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In recognition of the gift, Eclipse Automation will receive naming
trades education and training programs at a single location that rights to the Mechatronics Lab at the Skilled Trades Campus
will showcase the potential of trades careers and a magnet for and the Automation Capstone Shop located at the college’s
participants from across southern Ontario, the GTA and beyond. Engineering campus on Fountain Street in Cambridge.
The gift from Eclipse Automation, pledged over five years, will
help provide skills and experience that graduates need to build Foundation leader ready to work
successful careers in engineering and manufacturing jobs. It
covers investment in continued campus development and support
for students through scholarships, coaching and mentoring
activities, as well as more part-time, co-op and apprenticeship
work opportunities at Eclipse Automation.
These opportunities include ongoing part-time positions for
international students as getting a foot in the door can be the
most difficult part of launching a career for those new to Canada.
Eclipse Automation team members will also devote “know-
how equity.” They will, for example, attend kick-off meetings of
students’ projects, help with the design review and acceptance
testing, and be available for the “Phone-a-friend” initiative, where
students can call Eclipse Automation mentors to assist them with
any technical questions that arise during their project work.
“Our gifts will help skilled trades and engineering students at
Conestoga College graduate better prepared to take on the
high-tech roles of future industry,” said Mark Lewis, CEO, Eclipse The Waterloo Region Community Foundation’s new
Automation. “This opportunity to collaborate with Conestoga leader says he is ready to tackle issues facing the
College means a lot to us because we recognize how essential region.
nurturing talent and growing a skilled, motivated workforce is to
local and global success.”

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