Month: July 2022

Aurora College is looking for individuals interested in helping shape the future of post-secondary education in the Northwest Territories, including the transformation of Aurora College into a polytechnic university.

Experience in the following areas is desired:

• Membership on Board of Directors
• Leadership experience in larger organizations
• Financial planning
• Facilities management
• Post-secondary education
• Reconciliation
• An understanding of small or remote communities
• Northern economic development
• Northern social development
• Public policy

The Aurora College Board of Governors will include 10 public members appointed through this nomination process, five of which must be Indigenous residents of the Northwest Territories.

The Board sets the vision and mission for the institution and ensures Aurora College remains effective, efficient and sustainable. Members of the Board receive honorarium of $400 a day and serve for up to a three-year term.

The application deadline is October 25, 2022.

Those interested are encouraged to download the Board of Governors Application and Information Package below. 

To nominate a Board Member, please fill out the Board of Governors Nomination Form (also below) and send it to hmeacock@auroracollege.nt.ca when complete. 

For more information email hmeacock@auroracollege.nt.ca or call 867-872-7009.

Le Conseil des gouverneurs établit la vision et la mission du collège et veille à son efficacité et sa viabilité. Ses membres reçoivent une rétribution de 400 $ par jour travaillé et remplissent un mandat de trois ans.

Si vous souhaitez contribuer à façonner l’avenir de l’éducation postsecondaire aux Territoires du Nord-Ouest, dont la transformation du collège en université polytechnique, et que vous avez de l’expérience dans l’un des domaines suivants, nous vous invitons à présenter votre candidature :

• Membre d’un conseil des gouverneurs
• Expérience de leadership dans une plus grande organisation
• Planification financière
• Gestion des installations
• Éducation postsecondaire
• Réconciliation autochtone
• Compréhension des collectivités petites ou éloignées
• Développement économique du Nord
• Développement social du Nord
• Politique publique

Le Conseil des gouverneurs du Collège Aurora est composé de dix membres du public, dont cinq doivent être des résidents autochtones des Territoires du Nord-Ouest, qui sont désignés à l’aide du présent processus de sélection.

Le Conseil des gouverneurs établit les ambitions et la mission du collège et veille à son efficacité et sa viabilité. Ses membres reçoivent une rétribution de 400 $ par jour travaillé et remplissent un mandat de trois ans.

La date limite pour présenter une candidature est le 25 octobre 2022.

Si vous souhaitez proposer la candidature d’une personne, remplissez le formulaire de candidature et envoyez-le à l’adresse hmeacock@auroracollege.nt.ca.

Pour en savoir plus à ce sujet ou télécharger le formulaire de candidature, consultez le www.auroracollege.nt.ca, envoyez un courriel à l’adresse hmeacock@auroracollege.nt.ca ou composez le 867-872-7009.

 

Board of Governors

Information and Application Package

Conseil des gouverneurs

Dossier d’information et de candidature

Board of Governors

Nomination Form

Conseil des gouverneurs

Formulaire de mise en candidature pour le

July 25, 2022

Gahcho Kué Mine scholarships support top graduates from Early Learning And Child Care program

Gahcho Kué Mine and Aurora College are pleased to announce a new scholarship to be awarded to  the top 12 Northwest Territories (NWT)-resident graduates of the college’s part-time distance Early Learning and Child Care Program.

The $2,000 scholarships will be awarded annually until 2030. The scholarships  support part-time online certificate and diploma graduates who live in the NWT who, because of their part-time status, are ineligible for government funding. Most participants are already working in childcare facilities or in the classroom as assistants in local schools. Gahcho Kué will provide $24,000 annually to support the scholarships, totaling $216,000 over the life of the program.

Recipients of the inaugural award are:

The scholarships  are part of a larger set of community-based programs that fall under Gahcho Kué Mine’s Building Forever plans. Launched in 2020, Building Forever aims to provide lasting benefits to host communities and includes commitments to protect the natural world, accelerate equal opportunity, partner for thriving communities, and lead ethical practices across industry.

Lyndon Clark, General Manager of Gahcho Kué Mine, said: “We want to congratulate the graduates for completing the program and recognize that each of them plays a critical role in supporting parents and children in their communities. By providing this graduation bursary, we are helping to enhance livelihoods and build an early childhood development network that is essential to thriving communities.”

Glenda Vardy Dell, President of Aurora College, noted: “We are grateful to Gahcho Kué Mine for their recognition of the critical role played by Early Childhood professionals in the development of healthy outcomes for children and families. Providing this financial support is an example of the way partnerships can be created to enhance the quality of life for northern residents and communities.”

Obtaining certificates and diplomas in Early Learning and Child Care will enhance and expand career opportunities for the graduates, including upgraded or additional professional responsibilities, improved pay and opportunities for new or better positions.

