{"id":257685,"date":"2025-09-27T03:12:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T03:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257685\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T03:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T03:12:23","slug":"8m-program-will-prep-nwt-workers-for-low-carbon-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257685\/","title":{"rendered":"$8M program will prep NWT workers for \u2018low-carbon employment\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NWT\u2019s Mine Training Society says a new program worth more than $8 million will give nearly 2,000 northerners training to \u201ctransition to low-carbon employment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cash was announced earlier this year<\/a>. A Friday news conference provided more detail about the program and how it will roll out.<\/p>\n

Sustainable North: Our Workforce, abbreviated to Snow, will give Indigenous northerners \u201chands-on training they need for good jobs in the low-carbon economy,\u201d NWT MP and Crown-Indigenous relations minister Rebecca Alty was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

\"RebeccaRebecca Alty makes an announcement related to a Mine Training Society program on September 26, 2025. Ollie Williams\/Cabin Radio<\/p>\n

Mine Training Society chief executive officer Annemieke Mulders stated the program will feature De Beers and Burgundy, operators of the territory\u2019s Gahcho Ku\u00e9 and Ekati diamond mines respectively.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a quick guide to what we know about the program and how you can access it.<\/p>\n

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First, what does low-carbon employment mean?<\/p>\n

The Mine Training Society\u2019s leader of the Snow program, Steven Daniel, says Snow is about \u201cgiving people an opportunity to look at employment that exists in low-carbon opportunities that are going to take off in the next little while.\u201d<\/p>\n

He gave the example of biomass development and installation, where he said the NWT is currently a leader, alongside other types of electrical and thermal energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s tons of opportunities here for employment and retooling themselves to basically see whether the skill sets that I have now, I can transfer this into a low-carbon economy and have long-term, meaningful employment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s the connection to mining?<\/p>\n

Those ideas for types of future job have \u201cnothing to do with mining\u201d on their own, Daniel said. <\/p>\n

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But the Snow program is more broadly targeted at people who might currently be employed in mining \u2013 or a mining-related job \u2013 and who may need to look elsewhere when the big diamond mines close.<\/p>\n

Diavik, one of the NWT\u2019s three diamond mines, will close in 2026. Ekati has laid off hundreds of workers and its long-term future isn\u2019t clear. Gahcho Ku\u00e9 has an expected mine life into the early 2030s.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Snow project is designed to meet the current and future needs of all northerners as we move towards a low-carbon economy,\u201d said the Mine Training Society\u2019s Giselle Marion.<\/p>\n

\u201cParticular emphasis will be placed on workers working in the NWT diamond mine industry and northern residents interested in pursuing new careers and job opportunities with sustainable energy and renewable energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

What is the program going to offer?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re developing the curriculum and program of studies,\u201d said Daniel.<\/p>\n

So far, the Mine Training Society expects to roll out a course that combines classroom learning with hands-on activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo when it comes to say, solar development, they\u2019ll be given basic electrical backgrounds on how to install these things,\u201d said Daniel, \u201cbut they will also have an opportunity to build small-scale, real-world, functional solar panel systems before they actually leave the course.\u201d<\/p>\n

An advisory committee of employers, industry representatives and community service agencies will \u201censure that training programs are tailored to industry needs and that participants receive valuable, job-ready skills,\u201d the federal government stated in a news release.<\/p>\n

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How do people sign up?<\/p>\n

The Mine Training Society is not at that point yet, but we do have a sense of how you will be able to find out more later.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a communications plan that we\u2019re developing right now so we can roll this out to each of the 33 communities,\u201d said Daniel.<\/p>\n

The society will make at least one visit to each community over the course of the initial three-year project.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will give us an opportunity to work directly with community members on projects that are most beneficial to them,\u201d Daniel continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve already identified \u2013 through consultations with our advisory board \u2013 that solar is going to be a focus here in the North, along with biomass. The other projects that we\u2019re working on will roll out over time, but those are the two we\u2019re focusing on right now to get out of the gate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose are the ones that are of most interest, I think, to northerners, and we currently have the infrastructure to help support that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch the society\u2019s website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

Correction: September 26, 2025 \u2013 16:32 MT. <\/strong>This article initially misstated the last name of Giselle Marion. We\u2019ve updated that sentence.<\/p>\n

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