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PERKS AT MIRARCO

MIRARCO offers many of the amenities and opportunities that you would expect from a cutting edge research environment:

  1. MIRARCO offers
  2. Laurentian offers
  3. Sudbury offers

MIRARCO

  • Professional Development opportunities
  • Access to specialized training courses
  • Dental, medical and optical benefits (single and family)
  • Payroll savings bonds
  • Flextime
  • Compensation for moving expenses
  • Member of Mining and Environmental Associations
  • Member of Sudbury Chamber of Commerce
  • Paid training and certification
  • Special Event days (MIRARCO Summer and Winter Olympics)
  • Monthly "Lunch'n Learn" events with guest speakers
  • Annual "Charity of Choice" nomination and charity fundraising activities
  • Graduate Student Celebrations
  • Organic and fair trade coffee club
  • MIRARCO Gift and Party fund
  • Access to several professional development libraries
  • Software and hardware library
  • Annual Christmas Party
  • Financially reimbursed international travel for research and conferences
  • Pension Plan for full time workers
  • Possibility of "Exceptional Performance" bonuses

Because of the location of MIRARCO on the campus of Laurentian University, we are able to take advantage of many of the resources the University offers. Some of these amenities include:

  • State-of-the-art 3D Laboratory
  • Bookstore on campus
  • Basketball courts indoors and outdoors
  • Tennis courts outdoors
  • Gym with cardio area and weights
  • Climbing room
  • Olympic size swimming pool - multiple level high dive towers
  • Beach on campus
  • On-campus ATM Banking Service
  • Day Care centre
  • Food services and food bank
  • Athletic therapy centre specializing in acupuncture and massage therapy
  • Computer centre
  • Multiple churches on campus
  • Theater centre
  • Outdoor hockey arena
  • Endless trails for biking, hiking or cross country skiing
  • Track and Field stadium
  • Lunch-time Tai Chi Classes
  • Access to the University Library and MIRARCO Library

MIRARCO is able to benefit from being located in Sudbury, and is able to offer a great mix of the outdoors and city living.
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