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Power Generation (OPG) is offering financial support for plans to bring
post-secondary education opportunities to Kincardine. At a breakfast meeting Thursday morning (March 11), sponsored by the Kincardine and District Chamber of Commerce, OPG announced a commitment of $500,000 over the next four years to help the Lake Huron Learning Collaborative build capacity to enhance the long-term education infrastructure of the Huron-Bruce region. The funding will also go toward continuing the established programs in Huron County. The Learning Centre for Kincardine would provide studies and skills-training for local graduating students and adults in search of post-secondary education, allowing them the opportunity to learn close to home. "I am thrilled that OPG has responded to the community by making this timely contribution to the Lake Huron Learning Collaborative," says Kincardine mayor Larry Kraemer. "Having a good corporate citizen support our goal will help us make the Learning Centre in Kincardine a reality and develop increased educational capacity in our communities and the Huron-Bruce region." Tom Mitchell, OPG's president and chief executive officer, says the company is pleased to support this exciting grassroots initiative which was identified by the community as an educational and economic development opportunity. "Ultimately, this investment will help develop local talent that will benefit our future operations," he says. "The partnership we established through our work toward a proposed low-level and intermediate-level waste Deep Geologic Repository, and the associated community agreement, will be further strengthened by this endeavour. We intend to be part of this community for a long time."
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The Learning Centre is to be housed in the old Westario Building at the
south end of Queen Street. The Learning Collaborative says bringing
post-secondary education opportunities to the community will have a
positive educational and economic impact with the local availability of
a broad range of courses at varying levels, tailored to meet the
economic and educational needs and challenges of the future. Formed in 2004 by interested citizens, the Learning Collaborative began to investigate options for delivering studies at the college and university level. By working with the Town of Goderich, Municipality of Kincardine, school boards, various non-profit organizations and supportive agencies at the local and county level, the Learning Collaborative has been able to form additional partnerships, including with the University of Western Ontario.
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