Skills Canada

• Okanagan College students take home medals at provincial skills competition

  Skills Canada competitions put the skills and knowledge of junior, high school, college students and apprentices to the test across a variety of trades and technology events.

  Education

  Apr 28, 2024
  
• A N.B. trade worker shortage and how it’s forcing construction companies to turn down jobs

  Skills Canada is trying to encourage more young people to enter trades professions in the wake of a provincial shortage of workers.

  Economy

  Jun 9, 2021
  
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• Okanagan College hosts Skills Canada B.C. Regional Competition

  The competition was focused around introducing younger students to a different craft and feed the growing demand of trade workers in the province.

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2020
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• Alberta Budget 2019: Student employment program axed in favour of Skills for Jobs strategy

  A popular summer program that was eliminated by the former Progressive Conservative government and then reinstated by the NDP has been cut once again.

  Economy

  Oct 28, 2019
• 19-year-old Lethbridge College plumbing apprentice makes national podium

  A first-year plumbing apprentice out of Lethbridge College has a national silver medal after competing in Halifax at the Skills Canada National Competition on May 30.

  Features

  Jun 7, 2019
• Okanagan student wins gold at national website design competition

  Pleasant Valley Secondary School pupil tops at Skills Canada event in Halifax.

  Tech

  Jun 1, 2019
• Saskatchewan students showcase trade skills in competition

  Students from around the province put their abilities to the test at the 21st installment of the annual Skills Canada Saskatchewan Competition.

  Education

  Apr 12, 2019
• N.B. trades competition sees most female competitors ever

  'Women kind of get pushed out a lot due to the fact that a lot of men think they're not strong enough to do it. I mean women can carry around a kid that weighs more than a bag of concrete, so I mean, why not?'

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2019
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• Area students participate in skilled trades competition at St. Lawrence College

  The competition's technical chair says the two-day event is about pointing students to where the jobs are.

  Education

  Mar 26, 2019
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• Students from northern Alberta town get first-hand experience in the trades

  Students from Grande Cache Community High School explored the trades as those in their community hope it will mean more students will stay in the town after graduation.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2018