A foot in the doorAn industry-backed training program is helping to boost the Indigenous workforce in Saskatchewan’s potash industry

An industry-backed training program is helping to boost the Indigenous workforce in Saskatchewan’s potash industry

By Sarah St-Pierre

March 21, 2024

Digital Transformation in Potash Mining program students on a tour of a Mosaic mine site. Courtesy of Morris Interactive

When Jordyn Dewhurst enrolled in a potash mining training program, she did not picture herself utilizing walkie-talkies and Lego bricks in class. Yet the activity, in which students blindly recreated structures from spoken instructions, demonstrated just how important good communication is in a mining environment, where accidents can happen without it.

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