I Chose Mining: The Mining Industry Human Resources Council to Award Additional Post-Secondary Scholarships in 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ottawa, ON, August 5, 2025 – MiHR is pleased to announce two additional scholarships are being awarded in 2025 as part of the I Chose Mining. Mining Chose Me. Scholarship Program. Coinciding with an expansion of the national Mining Needs You career awareness campaign, this new total of four $2,500 scholarships is made possible thanks to MiHR’s coalition of Mining Needs You partners: the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), the World Gold Council (WGC), the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM).

The I Chose Mining. Mining Chose Me. Scholarship Program was launched in 2021 in celebration of MiHR’s 25^th anniversary. It has since awarded two $2,500 scholarships per year to exemplary post-secondary students in mining-related programs. Through the addition of two new scholarships, twelve students will have been recognized by the end of 2025 for their outstanding initiative in taking their first steps towards a career in mining.

“On behalf of MiHR and our partner organizations, we are excited to offer two additional I Chose Mining. Mining Chose Me. scholarships this year,” said MiHR’s Executive Director Ryan Montpellier. “Celebrating and rewarding young talent showcases the excellent work mining students are undertaking and helps grow the labour pool needed to advance Canada’s mining industry. Their fresh ideas and perspectives will help shape the future of this critical industry.”

In 2024, scholarships were awarded to two undergraduate students: Catherine Condinho, undertaking a Bachelors of Science – Mining Engineering at Queen’s University, and Nur Erhalac, an engineering student majoring in Mining Engineering Co-Op student at McGill University. Prospective applicants can find information on all prior recipients and complete eligibility and application process details for the 2025 scholarships at MiningNeedsYou.ca.

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About the Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR)

MiHR is Canada’s knowledge centre for mining labour market information. An independent, non-profit organization, MiHR leads collaboration among mining and exploration companies, organized labour, contractors, educational institutions, industry associations and Indigenous groups to identify opportunities and address the human resource and labour market challenges facing the Canadian minerals and metals sector.

For More Information:

William Meyer
Director, Communications and Career Development
Mining Industry Human Resources Council
613.270.9696 x 58
wmeyer@mihr.ca