b'NUCLEAR POWERfoundation program and worked in secu-rity, until this year that is. The OCNI/FNPA training initiative appealed to him with its promise of providing new, valuable Rio Tinto is proud to contribute to skillsets, in his case forklift operation and confined spaces certification. It all inter-the development of future Indigenousesting work; I am looking forward to that, leaders across Canada by supportingSouliere-Lamb says. various education initiatives, such asOther program participants, like 23-year-Indspire, Pathways to Education Canada,old Mtis Bryson Baker, had already dipped their toes in the nuclear power the First People Indigenous Center, Firstindustry but discovered new training and Nations Education Foundation, Lets Talkcareer avenues through the OCNI/FNPA initiative. Baker, who holds an electrical Science and Alloprof.engineering diploma, found a new passion with the millwright program. Im really excited to start doing precise measure-ments within a thousandth of an inch, and I really enjoy the math aspect of it, says Baker of the specialized skills he has learned to maintain a turbine. LIFELONG CAREERSThese are some of the skills that will be in high demand to meet Canadas ambi-tious long-term goals to refurbish its nuclear reactors. Ontario began refur-bishing 10 of its 18 power reactors in 2016. Bruce Powers Life Extension Program will refurbish and upgrade their plant until 2064, representing a lifetime career for tradespeople involved in the decades of work required. In a 2010 report prior to the life exten-sion project, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters estimated that each reactor that required refurbishment would create nearly 1,000 full-time jobs for decades riotinto.com/can and provide a $5-billion annual economic benefit. The OCNI/FNPA initiative is de facto giving young Indigenous people 26A CCAB PUBLICATION2022'