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Canadore to update classrooms and equipment

Nipissing MPP Monique Smith News Release ******************** Colleges across Ontario are receiving a total of $60 million in provincial funding over three years to help them purchase new, modern equipment for classrooms and labs.
Kate Adams
Nipissing MPP Monique Smith
News Release

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Colleges across Ontario are receiving a total of $60 million in provincial funding over three years to help them purchase new, modern equipment for classrooms and labs. Canadore College will receive $227,660 this year, with additional installments to be made over the next two years, Hon. Monique Smith, MPP for Nipissing announced today.

"Canadore College offers some of the best technology programs in Ontario,” said Smith. “This funding will assist in ensuring that Canadore is able to react to changes in industry and make sure its graduates remain some of the most highly qualified and respected in our workforce,” said Smith.

Types of equipment this funding could be used for could include:

• Computers or software for classroom use
• Books or digital materials for libraries
• Equipment or machinery for lab instruction.

All of Ontario’s 24 colleges of applied arts and technologies will receive a portion of funding which they can spend on equipment most needed at the institution.

This funding is part of the $1.5 billion in investments announced in the 2008 Budget for Ontario’s colleges, universities and training programs. It represents the government’s commitment to ensuring Ontario students have access to the best learning environments with the most current equipment and technology.

“To compete in tomorrow’s global economy, today’s students must be trained on the most modern, up-to-date equipment and software available. Investing in our students is an investment in Ontario’s future,” said Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities John Milloy.

QUICK FACTS

- 90.1 per cent of Ontario college graduates last year have already found employment, and 92.6 per cent of their employers are glad they hired them.

- More than 1 million students have graduated from Ontario’s colleges since they were founded in 1967. In 2005, more than 59,000 students graduated from colleges in Ontario, up from 37,000 per year ten years earlier.

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