux Hudson Literacy Council	Leo Jacobs President / CEO Jacobs Consultation & Management Services
Bruce Spencer Training Coordinator De Beers	Bernice Walker President/CEO Corona College
Andrea Kosalko Manager, School of Exploration & Mining Northwest Community College	Adele Faubert Manager of Aboriginal Affairs GoldCorp.

Contact Information

Melanie Sturk
Director, Attraction, Retention, and Transition
Telephone: 613-270-9696 x 44
Fax: 613-270-9399

Email Melanie

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