NB 979
July 26, 2006
FREDERICTON (CNB) - Fifty-seven students enrolled in the New Brunswick Community College system have been awarded Wage Gap Action Plan scholarships. Post-Secondary Education and Training Minister Jody Carr and Minister responsible for the Status of Women Joan MacAlpine-Stiles made the announcement today.
"The $150,000-scholarship program helps remove obstacles and provides encouragement to students exploring a variety of career options," MacAlpine-Stiles said. "Job clustering has been identified as one of four contributors to the wage gap. This program was designed to help reduce the wage gap, with the added benefit of addressing New Brunswick's skills shortages at the same time."
The scholarship program is part of the Wage Gap Action Plan, and is designed to encourage women and men to enter non-traditional careers. The scholarships were developed to encourage students to seek careers in trades, technology, and other sectors where gender participation to date has been limited. The goal of the scholarship program is to help reduce the impact which job clustering has on New Brunswick's wage gap.
Each non-renewable scholarship awarded has a value of $2,600, which is equivalent to the value of a full year's tuition at NBCC.
"I am particularly pleased at the number and quality of applications this year," Carr said. "This helped achieve the goal of awarding all the available funding. It is also an indication that more students are considering non-traditional career paths, which is an encouraging sign for a strong and diverse workforce."
Carr said that scholarships such as this are helping New Brunswick become the smart province and achieve the goal of having the highest increase in workers with post-secondary education in Canada within five years.
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EDITORS NOTE: A full list of the 57 scholarship recipients follows. MEDIA CONTACTS: Danielle McFarlane, communications, Executive Council Office - Women's Issues Branch, 506-444-4454; Shawn Hearn, communications, Post-Secondary Education and Training, 506-453-2568.
Scholarship Recipients
CCNB Campus de Bathurst
Chantal Haché, Technologie de laboratoire chimique (Dugas, N.B.); Sophie Thériault, Technologie de l'ingénierie du bâtiment (Beresford, N.B.); Lise Arsenault, Façonnage et montage métallique (Montréal, Que.); Cathy Parisé, Technologie de l'environnement (Val D'Amour, N.B.); Annick Guignard, Techniques d'entretien automobile (Bathurst, N.B.); Natalie Bastarache, Technologie de laboratoire chimique (Memramcook, N.B.); Guylaine Savoie-Roy, Technologie de l'environnement (Alcida, N.B.); Barbara Lanteigne, Technologie de l'ingénierie du bâtiment (Miscou, N.B.).
CCNB Campus de Campbellton
Karine Savoy, Techniques de la transformation du bois (Tracadie-Sheila, N.B.); Genevieve Comeau, Techniques de la transformation du bois (Petit-Rocher, N.B.).
CCNB Campus de Dieppe
Mélanie Bourque, Entretien des aéronefs (Rogersville-Ouest, N.B.); Cindy Martin, Techniques correctionnelles (Saint-Basile, N.B.); Shany Losier, Techniques correctionnelles (Tracadie-Sheila, N.B.); Isabelle Collette, Entretien des aéronefs (Moncton, N.B.); Monica Lanteigne, Techniques correctionnelles (Pointe-Canot, N.B.); Annik Martin, Entretien des aéronefs (Edmundston, N.B.).
CCNB Campus de la Péninsule acadienne
Nancy Larocque, Assemblage et soudage de production (Ste-Marie-St-Raphaël, N.B.); Marie-Ève Mazerolle, Technologie de l'animation 2D-3D (Losier-Settlement, N.B.).
NBCC Miramichi Campus
Natalie LeBlanc, electronic game - 3D graphics (Moncton, N.B.); Ariane Michaud, industrial mechanics (Pointe-du-Chêne, N.B.); Bunni-Lynne Betts, animation and graphics (Miramichi, N.B.); Natasha Patterson, correctional techniques (Dow Settlement, N.B.); Joanna Porter, correctional techniques (Fredericton, N.B.); Myra Flann, environmental technology (Campbellton, N.B.); Christie P. Yerxa, heavy equipment service technician (Zealand, N.B.); Tania Valdron, animation and graphics (Madran, N.B.); Laura Blackbeard, animation and graphics (Colpitts Settlement, N.B.); Natasha Petersen,environmental technology (Charlo, N.B.); Jessica Davis, environmental technology (Saint John, N.B.).
NBCC Moncton Campus
Stephanie Mann, welding engineering technology (Riverview, N.B.); Annette Cormier, computer systems technician (Moncton, N.B.); Cara DeBruyne, electrical (Moncton, N.B.); Charline Allain Godin, civil engineering technology (Dieppe, N.B.); Lyne Léger, civil engineering technology (Dieppe, N.B.); Bonnie Geldart, civil engineering technology (Colpitts Settlement, N.B.); Jessie Christenson, civil engineering technology (Fredericton, N.B.); Kelsey Goobie, civil engineering technology (Moncton, N.B.); Stephanie Allen, civil engineering technology (Norton, N.B.); Natalie Blanchard, civil engineering technology (Aldouane, N.B.); Dominique Hébert, civil engineering technology (Cormier-Village, N.B.); Caitlyn Rye, electrical engineering technology (Moncton, N.B.); Natalie Melanson, computer network technology (Dieppe, N.B.).
NBCC Saint John Campus
Shawna Marie Shannon, industrial control technology (Saint John, N.B.); Darlene Forgrave, chemical technology (Saint John, N.B.); Janine Alexandra Kellock, chemical technology (Grand Bay-Westfield, N.B.); Denise Ann Garnett, electrical engineering technology (Quispamsis, N.B.); Diana McGrath, chemical technology (Saint John, N.B.); Melanie Ryan, mechanical engineering technology (Lakeville Corner, N.B.); Mallory Burbridge, power engineering technology (Saint John, N.B.); Brittainy Dykeman, power engineering technology (New River Beach, N.B.); Sasha Lawlor, electrical engineering computer systems (Saint John, N.B.); April Mawhinney, chemical technology (Dipper Harbour, N.B.); Shannon R. L. Delaney, power engineering technology (Saint John, N.B.); Melissa C. Strong, electrical (Moncton, N.B.); Katrina Gallant, motor vehicle body repair and painter (Wellington Station, P.E.I.).
NBCC St. Andrews Campus
Nancy Carvell, electrical (Lakeville, N.B.).
NBCC Woodstock Campus
Stephanie Lavigne, welding (Bathurst, N.B.).
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