The New Westminster-based Justice Institute of B.C. is set to receive $300,000 in funding from the federal government to run a web-based emergency management training program for workers in the oil and gas industries.
Michelle Rempel, federal Minister of Western Economic Diversification Canada, made the announcement from the New Westminster campus on Friday morning. The funding will go directly towards Praxis – a web-based simulation tool, which both the school and the government say will improve the delivery of emergency management training to workers in isolated and remote locations, according to a media release from the ministry.
“Praxis will be used to develop a wide-range of problem-based scenarios, which will help employees and managers develop their critical thinking and decision-making skills in emergency situations, in a safe learning environment,” the release stated.
Workers in the oil and gas industries will have the first crack at the new simulation program to see how effective the online tool is at training employees in remote locations.
In 2012, Praxis, which was designed to meet the need for interactive, problem-based training scenarios, received the Award of Excellence by the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education.
