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Fleming College and Port Hope Area Initiative sign agreement

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Fleming College and the Port Hope Area Initiative Management Office have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), formalizing a commitment that will shape future collaborations in research, skills sharing, job opportunities and information exchange.
The agreement will encourage an active and supportive relationship between the parties, and identify opportunities to work cooperatively on a variety of projects. MOU signatories include Atomic Energy Canada Limited (AECL), as the lead agency for the Port Hope Area Initiative (PHAI), and Fleming College’s School of Environment and Natural Resource Sciences (SENRS) – Frost Campus in Lindsay.

“The PHAI has assembled a team of experts from government, private industry and consulting backgrounds to implement one of Canada’s largest environmental restoration projects,” said Joan Miller, AECL Vice-President Decommissioning & Waste Management. “This partnership provides an opportunity to share our knowledge and experience, and make an investment in science-based education.”

MOU objectives include enhanced hands-on learning opportunities for students through field work and project case studies, and career development through work placements and internships. PHAI Management Office staff will contribute through guest lectures and customized workshops, while the partnership will also provide the PHAI with ready access to a trained and skilled labour force.

“Fleming’s Frost Campus is a renowned environmental and natural resource science-based educational institution,” Dr. Tony Tilly, President of Fleming College said. “Both the PHAI and Fleming College share an interest in environmental remediation and restoration activities. This collaboration will expand on our mutual contributions in this field of study and foster innovation through practical application.”

ABOUT THE PHAI

The Port Hope Area Initiative (PHAI) is a federal environmental clean-up program. Its mandate is the remediation and local, long-term, safe management of historic low-level radioactive waste in Port Hope and Port Granby. The Port Hope Area Initiative Management Office (PHAI MO) is a federal partnership between Natural Resources Canada, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and Public Works and Government Services Canada that was created to carry out these projects.


ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCES (SENRS)
Fleming College’s School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences (SENRS) is based at the Frost Campus in City of Kawartha Lakes and features more than 25 full-time programs. With an emphasis on outdoor learning, the School offers small class sizes and unique opportunities for active, hands-on learning through a variety of work placements, co-ops, field campus, and applied projects, which put skills and theory into practice. Fleming College has locations in Peterborough, City of Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton and Cobourg. The college currently has more than 5,900 full-time and 10,000 part-time students and more than 63,000 alumni: www.flemingcollege.ca.


For more information, please contact:
Judy Herod, Manager
Stakeholder Relations & Communications
Port Hope Area Initiative Management Office
905-885-0291
info@phai.ca
www.phai.ca
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