Students a valuable resource: chamber lecturer encourages Sudbury businesses to take advantage of co-op students and interns.

AuthorMyers, Ella
PositionTRAINING & EDUCATION

If you want to prepare your business for the future, harness local universities' and colleges' greatest resource: students.

That's the message Universities of Canada president Paul Davidson shared with Sudbury businesses in March, although it can be applied across Ontario. The Sudbury Chamber of Commerce and Huntington University hosted the talk.

"The skills currently being learned will determine Canada's prosperity in the years to come," said Davidson, who pointed out that there is an aging workforce, with more Canadians over 65 than under 18.

These skills, he said, should be gained through real world experience with local businesses and organizations.

"I admire his focus on fostering productive relationships with business, municipalities, other levels of government, students, colleges, other higher education organizations and the not-for-profit sector," said Laurentian president Dominic Giroux.

"It's still and quiet on the surface in Sudbury," said Davidson. "But people are beginning to see what's going on underneath."

Underneath are scores of students ready and willing to gain experiential learning through local businesses, according to Davidson.

"People wonder how come universities are stuck in their ivory towers and don't...

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