Northwest Community College receives 100,000 dollar donation from Seabridge Gold

Trades training in Northwest British Columbia received a significant boost this week as Seabridge gold made its third consecutive donation of 100,000 dollars towards programs at Northwest Community College.

The donation  will be put towards the NWCC Trades 10 program, which introduces five trades to Grade 10 students. The Intro to Trades program is currently available with School Districts in Smithers, Terrace and Hazelton, areas where Seabridge Gold is active in mining in the Northwest.

NWCC Took to twitter
to announce donation

NWCC recently outlined details of a new program designed in support of the Mining industry, with background on the Mineral Processing Operator program, which just delivered its first graduates  through their Houston campus.

You can learn more about the 100,000 dollar commitment to NWCC from Seabridge Gold from this media release.

Other trades program opportunities are available at the Prince Rupert campus, the popular Electrical Foundation Training program begins in February, the ACE IT program is also offered through the local campus, with Welding and Industrial Millwright foundation programs currently under way.

For more background on other Trades programs offered through NWCC see their website here.

For more items related to post secondary education in the Northwest see our archive page here.