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Ontario Training More Workers for In Demand Careers in Auto Manufacturing

 

The Ontario government is working for workers by investing $5 million to provide free training to 500 people from underrepresented groups to prepare them for well-paying jobs in the province’s thriving automotive manufacturing sector. The project will provide participants with the necessary skills for rewarding careers in machine operation, assembly, quality control, and logistics. The program will also help address a critical shortage of workers in a vital industry as Ontario positions itself as a North American leader in auto manufacturing.

 

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Student Summit to Feature the ‘Manufacturing Technology Classroom of the Future’ at IMTS 2022

 

The Smartforce Student Summit will be held at IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show, Sept. 12-17, at McCormick Place in Chicago. Produced by the Smartforce Development team of AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, which owns and operates IMTS, the Student Summit brings together students from elementary school through college, scout troops, robotics and STEM clubs, home-schooled students, and educators of all levels to explore the latest Industry 4.0 digital technologies driving manufacturing today.

 

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Saskatchewan Announces Funding for Educational Events in the Information Technology and Green Energy Sectors

 

Recently, the Government of Saskatchewan announced a one-time investment of $158,000 from Innovation Saskatchewan and the Ministry of Immigration and Career Training to the Saskatoon Industry Education Council, in partnership with Siemens Canada, to create awareness about careers in the Information Technology (IT) and green energy sectors. 

 

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Georgian Officially Opens the Magna Mechatronics Lab at the Barrie Campus

 

Georgian and Magna International Inc. officially opened the Magna Mechatronics Lab at the Barrie Campus on June 23. The event celebrated Magna’s significant investment in Georgian and our students, showed off the new space and highlighted our Electromechanical Engineering Technology – Mechatronics program. Everyone was treated to hands-on demonstrations using the new technology and equipment in the lab.

 

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Waterloo Wins Backing for Training in 2D Materials

 

Recently, a key puzzle piece fell into place with the announcement of $1.65 million in federal funding for a joint training program involving the University of Waterloo and partners in Germany. Support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) gives the green light to a nine-year initiative to train dozens of graduate students and help bring promising new two-dimensional materials out of the laboratory and into the marketplace.

 

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University of Toronto AV Researchers Take On Winter

 

The fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics are key to developing self-driving technology. Ontario, particularly the University of Toronto, has a history of excellence in all of them going back thirty years or more. Listening to Steve Waslander talk about autonomous vehicle (AV) research and development at the University of Toronto, it’s impossible not to get excited.

 

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Ontario Launching New Agency to Better Serve Tradespeople

 

The Ontario government has launched Skilled Trades Ontario, a new Crown agency, to improve trades training and simplify services. The new agency will promote and market the trades, develop the latest training and curriculum standards, and provide a streamlined user-friendly experience for tradespeople. These changes will result in more workers for in-demand jobs and prepare Ontario for a strong economic comeback.

 

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How Omron Robots are Helping UM-Dearborn Engineering Students Prepare for Careers

 

Engineering students at the University of Michigan have a much larger and more exciting space to gain hands-on experience. The brand-new Engineering Lab Building (ELB) is now in use, featuring robotic equipment donated by Omron to give students a taste of what a next-generation manufacturing facility is like.

 

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Festo’s Bionic Learning Network: New Impulses for Factory and Process Automation

 

In everyday factory operations, automation technology performs typical tasks such as gripping, moving and positioning goods, and controlling and regulating processes. Nature solves all these tasks naturally, simply, and energy efficiently. What could be more logical than to examine these natural phenomena and learn from them? This is why in 2006 Festo set up an international research network linking themselves to well-known universities, institutes, development companies, and private inventors to create the Bionic Learning Network.’

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Endress+Hauser Transitions to New Customer Experience Centre, Showcasing the Best in Process Automation

 

 The staff have moved into Endress+Hauser’s Customer Experience Centre, the company’s new $28-million platform in Canada for showcasing its best-in-class instrumentation technology. Customers who visit the 47,000 sq ft, state-of-the-art support and training hub can expect to get a hands-on feel for the latest innovations in process automation to help them select the right products or solutions for their needs.Every effort went into ensuring the building offers a superior customer and employee experience throughout while demonstrating environmental leadership by operating on a net zero energy and carbon basis.

 

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Introducing Learn OnRobot: A Free OnLine Learning Platform for Collaborative Applications

OnRobot, a global provider of tools for collaborative robot applications, has launched Learn OnRobot, a free online training platform that guides users, step-by-step, through the process of designing and deploying cobot applications featuring OnRobot tools…

 

 

 

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Algoma Steel Provides Sault College $100,000 to Advance New Mechatronics Engineering Program

Algoma Steel Inc. recently announced it is contributing $100,000 to Sault College to support the education and development of students pursuing careers in steel and other vital industries through the College’s innovative Bachelor of Engineering – Mechatronics program.

 

 

 

Creating and Upskilling the Next Generation of Manufacturing Workers
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Creating and Upskilling the Next Generation of Manufacturing Workers

More manufacturers see the business benefits of automating manual processes, but also realize that to seize on this opportunity they must hire people with the right skills. MDX, a Department of Defense-funded research organization, developed a digital workforce taxonomy, which identified 165 new data-centric manufacturing jobs.