Ontario invests in NII Advance Technology Centre in Kincardine
September 30, 2024
Kicking off the 2024 Clean Energy Frontier Conference, Monday, Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson, rural affairs minister, announced that the Nuclear Innovation Institute (NII), a membership-based not-for-profit organization, will receive up to $211,600 in funding through the latest intake of the Rural Economic Development program.
This program supports projects that diversify and grow local economies, build community capacity and address barriers to economic development and labour force challenges. The funding will help with renovations and upgrades to the NII Advance Technology Campus, a first-in-the-region innovation, collaboration and enhanced education centre, located at the Bruce Energy Centre in the Municipality of Kincardine.
The campus is a space to bring together companies in the clean energy sector to develop, share and adopt new and innovative technologies — and will be equipped with state-of-the-art technology, allowing for enhanced training opportunities locally, connecting rural residents to more academic opportunities close to home.
“The Nuclear Innovation Institute is dedicated to advancing new technologies in the clean energy sector,” said Thompson, “and this investment by the Ontario government will enhance the NII’s hands-on learning and training initiatives that will generate positive economic impacts throughout the region.”
“With this investment in the NII Advance Technology Campus, we will help bring higher education and training to rural Ontario,” said Stellina Williams, NII’s vice-president and chief administrative officer. “The NII is dedicated to fostering collaboration and partnerships that prepare workforces for tomorrow, here in the Clean Energy Frontier region of Bruce, Huron and Grey counties and local Indigenous communities.
“And we welcome organizations that play an active role in supporting the nuclear sector or related industry to explore the campus — from short-term bookings and events to longer-term programming, we can accommodate a wide range of workforce development activities!”
Learn more about the campus and book your space today at niiadvance.ca.
Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson (left), Ontario rural affairs minister, presents a cheque to the Nuclear Innovation Institute’s Stellina Williams, vice-president and CAO, and Jessica Linthorne, president and CEO, at the 2024 Clean Energy Frontier Conference, Monday
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