What is the Goodman School of Mines?
The Goodman School of Mines serves as the entryway to Canada’s Mining University and ensures that Laurentian University offers the most comprehensive mining education available in Canada by focusing on programming, training and research to support the full mining cycle.
Laurentian’s world-class undergraduate and graduate programs lead to a vast array of career opportunities in the mining sector and beyond. The Goodman School of Mines actively promotes these undergraduate and graduate offerings available to students. Our students are exposed to all areas of the mining cycle so that they have the skills and knowledge to become future leaders within the industry. The Goodman School of Mines is actively engaged in enhancing experiential and cross-disciplinary learning opportunities for Laurentian’s students through minors, workshops, competitions, mine site tours and field trips, conferences and networking events, as well as other mining-related activities and scholarships.
The Goodman School of Mines is dedicated to building the skills and knowledge of mining professionals across the industry by offering training in the form of short courses, certificates and workshops, and on-demand training and course development.
Finally, the Goodman School of Mines generates and coordinates new mining-related research opportunities for faculty. We act as a gateway to professional training and research in mining-related fields at Laurentian by generating opportunities through synergistic and intuitive project alignments, shared resources, and focused coordination. We provide a united front to government, industry and educational partners.
Mission
The Goodman School of Mines serves as the entryway to Canada’s Mining University and ensures that Laurentian University offers the most comprehensive mining education available in Canada by focusing on programming, training and research to support the full mining cycle.
Vision
To expose Students and Industry Professionals to the entire mining cycle to ensure they have the education, knowledge and skills necessary to advance the mining industry. To foster collaboration with all stakeholders. To position Laurentian as Canada’s Mining University.
Values
- Quality
- Respect
- Lifelong Learning
- Community
What We Offer
Education, Training and Research to support the full mining cycle.
Our Dedicated Schools
As a top-ranked engineering school in Canada, our graduates enjoy a solid reputation among employers and industry, and our students consistently outperform their peers in national and international competitions. The recent opening of our state-of-the-art Cliff Fielding Research, Engineering and Innovation Facility will ensure the calibre of our programs continues to deliver top achievement benchmarks.
The Goodman School of Mines is the entryway to Canada’s Mining University.
Focused on the development of world-class credentials in all disciplines of the mining cycle, the Goodman School of Mines supports ongoing development of future and current leaders in the mining industry and is at the forefront of conversations about mining education in the country and around the world.
The School and its Mineral Exploration Research Centre are at the forefront of the most comprehensive field- and laboratory-based Earth Science research and education programs in North America. Its multifaceted offerings include industry driven courses for students and professionals. The School now leads the largest $104M mineral exploration project, Metal Earth.
Mining is in our DNA
The Beginning
1.8 Billion years ago a 10 km wide meteor hit the earth and created Sudbury
The impact created a hole in the ground that was 20 km deep!
This created huge deposits of Copper, Nickel and other Precious Metals.
Sudbury has since produced more than 8 million tonnes each of nickel and copper.
Sudbury Today
5,000 km
of integrated underground mining complex
9 Active Mines (Vale, Glencore, KGHM)
300+ mining supply, service and technology companies in the region
$4-billion in mining supply exports
Laurentian University
104
million dollar Metal Earth project lead
9500+
alumni in mining-related disciplines
2047
students in mining-related studies
264
dedicated researchers actively involved in mining-related discovery
Meet the Team
Dr. Nadia Mykytczuk
Executive Director
Dr. Eva Pakostova
Associate Director
Denyse Leroy
Business Officer
Nicole Tardif
Program Coordinator
Claudia Ghiandoni
Outreach Coordinator
Montanna Thompson
Administrative Assistant
Our Advisory Board
Meet the experts that form the Goodman School of Mines Advisory Board.
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