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Smartflower Microgrid Project Enhances Provincial Curriculum Resources and Showcases Saskatchewan Tech

Recently, the official launch of the Smartflower Microgrid (MG) marked another milestone for the future of green technology in Saskatchewan. The Saskatoon Industry Education Council (SIEC) and Siemens Canada welcomed dignitaries and guests to a launch event at Bishop James Mahoney High School in Saskatoon. The Smartflower MG is now powering classrooms and providing real-time data on electricity production and energy absorption.

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Changing Scene | Education & Training

Ontario Launches Skilled Trades Career Fairs for Students

The Ontario government is working for workers by launching career fairs this fall to prepare the next generation of young people for rewarding and well-paying jobs in the skilled trades. These fairs address labour shortages in high-demand sectors and help deliver the province’s ambitious infrastructure plans, including building 1.5 million homes by 2031.

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Changing Scene | Education & Training | Safety

We’ve Got You Covered: Festo Didactic and SICK Release New Curriculum for Robot Safety Awareness

Smart Technology is rapidly evolving, especially in the automation and engineering space. This can make it difficult for professionals and aspiring engineers to be adequately prepared throughout their careers. Festo Didactic, a leading equipment and solution provider for industrial and technical education, developed the program to holistically teach students robot safety. Students can learn the latest industry best practices and become valuable contributors to their employer from the first day on the job.

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Changing Scene | Education & Training

Comau’s Robotics And Advanced Technologies For The “E.Do Learning Center”, The Educational Project Launched By Ferrari To Support New Generations Of Students In The Local Community

Comau has developed the advanced technologies and training solutions for the educational project “E.Do Learning Center”, promoted by Ferrari consistently with its ongoing support of the local territory. The Center opens recently in the Istituto Istruzione Superiore (IIS) “Fermo Corni” of Modena (Italy), an Institute of Higher Education and a Secondary School. The initiative, which highlights the increasing importance of bringing robotics from the factory to an increasing number of new sectors, provides students with a unique learning environment that is both fun and engaging. It is also an important tool to teach skills that can be used for future job

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Changing Scene | Education & Training

ABB Survey Reveals Re-Industrialization at Risk from Global “Education Gap” In Automation

A global ABB survey has revealed a growing trend in US and European businesses towards re-shoring or nearshoring operations to build resilience in the face of global challenges – but at the same time, a significant education gap in the skills necessary for these strategies to succeed.

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Changing Scene | Education & Training

Government Of Canada Announces New Partnership to Create At Least 5,200 More Apprenticeships in Atlantic Canada

The skilled trades are essential to Canada’s economy. Few industries are as essential to Canadians’ everyday lives. Smart investments are needed to support Canadians from all backgrounds in taking up apprenticeship training now, and to help kick-start lucrative careers in well-respected skilled trades.

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Advanced Manufacturing | Changing Scene | Education & Training

IMTS 2022: Student Competition & I4.0 Learning Experience “Industry 4.Core: Embracing the Journey from Mechatronics to Industry 4.0”

Festo Didactic, Siemens, and SICK Safety are teaming up at this year’s International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago. The trio is building awareness around the exciting advancements taking place in industry and technical education. They are hosting a special learning competition at the Smartforce Student Summit to inform and excite young people about the future of manufacturing.

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Changing Scene | Education & Training

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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Changing Scene | Education & Training

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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Changing Scene | Education & Training

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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Changing Scene | Education & Training

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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Changing Scene | Education & Training

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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Changing Scene | Education & Training

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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Changing Scene | Education & Training

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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Advanced Robotics | Changing Scene | Education & Training | Humanoid and Bionic Robots

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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Education & Training

Smartflower Microgrid Project Enhances Provincial Curriculum Resources and Showcases Saskatchewan Tech

Ontario Launches Skilled Trades Career Fairs for Students

We’ve Got You Covered: Festo Didactic and SICK Release New Curriculum for Robot Safety Awareness

Comau’s Robotics And Advanced Technologies For The “E.Do Learning Center”, The Educational Project Launched By Ferrari To Support New Generations Of Students In The Local Community

ABB Survey Reveals Re-Industrialization at Risk from Global “Education Gap” In Automation

Government Of Canada Announces New Partnership to Create At Least 5,200 More Apprenticeships in Atlantic Canada

IMTS 2022: Student Competition & I4.0 Learning Experience “Industry 4.Core: Embracing the Journey from Mechatronics to Industry 4.0”

Ontario Training More Workers for In Demand Careers in Auto Manufacturing

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

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

Georgian Officially Opens the Magna Mechatronics Lab at the Barrie Campus

Waterloo Wins Backing for Training in 2D Materials

University of Toronto AV Researchers Take On Winter

Ontario Launching New Agency to Better Serve Tradespeople

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

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

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