MONTREAL, Nov. 14 2017
/CNW Telbec/ - Rio Tinto is investing an extra 3.5 million dollars over the next three years to
help Quebec students from
low-income communities the tools and life skills graduate from high
school.
Gervais Jacques, Managing
Director, Atlantic Operations – Rio Tinto Aluminium stated:
"Rio Tinto and Pathways to Education believe that education has
the power to change lives, and that graduation rates have a direct
impact on the future of our communities. We are proud to support
Pathways to give young people access to the resources and support
they need so that they have an equal opportunity to obtain their
high school diploma and realise their full potential."
"The additional 3.5 million
dollars from the Rio Tinto Aluminium Canada Fund brings Rio
Tinto's total support of Pathways to close to 17 million dollars – a very significant and
demonstrated commitment to creating positive change for individual
young people in Quebec and the
province as a whole."
Pathways has grown to serve close to 1,000 students in
Quebec, with close to 200 Pathways
graduates from Verdun and
Shawinigan; Pointe-Saint-Charles,
Mashteuiatsh, and Sherbrooke will celebrate their first cohort
of Pathways grads in June 2018, with
Lachine following in June 2019.
Since its creation in 2008, the Rio Tinto Aluminium Canada Fund
has invested over C$10 million
annually in major projects and initiatives that improve quality of
life in the regions where the company operate.
SOURCE RIO TINTO PLC