Tag: skilled trades
Atwill-Morin puts its “robocops” to work on selected construction sites
Atwill-Morin announced it has just taken a step forward in health and safety for its employees, acquiring a dozen exoskeletons that will gradually make...
Construction stakeholders call for immigration system reforms to address looming labour...
Changes are needed to Canada’s immigration system to ensure the construction sector can respond to growth, and deliver on key public-policy priorities such as...
Women in Construction: Workplace equity advocate Karen Dearlove
BC Centre for Women in the Trades’ (BCCWITT) Karen Dearlove has spent the last three years in the role of executive director, guiding the...
VRCA and partners launch ‘Bring Trades to School’ program
The Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) announced a partnership with the Burnaby Board of Trade (BBOT), British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), and Burnaby...
Conestoga expands trades program with support from Owens Corning Foundation
The Owens Corning Foundation announced that it is investing $200,000 to support the national delivery and expansion of Conestoga College’s Jill of All Trades...
Canada announces $7M investment in skilled trades workers in Windsor
The Government of Canada announced funding for over $7.3 million for two projects through the Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy’s Union Training and Innovation Program (UTIP)...
Nova Scotians to have more access to training and certification in...
The Province of Nova Scotia announced an increasing in funding for the Work-based Trades Practical Assessment program and a training program run by the...
Quebec launches construction training offensive for high demand trades
The Quebec government is launching a construction training offensive aimed at training between 4,000 and 5,000 additional people so that they can occupy trades...
Nova Scotia taking actions to accelerate skilled trades growth
The Government of Nova Scotia announced it will accelerate growth in the skilled trades and modernize the entire apprenticeship and trades qualification system to...
First Nations Power
Indigenous millwrights charting their careers through OPG’s Darlington Refurbishment
By Paul Choi
Two Indigenous millwrights who got their start through OPG’s Indigenous Opportunities Network (ION) are...