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Safety & Workplace Reading and Workplace Applied Math : The Integration into Aboriginal Pre-apprenticeship Programs

Partners in Essential Skills for 17 Years

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The History of the Partnership

• 1987 -Syncrude partnered with Keyano to develop ERIC-Effective Reading in Context which grew into Safety and Workplace Reading 2004)
• 1997-SAM -Syncrude Applied Math
• 2003 – WWF -Workplace Writing Fundamentals

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The need for safety and workplace reading

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Keyano Campus Locations

• Fort Chipewyan
• Fort McKay
• Fort McMurray (Clearwater)
• Fort McMurray (Suncor Energy Industrial Campus)
• Gregoire Lake
• Janvier
• Conklin

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How much Bitumen?

With current technology 177 billion barrels of bitumen are recoverable with current methods.

With new technology 1.7 to 2.5 trillion barrels could be recovered with new technology.

The Prediction The Alberta Department of Energy has predicted that over $80 billion will be invested by 2020.

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Present & Future

The Present: 99 Apprentices Fort McMurray has the fourth highest number of Aboriginal Apprenticeships in Alberta.

The Future: One of every five Pearl Calahasen predicts within a decade that Aboriginals will represent 1 of every 5 new entrants into the Alberta labour market.

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