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About
Mining Matters:
Past and Future
Mining Matters brings
the wonder of Canada’s geology and mineral
resources to students, educators and industry.
We provide current information about rocks,
minerals, metals, and mining and offer
exceptional educational resources that meet
provincial Earth science and geography
curriculum expectations.
So Far
So
Good
In 1994, members of the Prospectors and
Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) realized
that their mining and mineral industry expertise
could help teachers and students. Consulting
experts in education, government, and business,
the association developed its first Earth
science curriculum kit for Ontario teachers.
PDAC Mining Matters became a
charitable organization in 1997. Over the next
ten years, we partnered with government,
industry, and educators to produce two bilingual
teaching units for Grades 4 and 7, as well as
develop additional teaching materials.
In 2007, we launched our first unit for high
school educators and added a secondary school
newsletter to our list of publications.
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And the Word is
Spreading |
- We have presented workshops in Ontario, Nunavut, Quebec, Alberta,
Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador and British Columbia
- Teachers across Canada work with
Discovering
Diamonds, our high school curriculum kit
- Our poster from
Northern Lights to
Urban Trails went nation-wide with 20,000 copies
- We contributed to the award-winning
2005
Geoscape Toronto poster
and curriculum
- We contirubted to changes
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Looking Ahead
Mining Matters programs for Manitoba and
Newfoundland
New CUTTING EDGE poster relating mining to the
popular Canadian sports skating, hockey, sledge
hockey and figure skating as well as the venues
and equipment that make it possible.
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Mining Matters is a charitable organization supported
by government, foundation grants and
donations from corporations and individuals.
Registration Number: 88775 6435
RR0001.
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