Posted: Dec 10, 2020 4:39 PM ET | Last Updated: December 10, 2020
Interns Sunny Payash and Georgina McLeod working together and measuring water quality parameters at the beach at Anicinabe park in Kenora during Environmental Water week.(Submitted by Water First)
A Canadian Non Governmental Organization (NGO) has teamed up with a council of six First Nations in northeastern Ontario with the aim of training young Indigenous people to become water treatment plant operators.
Canadian Water First Education & Training Inc. will help to deliver a drinking water treatment and environmental water science internship program for young Indigenous adults.
About 12 interns will be recruited across the tribal council s region to pursue Operator in Training (OIT) and Water Quality Analyst (WQA) certifications.