Women's Issues / Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour
Scholarships awarded to 57 students in non-traditional training programs (07/06/27)
NB 854
June 27, 2007
FREDERICTON (CNB) -- Fifty-seven students enrolled in the New Brunswick Community College system have been awarded Wage Gap Action Plan scholarships for 2007-2008. The announcement was made today by Family and Community Services Minister Carmel Robichaud, Minister responsible for the Status of Women, and Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minster Ed Doherty.
"These 57 students represent the best and brightest students enrolled in our community college system. We are proud to support them with the Wage Gap Scholarship as they embark on the challenge of a non-traditional profession and we wish them all the best as they study and prepare to join our New Brunswick workforce," Robichaud said. "This scholarship program helps New Brunswick students train for these non-traditional careers, and ensures they can explore a wider variety of career options."
The scholarship program was introduced in 2006 as part of the government's Wage Gap Action Plan. It is intended to encourage people entering their first year at community college to seek careers in trades, technology and others sectors where participation to date by men and women 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, equal in value to one-year full tuition at community college, up to the program total of $150,000 per year. Fifty-seven scholarships were awarded for the 2006-2007 academic year. The Province also employs two mentors who work with students in non-traditional programs.
"The women and men who have accepted the challenge of pursuing a non-traditional career will help us reduce the wage gap in our province," Doherty said. "This spirit of exploration and desire to be different will be essential for New Brunswick to deal with labour shortages in the skilled trades, and grow our economy as we work to become self-sufficient."
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EDITORS NOTE: A full list of the 57 scholarship recipients follows. MEDIA CONTACTS: Craig Chouinard, Communications New Brunswick / Women's Issues, 506-444-2519; Shawn Hearn, communications, Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour, 506-453-2568.
Scholarship Recipients
CCNB - Bathurst
Manon Richard (Saint-Ignace), Technologie de l'ingénierie du bâtiment; Isabelle Leonard (Pointe-Verte), Technologie du génie électronique; Sophie Lagacé (Beresford), Technologie du génie électronique; Mélanie Comeau (Bathurst), Technologie de l'informatique, option: Programmation et analyse; Valérie Guitard (Pointe-Verte), Technologie de l'informatique; Ginette Robichaud (Pokemouche), Technologie de l'ingénierie du bâtiment.
CCNB - Campbellton
Alphonse Savoie (Village Blanchard), Techniques d'intervention en services communautaires; Sébastien Paulin (Le Goulet), Techniques d'intervention en services communautaires; Geneviève Comeau (Petit-Rocher), Charpenterie.
CCNB - Dieppe
Cara Martin (Escuminac), Techniques correctionnelles; Maxime Carmen Roy (Dalhousie), Techniques correctionnelles; Sara Cormier (Atholville), Techniques correctionnelles; Bianca Michon-Lanteigne (Pokesudie), Techniques correctionnelles; Mylène Bourgoin (Saint-Léonard), Techniques de production web et multimédia; Vicky Vienneau, (Nicholas-Denys), Techniques de production web et multimédia; Chantal Daigle (Saint John), Techniques de production web et multimédia; Nicki Sullivan (Edmundston), Maçonnage et briquetage.
CCNB - Edmundston
Michelle Ferron (Lamèque), Électricité ; Pierre-Luc Collin, (Saint-Léolin), Techniques d'hôtellerie et de restauration.
NBCC - Miramichi
Natasha Jardine (Williamstown), Correctional Techniques; Annie Cormier (Pointe-Sapin), Correctional Techniques; Charity Neilson (Hardwicke), Correctional Techniques; Michelle Ward (Moncton), Correctional Techniques; Angela-Rose Hillock (New Bandon), Transport and Refrigeration Service Technician; Candace Arsenault (Miramichi), Transport and Refrigeration Service Technician; Lori-Anne Jill Dickson (Napan), Carpentry; Ashley Ann Foran (Miramichi), Welding.
NBCC - Moncton
Sharlene Innes (Moncton), Civil Engineering Technology; Madeleine Caissie (Saint-Isidore), Civil Engineering Technology; Britney Akerley (Springfield), Civil Engineering Technology; Stephanie Allen (Moosehorn Creek), Civil Engineering Technology; Annie Richard (Grand-Barachois), Electrical Engineering Technology; Denise Nicole Surette (Dieppe), Electrical Engineering Technology; Jessica Lynn Trudel (Notre-Dame), Welding Engineering Technology; Maria E. Trujillo (Saint-Paul), Computer Programming Technology, Option: Internet Application Programmer; Sophia Doiron (Cap-Pelé), Computer Systems Technician; April Losier (Belledune), Computer Network Technology, Option: Network Design and Administration; Céline Richard (Moncton), Carpentry; Sarah Monica Milliea (Moncton), Carpentry; Tiffani Dawn C. Demmons (Riverview), Sheet Metal Fabrication; Christa Roxane Meadus, (Moncton), Carpentry.
NBCC - Saint John
Paula Michelle Spicer (Quispamsis), Electrical Engineering Technology; Shellee Rogerson (Saint John), Electrical Engineering Technology; Katherine Fulton (Saint John), Power Engineering Technology; Melissa J. Mallette (Saint John), Power Engineering Technology; Sheena Buchanan (Canal), Power Engineering Technology; Erin Allison (Saint John), Mechanical Engineering Technology; Maureen Lynn Walker (Saint John), Computer Programming Technology, Option: Programmer/Analyst; Chantelle Doiron (Fairfield), Computer Programming Technology, Option: Programmer/Analyst; Tammy Campbell (Saint John), Machinist; Jillian Renton (Stilesville), Motor Vehicle Body Repairer and Painter.
NBCC - St. Andrews
Caytlin Aubie (Upper Kingsclear), Marine Diesel Mechanics; Ian MacGregor (Fredericton), Hospitality and Tourism Management: International Tourism; Amanda Harrington (Saint John) Computer Network Technology, Option: Network/Web Support.
NBCC - Woodstock
Brent Smith (Fredericton), Office Administration; Denise O'Donnell (Monquart), Computer Systems Technician; Cynthia Barry (Carlisle), Computer Systems Technician.
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