The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition over the past 20 years in the mining industry, engineer Tamara Brown saw no reason to add a graduate business degree to her credentials. The Globe's Jennifer Lewington writes, however, that now the vice-president of investor relations for Primero Mining has a new option: a mining-focused executive MBA at UBC that would enable her to continue working while earning the specialty degree. For mid-career professionals like Ms. Brown, executive MBAs are an attractive alternative to a conventional full-time MBA without having to step away from one's day job. Two new degrees in Canada are sector-specific. One is the executive MBA in Strategic Mining Management (tuition of $70,400) to be offered this September by UBC, with financial and in-kind industry support. The 21-month program combines four residential components in Vancouver, Santiago and London. In between face-to-face classes, students work on industry-related case studies and issues. Another new program, also developed with industry support, is an EMBA in digital transformation (tuition $78,000) at McMaster University, starting in April of 2016. It is a 15-month program.