Edmundston, NB – Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada.

A new 15-week continuing education program was launched today by the Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB) Edmundston Campus, in partnership with the Madawaska Maliseet Economic Development Corporation and supported by the Government of Canada. The program will train workers for jobs in the First Nation’s Grey Rock Entertainment Centre.

The Entertainment, Events Organization and Food Services Program will meet the need for specialized workers for the Grey Rock Entertainment Centre, scheduled to open in mid-July of this year. The new program is the result of a workforce development partnership between CCNB and Madawaska Maliseet Economic Development Corporation with $68,000 funding from the federal government.

Quick facts

The 15-week education program will offer training in computers, food and beverage service, an introduction to working in a casino, customer service and special events coordination.

The Entertainment Centre, located in the First Nation’s Grey Rock Power Centre, will require employees trained in the above fields when it opens this summer.
The Grey Rock Power Centre, which opened in May 2013, was supported through a $3.5 million investment from the federal government and is expected to create 300 new jobs in the next three years.

Madawaska Maliseet First Nation is located within Edmundston, NB. The communit ...

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