Students in British Columbia are being introduced to mining through a program produced by the province’s Mining Association (MABC) and a division of its teachers federation.
The joint project resulted in the development of teaching kits that are used by a growing number of teachers and students in elementary and secondary schools.
Maureen Lipkewich, MABC’s co-ordinator of education programs, says teachers help develop the educational materials and then show other teachers how to use them. This is important, Lipkewich adds, because the project would not work as well without the teachers’ support.
The teachers worked with MABC to develop the educational kits by visiting nine mines in the province in 1991 and 1992. Among them were Highland Valley copper open pit and the Sullivan base metal mine.
The information used was reviewed by individuals and organizations to ensure technical accuracy. The province’s Ministry of Education says MABC’s willingness to encourage different points-of-view “provides a healthy balance among the views of environmentalists, natives, mining companies and others.”
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