NexGen Energy (ASX:NXG) has launched its largest ever scholarship program for students across the local priority area (LPA) in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada.
For the 2025-26 academic year, eight scholarships will be awarded to students that have participated in multiple NexGen community programs since 2017, including the summer student program and training initiatives where 123 and 522 respectively, have participated since inception.
NexGen’s scholarship program, first initiated in 2017, identifies these students in partnership with education institution faculty in the LPA and provides pathways for students attending post-secondary education.
To date, the program has awarded 38 scholarships, supporting youth across a broad range of pursuits including trades, college, and university programs.
CEO Leigh Curyer says these scholarships represent an average of C$10,000 per year for each of the 38 students to date, covering their educational needs for advanced technical studies.
“The scholarship program compliments a series of long-standing impactful initiatives that NexGen has been driving since 2013, focused on mentoring and empowering LPA youth to achieve personal and academic success at unprecedented levels,” Curyer says.
NexGen Energy is a Canadian company focused on clean energy fuel for the future. The company’s flagship Rook I Project is being developed into a large low-cost uranium producing mine globally.
Globally, more than 65 million young people are unemployed, according to data by the World Economic Forum – and the mining industry is struggling to retain and attract talent.
As Mining.com.au previously reported, young people such as Aileen Hu, Queensland’s Outstanding Academic Achiever for 2024, says the answer to the challenges the industry faces is in education, exposure and mentorship.
“I think having mentorship throughout the entire chain of learning is so important right from the beginning, all the way to when you are essentially in the industry,” Hu told this news service.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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