PotashCorp will donate $500,000 to the Saskatoon Trades and Skills Centre to equip youth and adults with job-ready skills to enter Saskatchewan’s workforce.
PotashCorp president Bill Doyle announced the funding at the centre’s 8,300 sq. foot industrial training facility, which has been renamed the PotashCorp Learning Lab.
The skills centre is a partnership between educational institutes, and First Nations and Métis organizations.
It works with industry partners to offer short-term training programs and skills courses.
Approximately half of its students are aboriginal and 15 percent are new Canadians.
Students acquire skills for jobs in the mining, manufacturing and construction sectors.
Eighty percent of students successfully complete their programs, representing 200 to 250 people a year.
