Aboriginal mining program strikes gold
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
"Today, mining is the largest private-sector employer of First Nations in Canada. We have helped to stimulate new aboriginal businesses, improve literacy and training on and off reserves, create wealth, opportunity and hope. . . The northeast coal sector has 40 percent Aboriginal employment." Read more...
Canada's Aboriginal population: An untapped and growing labour force
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
The Aboriginal population may be a small proportion of the total Canadian labour force, but it's a large proportion in the provinces of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Read more...
Real Life Stories
Jim Morin, Ph.D., P. Geol.
Jim Morin fell in love one hot, prairie summer day, back when he was thirteen. With rocks. And ever since then, they've been his passion. "Every day I walked along the railway tracks," says Morin, "and then one day, I actually looked at what I was walking on, and realised that beneath my feet lay treasure. Each stone was unique, told a story, had a history and marked time in some way. I was hooked by the mystery of rocks!"