Training money for Northern Ontario jobs announced

The province is allocating $1.79 million in funding to help Sault College train 120 people who hope to work in Northern Ontario’s infrastructure and green energy sectors.

The money will help to deliver academic upgrading, certification in construction and carpentry, training in renewable and green construction, and retrofitting skills to non-Aboriginals and Aboriginals in the Sault and area.

Regional project partners are the college, Batchewana First Nation, Ketegaunseebee Garden River First Nation, Manitoulin Wind and Solar Institute of the M'Chigeeng First Nation, and Anishinabek Information Technology Centre.

“This innovative project will lead to the creation of jobs in our region – which greatly enhances the ability of First Nation communities to respond to the need for increased skills in the green construction and renewable energies sector," said Carolyn Hepburn, director of native education and academic upgrading at Sault College .

She added that the college is tailoring programming delivery to better meet students' needs. 

The training opportunities - which include on-the-job learning - are available through what's called the Northern Training Partnership Fund.

According to the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, the initiative is supporting 22 different projects that will benefit 2,524 people across the North.

To learn more about the fund, click here.