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Training

Gold for the King: Ontario’s Abigail King to represent Canadian auto body repair at WorldSkills 2022

Toronto, Ontario — The nation has chosen Ontario’s Abigail King as its champion to represent Canada’s auto body repair industry at the WorldSkills Competition 2022, set to run from Sept. 7 to Nov. 26. King is currently studying to become an auto body technician and dreams of one day running her own customs shop. She […]

August 2, 2022

Training

Going for the Gold: SkillsCanada announces national competition winners

Ottawa, Ontario — The champions of the Skills Canada Virtual National Competition were announced during Skills/Compétences Canada’s (SCC) closing ceremony last week.  The competition was held on June 15, and over 1,200 high school and post-secondary students, apprentices, teachers, industry leaders and career seekers were present. Top competitors were given medals in the 37 skill […]

June 22, 2021

Training

The opportunity of a lifetime

By Cecile Bukmeier Toronto, Ontario — May 8, 2019 — My life changed the moment I crossed paths with the Skills/Compétences Canada competitions. I was working as a car painter in a collision centre full-time for a couple of years when I started to notice that my skills in the shop were getting better. Tasks […]

May 7, 2019

Collision Repair

Fix Auto Canada to sponsor Canadian WorldSkills competitor

Montreal, Quebec — May 31, 2017 — Fix Auto Canada has announced it will sponsor Canadian skills competitor Vyolaine Dujmovic when she competes at the upcoming WorldSkills event, taking place in Abu Dhabi, UAR, in October 2017. The announcement was made by Jean Charles Dupuis, the company’s Chief Operations Officer. Dujmovic was given the opportunity […]

May 31, 2017

Training

AIA Canada gifts Skills Canada Champion Vyolaine Dujmovic with Platinum I-CAR training program

Ottawa, ON — May 24 2017 — Vyolaine Dujmovic is on the road to the 2017 WorldSkills Competition this coming October 14 to 17 in Abu Dhabi, with the support of the Automotive Industries Association (AIA) of Canada and other industry partners. Dujmovis is the 2016 Skills Canada Champion of Auto Body Repair.  Dujmovic won […]

May 25, 2017

Collision Repair

Tareski, Westermann take home Gold medals at Saskatchewan skills competitions

By Mike Davey   Regina, Saskatchewan — April 25, 2016 — Results are in from the Saskatchewan Skills Competition. The annual event typically hosts 30 secondary and 28 post-secondary competitions each year, including Autobody Repair and Car Painting.    This year’s competitions were held at four venues throughout Regina. Autobody Repair and Car Painting took […]

April 25, 2016

Collision Repair

WorldSkills celebrates the power of skills at closing ceremony

São Paulo, Brazil — August 19, 2015 — Following an intense and high spirited 43rd WorldSkills Competition, the Closing Ceremony of WorldSkills São Paulo 2015 brought to an end the largest competition in WorldSkills history and the first ever held in Latin America. Approximately 9,000 competitors, experts, delegates, sponsors, partners and supporters recognized the excellence […]

August 19, 2015