Media Advisory
For Immediate Release: February 3, 2004
Grade 8 Students Being Put To Work
Canadore Hosts "Skilled Trades: Career Choice for a Prosperous Future" Initiative
This Friday, February 6, 2004, Canadore College will be putting 150 local grade 8 students to work. The students will be participating in the second phase of the "Skilled Trades: Career Choice for a Prosperous Future" initiative, an event designed to bring local students to Canadore to participate in sessions that will educate them about the skilled trades, introduce various career possibilities, and hopefully, lead them to consider trades as a career option.
Each student will participate in three, half-hour interactive sessions at Canadore's Commerce Court Campus. The experiential sessions will focus on areas including: Small Engine - Recreation, Small Engine - Marine, Vehicle Electronics, Heavy Duty Truck Engine Electronics, Computerized Precision Machining, Information Technology Support Analyst, Carpentry/Cabinetmaking, Welder-Fitter, and Motive Power.
Agenda
9:30 a.m. Welcome
9:45 a.m. Activity Session #1
10:20 a.m. Activity Session #2
10:55 a.m. Activity Session #3
Location: Canadore College, Commerce Court Campus, 60 Commerce Crescent, North Bay
• Welcome session will take place in the gymnasium (Room E160)
• Activity sessions will take place throughout the campus
Phase one of the project saw 50 local secondary school teachers visiting the College to participate in similar hands-on sessions last November. Phase three, scheduled for March, will give secondary school students an opportunity to explore the trades, while phase four will showcase an open forum for parents and employers.
Canadore College's partners in this initiative include: the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities - Apprenticeship Branch, Collège Boréal, Conseil scolaire catholique Franco-Nord, Conseil scolaire public du Nord-Est de l'Ontario, Nbisiing Education Centre, Near North District School Board, Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board and YES! Employment Services. The event is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Education - School/College/Work Initiative.
