MILESTONES We’re particularly proud of our long-term success stories as they speak directly to who we are as an organization. These are just some of the many milestones we celebrated this past year.
HARD ROCK MINER TURNS 10 Featuring world-class training in an active mine, the Underground Hard Rock Miner Program celebrated its first ten years. Offering a straightforward, hands-on learning environment with a staggering 95 percent graduate employment rate, the program has so far partnered with six different mining operations to produce nearly 300 ready-to-hire graduates. MAKING THE GRADE When the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) put it to the test, Northern’s Practical Nursing Program earned the highest possible rating. The reviews are conducted every five years to ensure provincial programs make the grade, and with its Category One rating, it’s clear our nursing faculty continues to set the highest standards. FIRST-CLASS FIRST RESPONDERS After its first year in operation, a plaque was unveiled in the Integrated Emergency Services Complex to commemorate the 13-year journey to completion, and to honour all those involved in the design, construction, and delivery of this state-of-the-art teaching tool. Unique in the province, our world-class interdisciplinary facility features mock disaster training simulators, training rooms, and athletic facilities, and allows students from emergency service programs to work in tandem with one another, closely echoing the working conditions they’ll see once they enter the workforce.
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