Haileybury School of Mines

Haileybury School of Mines was a college focusing on mining education.^[1][2] The school is located in Haileybury, Temiskaming Shores.^[3] It would later be absorbed by Northern College.^[4]

History

In 1903, silver mining started in Cobalt.^[5] The first principal of Haileybury Public School, Asbury Wilson, proposed the idea of establishing a school focusing on mining education.^[5] The Haileybury School of Mines was established in 1912.^[3] It was opened with the financial backing of the mining industry.^[6] The school survived in the Great Fire of 1922.^[5] It did close briefly during World War Two.^[5] It reopened as the Provincial Institute of Mining.^[5] There were protests from the mining industry against its closure by the provincial government of Ontario.^[7] It was led by Ossie Walli and Jack Frey.^[5]

In 1970, Northern College took over the Haileybury School of Mines.^[1] It offers a Mining Engineering Technician diploma under Northern College.^[8] Stephen Harper led National Citizens Coalition backed Merc Lavigne, a teacher of the Haileybury School of Mines, sue Ontario Public Service Employees Union over union fees in 1997.^[9][10]

The school increased the number of courses after 2000s and offered programs to attract more first nation students.^[11]

Legacy

The history of school is covered in the Haileybury School of Mines Humble Beginnings by Brian Dobbs.^[12] Brian Dobbs, who is also the president of the Haileybury School of Mines alumni association said "There's probably not a place in Canada even today — any mining camp — that there isn't somebody who came to Haileybury,".^[13]

Alumni

• Gilbert LaBine^[14]