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• Confederation College receives funding for apprenticeships.

Thunder Bay's Confederation College is expanding its apprenticeship program with some provincial funding. Starting next fall, Confederation students...

• Northern Ontario Business
• Vol. 31 Nbr. 4, February 2011

• Railways look to staff up: Confederation College on track with railway conductors program.

A high retirement rate has Canada's railways stepping up their search to restock their workforce. The industry is facing retirement rates as high as...

• Northern Ontario Business
• Vol. 31 Nbr. 4, February 2011

• Windspeaker Business Briefs

With this award, we will empower Aboriginal students to be future leaders in aviation and paramedical services, sharing our mission to deliver excellent patient care throughout the province," said Dr. Christopher Mazza, president and CEO of Ornge. "Together with Ornge and Confederation College, we are pleased to be able to open doors to Aboriginal students who may wish to pursue a career in transport medicine but may not have the means," said Giuseppe Orsi, AgustaWestland CEO. "We intend to close that gap. "The Ornge-AgustaWestland Endowment Fund will make a difference in encouraging Aboriginal students to pursue a career as a paramedic or a pilot," said Patricia Lang, president of Confederation College. "These Aboriginal students will not only enhance their lives as they pursue their...

• Windspeaker
• Vol. 28 Nbr. 4, July 2010

• Training the next generation: Confederation College, industry teach exploration.

Building a home-grown workforce has always been important to Henry Wetelainen, president of Bending Lake Iron Group. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Th...

• Northern Ontario Business
• Vol. 30 Nbr. 2, December 2009

• Confederation College.

FOR THE RECORD

• Northern Ontario Business
• Vol. 25 Nbr. 12, October 2005

• Manitoba Movers

were presented to 15 staff members at a reception on Nov. 21. The recipients are: Dr. Francis Amara, biochemistry and medical genetics, for community outreach activities for the benefit of children in Manitoba and for leadership in the local Sierra Leone community; Prof. Kelley Beaverford, interior design, for helping students learn from working directly with people in need around the world. She has led two design/build studios in Turkey; founded Architects Without Borders, Canada; assisted tsunami-affected communities in Sri Lanka; and worked with a Ugandan village to design and construct a school; Dr. Vincent Chan, community oral health, who has averaged six months a year providing dental care to northern communities; Dr. Renate Eigenbrod, native studies, for broadening programming on...

... honour in early October when the College of Family Physicians of Canada bestowed its Honora... Justice Equality Coalition and Confederation College's advisory committee; Dr. Paul Fernyhough,...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 21, 2009

• Confederation College -- flying straight into jobs.

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• Northern Ontario Business
• Vol. 27 Nbr. 8, June 2007

• Board of Governors of Confederation College.

FOR THE RECORD - Appointed Lyn McLeod as Director of Board - Ontario Power Authority - Brief Article

• Northern Ontario Business
• Vol. 25 Nbr. 8, June 2005

• College responds to industry needs.

Forestry - Confederation College and Negahneewin College of Indigenous Studies, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada - Brief Article

• Northern Ontario Business
• Vol. 22 Nbr. 5, March 2002

• Confederation college program offers intro to mining.

For years, Confederation has been indirectly supplying graduates to the mining industry. Drillers, line cutters, civil engineers, welders, pilots, a...

• Northern Ontario Business
• Vol. 28 Nbr. 9, July 2008