Taseko Mines empowering Cariboo high school seniors with scholarship opportunity

The application period for Taseko Mines’ Creating Opportunities Scholarships continues.

Director of Corporate Affairs, Ainsley Wooding, said these $1,500 scholarships are for graduating students entering post secondary education who are interested in a discipline that supports or contributes to the mining and resource development sector and help build strong and healthy communities.

“Obviously you think sciences and engineering, but it’s also Human Resources, Accounting, the Skilled Trade Program. Disciplines for the second category, building strong and healthy communities, that’s like Health Sciences, maybe nursing, Teaching, so in general the choices of applicable post secondary courses are quite broad.”

Deadlines to apply for a Taseko Mines Creating Opportunities Scholarship are approaching and Wooding encourages students to get their applications in to their Scholarship and Bursary committees at their school.

She added that the deadlines are different for each of the School Districts but it’s coming up in the next few weeks, early February.

“We’re going to be awarding three scholarships to students that are graduating from School District’s 27 and 28 this year so that includes Williams Lake, Quesnel, 100 Mile House and some of the surrounding areas. We’re also excited because this is the first year we’re expanding to School District 73 which is Barriere and Clearwater for a fourth scholarship.”

Wooding noted that students can check with their High School Councilors to find out more information and that more information is also available on Taseko Mines website.

With it being the fourth year for the “Creating Opportunities Scholarships”, Wooding added that those students applying for them seems to be growing in interest every year.

“In total we have given away ten scholarships so we’re excited this year to be able to give an additional four students scholarships and hope that the applications continue to increase.”