The contribution from Gahcho Kué dovetails with the new federal government’s multi-year commitment to invest in early learning and childcare. According to the government of Canada website, “Investing in early learning and childcare offers a jobs-and-growth hat-trick: it provides jobs for workers, the majority of whom are women; it enables parents, particularly mothers, to reach their full economic potential; and it creates a generation of engaged and well-prepared young learners.”

The website also states that “Early learning is at least as important to lifelong development as elementary, secondary and post-secondary education – it improves graduation rates, promotes lifelong well-being, boosts lifetime earnings, and increases social equity….Early learning and childcare programs designed by and with Indigenous families and communities give Indigenous children the best start in life. It is a critical part of reconciliation.”

Gahcho Kué Mine is a joint venture between De Beers Group and Mountain Province Diamonds. The mine is located 280 km northeast of Yellowknife, capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories. Gahcho Kué has a life of mine through 2030.

CONTACT

Terry Kruger

Sr. Communications Officer

De Beers Group Managed Operations – Canada

T +1 867 679 6431

Mob +1 403 835 5875

E-mail: terry.kruger@debeersgroup.com

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About De Beers Group

De Beers Group is a member of the Anglo American plc group. Established in 1888, De Beers Group is the world’s leading diamond company with expertise in the exploration, mining and marketing of diamonds. Together with its joint venture partners, De Beers Group employs more than 20,000 people across the diamond pipeline and is the world’s largest diamond producer by value, with mining operations in Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South Africa. As part of the company’s operating philosophy, the people of De Beers Group are committed to ‘’ by making a lasting contribution to the communities in which they live and work, and transforming natural resources into shared national wealth. For further information about De Beers Group, visit www.debeersgroup.com.

About Mountain Province Diamonds

Mountain Province Diamonds is a 49% participant with De Beers Canada in the Gahcho Kué diamond mine located in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The Gahcho Kué Joint Venture property consists of several kimberlites that are actively being mined, developed, and explored for future development. The Company also controls 106,202 hectares of highly prospective mineral claims and leases that surround the Gahcho Kué Joint Venture property that include an indicated mineral resource for the Kelvin kimberlite and inferred mineral resources for the Faraday kimberlites.

July 18, 2022

Aurora College to investigate possible Indigenous Business Centre of Excellence

Yellowknife, NT – The Future Skills Centre is providing Aurora College with $285,000 to undertake a feasibility study to look at establishing an Indigenous Centre of Excellence (ICBE).

The study will look at other Canadian and Indigenous business centre models and will include a scan of current Indigenous businesses, the needs, opportunities and gaps in the NWT’s 33 communities.

Aurora College plans to engage with Indigenous governments, Indigenous corporate entities, northern industry organizations and other key stakeholders in a variety of ways.

An Indigenous Centre for Business Excellence could help Indigenous entrepreneurs with business start-up or expansion, partnerships and planning; help ensure Indigenous entrepreneurs have access to business support and advice; and provide support and advice about small business development and joint venture developments. It might also assist with developing core skills for Indigenous businesses to succeed, such as governance, risk management, financial management and best practices.

The Government of Canada’s Future Skills Centre is supporting this initiative as part of its skills innovation in northern Canada, and is an example of the types of private and public co-investment partnerships that will support the transformation of Aurora College into a polytechnic university, as well as support the new polytechnic’s long-term growth and development.

Quotes:

“Supporting the growth and sustainability of northern, Indigenous entrepreneurs and businesses will be a priority of the new polytechnic university. A vibrant, healthy northern economy and labour market will provide employment and leadership opportunities for the polytechnic’s graduates, as well as the potential for related research and innovation.”

– Dr. Glenda VardyDell, President, Aurora College

“We need to ensure that everyone has the skills and opportunities to contribute and thrive in the future economy. Indigenous entrepreneurs and professionals play a key role in our workforce, and this initiative lays important groundwork for further skills innovation and opportunity.”

– Pedro Barata, Executive Director, Future Skills Centre.

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Aurora College delivers academic upgrading, trades and industrial training, certificate, diploma and degree programs to more than 3,000 full and part-time students at three campuses, 21 Community Learning Centres and other community sites in the Northwest Territories. Community-centred post-secondary programs reflect Northern culture and the needs of the Northern labour market. Aurora College’s research division, Aurora Research Institute, conducts, supports, and licenses research in the NWT. Research centres are located in in Inuvik, Yellowknife and Fort Smith.

For more information, please contact:

Jayne Murray                                                                           

Manager, Communications & College Relations 

Aurora College                                                             

Phone: 867-872-7021                                                   

Email: jmurray@auroracollege.nt.ca