Saskatchewan Polytechnic has received $500,000 in funding for a new Centre for Minerals Innovation.
The funding is part of a partnership between the school and the International Minerals Innovation Institute.
“I think it is a great and timely product,” Director for the Centre for Minerals Innovation Cristal Glass-Painchaud says. “It is great to see government and education investing in an industry that is very important to the economic prosperity of the people in the province.”
The new centre will help co-ordinate the ongoing training needs in the mineral industry. It will also collaborate with industry partners and educational institutions to provide accessible and quality training.
“The mining sector is a significant employer to our province and one of Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s key stakeholders,” Sask Polytech President and CEO Dr. Larry Rosia says. “The new Centre for Minerals Innovation will help ensure the sector has access to leading educational services, when and where needed.”
The new centre will be located on the Saskatoon campus.