January 04, 2011
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NWCC Tahltan student receives minerals industry bursary
A Northwest Community College (NWCC) Tahltan student has received the
second of three $3,000 Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association (CAMA)
bursaries.
Michelle Blackburn is currently completing an Associate of Arts Degree
with a specialization in Archaeological and Cultural Resource Management
at NWCC’s Smithers Campus. In her work outside of class, she helps
Tahltan youth reconnect with their roots through song and dance.
After achieving her Associate Degree, Blackburn intends to pursue a
Bachelors Degree in Archaeology at UNBC.
“I couldn’t think of a more deserving student to receive a CAMA
bursary than Michelle. Her studies at NWCC will build on her previous
experience working as an environmental monitor and with the mining
industry in Northwest BC,” said Robin Curry, Director of NWCC’s
School of Exploration & Mining (SEM). “By providing much needed
support for education, CAMA is doing a favour to individual students,
educational institutions, First Nations and the province as a whole.”
CAMA is an Aboriginal, non-profit organization which seeks to increase
the understanding of the minerals industry, Aboriginal mining and
Aboriginal communities’ paramount interests in lands and resources. In
2009, it established three $3,000 bursaries for Aboriginal students
enrolled or interested in the following NWCC University Credit programs:
? Applied Earth & Environmental Studies Certificate – Geostudies or
Geoscience Specialization
? Associate of Science Degree – Environmental Geosciences
Specialization
? Associate of Arts Degree – Archaeological & Cultural Resource
Management Specialization
? Associate of Arts Degree – Sustainable Communities Specialization
NWCC awarded the first bursary late last year to Tracey McKay of
Laxgalts’ap (Greenville), a Nisga’a student enrolled in the Associate
of Arts Degree – Sustainable Communities Specialization. One more
bursary is still available.
For an application form or more information about the bursaries,
contact Tanya Reedy at NWCC’s School of Exploration & Mining at
treedy@nwcc.bc.ca or 1.877.277.2288 Ext. 5877.
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Photo cutline: Michelle Blackburn, flanked by her friend Colleen
Skubovius (left) and daughter Alabama Quock (right), proudly holds an
envelope containing her $3,000 CAMA bursary cheque. Tracy McIntyre
(right) of Northwest Community College presented the cheque to
Blackburn.
For more information contact:
Kristine Kofoed
Director of Communications and College Advancement
Northwest Community College
Phone: 250.638.5470
Toll-Free: 1.877.277.2288
Email: kkofoed@nwcc.bc.ca
To learn more about the exciting events and programs happening at NWCC
visit us at nwcc.bc.ca ( http://www.nwcc.bc.ca/ )
Northwest Community College is an accredited post-secondary education
institution that offers a range of comprehensive courses and programs to
the northwest region of British Columbia. It serves this area through
campuses in Haida Gwaii (Kaay Llnagaay, Masset, Queen Charlotte),
Hazelton, Houston, Kitimat, Nass Valley, Prince Rupert, Smithers and
Terrace. NWCC celebrates the diversity of its northern and First Nations
populations and reflects this diversity in its programs, services and
workforce.
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