Mining consulting company donates $83,000 to LU engineering school

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From left, Dominic Giroux, president of Laurentian University, Scott McIntosh, founder of the McIntosh Scholarship Engineering Fund, and Dougal McCreath, chair of Laurentian's school of engineering. Supplied photo.

From left, Dominic Giroux, president of Laurentian University, Scott McIntosh, founder of the McIntosh Scholarship Engineering Fund, and Dougal McCreath, chair of Laurentian's school of engineering. Supplied photo.

Sep 03, 2009- 9:40 AM

By: Sudbury Northern Life Staff

The McIntosh Engineering Scholarship Fund and Stantec-Mining have donated $83,000 to Laurentian University's School of Engineering.

The donation will help create 14 engineering scholarships valued at $2,800, to be given out annually. It will also help the school purchase equipment, such as the Mine 2-4D software, a planning and scheduling system used by engineers to manage diverse and complex data to better assess the financial implications of mine plan variations.

"Thanks to our donors' generous contribution, our students will not only benefit from more scholarships, but of the most modern engineering tools during their studies at Laurentian. Here, they will learn to be the best future professionals of the mining industry," said Laurentian president Dominic Giroux, in a news release.

When Stantec bought his company in 2008, Scott McIntosh, former president of McIntosh Engineering, donated $2 million in the US and Canada for the promotion of the underground industry. $250,000 was given to Sudbury's three main postsecondary institutions to split equally and contribute in a positive way to mining.
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2 Comments

  • knowing 9/15/2009 3:52:41 PM - Report Abuse

    If you had bothered to read the title, you might have noticed that it clearly states "Mining Consulting Company." Guess that wasn't clear enough for someone who obviously wants to be negative, no matter how positive the news is...

  • The Real Mucker 9/3/2009 11:18:53 AM - Report Abuse

    McIntosh-Stantec is not a mining company.
    They are a consulting group. When people in a mining town can't even get their facts right no wonder the business of mining is so misunderstood.
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