The Governments of Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada, together with the College of the North Atlantic (CNA), announced investments totalling more than $1.2 million towards a new, state-of-the-art mining training simulator, launched today at the college’s Happy Valley-Goose Bay campus.
The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, announced $132,000 from the Regional Development Fund on behalf of the Provincial Government towards the project.
Yvonne Jones, Member of Parliament for Labrador, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, announced $851,287 from ACOA’s Innovative Communities Fund for the initiative.
CNA contributed $250,000.
The simulator will strengthen the college’s ability to offer training specific to the underground mining sector, resulting in a highly skilled workforce able to meet the particular needs of that sub-sector of the industry.
This investment supports the Atlantic Growth Strategy, one way the Government of Canada is working to achieve its Innovation and Skills Plan outcomes in this region by helping ensure everyone has the jobs, skills and learning to seize new opportunities and succeed in a growing innovation economy.
This initiative delivers on commitments in The Way Forward to strengthen the province’s economic foundation.
The Way Forward outlines all actions the Provincial Government is taking to achieve a strong, diversified province with a high standard of living, and can be viewed at thewayforward.gov.nl.ca.