Laurentian University and Cambrian College in Sudbury\u00a0are collaborating on a new environmental solutions program.<\/p>\n
The program is meant to prepare students for roles in government, or industry, where they’re working on environmental policies and solutions to meet emissions or waste targets.<\/p>\n
“We actually had a labour market study done and it turns out that environmental jobs in Canada, and this is back in 2024, are seven per cent of the national workforce,” said Joy Gray-Munro, dean of Laurentian’s faculty of science, engineering and architecture.<\/p>\n
“And it’s expected to increase.”<\/p>\n
Gray-Munro said the program is not meant to replace the environmental sciences program Laurentian cancelled in 2021 when the university was in creditor protection due to its insolvency.<\/p>\n
“This program is something that Laurentian has never done before and the collaboration with Cambrian College makes this program even stronger,” she said.<\/p>\n
“So in my opinion, this program is the best of both worlds for students in terms of getting both theoretical and hands-on applied knowledge that are going to prepare them for the workforce.”<\/p>\n
Students who enrol in the program will do their first two years at Laurentian, switch to Cambrian\u00a0for their third year and return to Laurentian in their final year.<\/p>\n
Upon graduation they will earn both a bachelor of science from Laurentian, and a graduate certificate from Cambrian.<\/p>\n
“This collaboration represents the best of what our institutions can offer when we work together,” said Janice Clarke, vice-president\u00a0of academics at Cambrian College, in a news release.<\/p>\n
“Students gain practical, hands-on learning experiences that complement their academic studies, preparing them for successful careers in the environmental field.”<\/p>\n
Gray-Munro said Laurentian is aiming to have 30 students when the program kicks off in the fall of 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Laurentian University and Cambrian College in Sudbury\u00a0are collaborating on a new environmental solutions program. The program is meant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-21689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}