A $10-million state-of-the-art Centre for Power Training and Research is in the works at Cambrian College.
The announcement was made Oct. 12 at Cambrian's e-Dome.
Both the provincial and federal governments will provide a combined $5.3 million, money that will be earmarked for both the centre and Cambrian's modernization and maintenance project.
The federal government will provide $4.3 million, while the province will provide the remaining $1 million. Cambrian will contribute the remaining $4.7 million for the project.
The bulk of the government funding — $3 million — will be used for the construction of a 17,000- to 20,000-square-foot building on the college's campus. The Powerline Technician program is in high demand, and has helped make Cambrian a destination college, said Cambrian College president Bill Best.
The program brings students from all over Ontario and Canada to Sudbury to pursue their post-secondary education.
“Architectural work is already being done,” Best said. “It will take two years for the construction.”
The Centre for Power Training and Research will be a multi-functional training facility that will provide a permanent home for Cambrian's Powerline program, and it will enable the college to expand existing academic programming, industry-specific training and applied research activity within the power sector.
“This historic announcement for Cambrian College continues the positioning of Sudbury as a global centre for innovation,” said Sudbury MP Paul Lefebvre. “Thanks to Cambrian and the Strategic Investment Fund, Sudbury is a world leader in turning ideas into solutions, science into technologies and skills into job.”
