Georgian College

Cadets learn how to control firefighting operations on vessels at Georgian's fire training facility. georgianstores.com Visit georgianstores.com for your alumni clothing and gifts and receive 10% OFF your Georgian wear order (Use code GRAD2015)* *Note: Diploma frames excluded. LIFE AT GEORGIAN DOES NOT END AFTER GRADUATION... G eorgian College, industry partners and three levels of government have come together to create a solution for marine training in Ontario. Together, we are building a Marine Emergency Duties (MED) Training and Research Centre at the Owen Sound Campus. MED training is mandatory basic safety and survival training for anyone who works on a ship. Courses include firefighting, survival craft, life raft and immersion suit training and first aid. When the Port Colborne MED Centre closed in 2013, Georgian cadets and Great Lakes mariners were left without a training site in Ontario and had to travel to the country's east or west coasts. Realizing the opportunity to make Owen Sound the Ontario marine centre of excellence by building upon Georgian's unique marine programs, the following partners have pledged their support for this project of great importance to the Great Lakes shipping industry. › GREY COUNTY will invest $2 million, council's largest commitment ever made toward economic development. › THE FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS will each contribute $1,960,259 through the New Building Canada Fund - Small Communities Fund. › ALGOMA CENTRAL CORPORATION, a major employer of Georgian marine cadets and graduates, is making an industry-leading contribution of $1 million. › LOWER LAKES TOWING, founded and headed by Georgian alumnus Scott Bravener, is giving back to the college and supporting its future workforce with a $500,000 donation. The fire training facility, which is the first phase of the centre's construction, is complete. The MED Centre is expected to be completed by fall 2016. Georgian is deeply appreciative to everyone who was instrumental in getting this centre approved. ALL ABOARD FOR A NEW MARINE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE 29 GEORGIANVIEW 2015 TRANSFoRMING THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE

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