Tropicana’s Teachings: Pre-apprenticeship auto body students experience collision repair at AkzoNobel headquarters
Toronto, Ontario — Tropicana Community Services brought its class of pre-apprenticeship students to AkzoNobel’s headquarters and training centre for a Discovery Day event last Thursday, where they were showed the ins and outs of the trade by professionals from AkzoNobel, CARSTAR, LKQ Canada and 3M. First up on the agenda was a painting workshop hosted […]
Unleashing Potential: Tropicana to host 2023 class field trip at Canadian Collison Repair Academy
Toronto, Ontario — Tropicana Community Services is bringing students from its Auto Body and Collision Damage Repairer Pre-Apprenticeship program to the Canadian Collision Repair Academy (CCRA) for their annual class field trip, a rep from the organization told Collision Repair. On July 11, Tropicana will bring 20 students to the CCRA, located within the CWB […]
Fair Trade: Free Centennial College, Tropicana introductory auto body course to kick off in April
Scarborough, Ontario — If you live in the Toronto area and have always wanted to try your hand at the trade, a new collaborative program between Tropicana Community Services and Centennial College seeks to give prospective auto body technicians a chance to see if collision repair is the right fit, completely free of charge. Set […]
Building a Future: Schulich Builders scholarship launches at 10 Ont. colleges to draw trades students
Ottawa, Ontario — The Schulich Foundation, one of Canada’s largest undergraduate scholarship organizations, announced on Thursday the launch of the “Schulich Builders” program, aimed at attracting skilled trades students to ten Ontario colleges. The new scholarship program, which has already confirmed a more than $3 million commitment for its first year, will cover tuition, tools […]
Ink ‘N Insights: Hilary Noack of Ink ‘N Iron Auto drops first episode of new tech tips video series
Oakville, Ontario — Hilary Noack, the trailblazing auto body entrepreneur behind Oakville, Ont.’s all-female Ink ‘n Iron Auto is back in the spotlight with a new auto repair video series, featuring the restoration of a 1977 Pontiac Trans Am in the series’ debut episode. Noack walks viewers through her first steps in a restoration project […]
Get WITT It: Saskatchewan Polytechnic launches womens’ weekend skilled trades workshops across five campuses
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan — Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Women in Trades and Technology (WITT) program is proud to launch several programs across its five campuses, providing women a chance to improve their skills or launch a career in the trades. The Saskatoon campus offers an introductory course over four weekends for $300, teaching the basics of auto body, […]
Signed, Cecile-d, Delivered: Cecile Bukmeier named chair of NAIT autobody program
Toronto, Ontario — Albertan autobody extraordinaire Cecile Bukmeier says she plans to strengthen student-industry connections while promoting diversity in trades, as she heads into her three-year term as the new chair of NAIT’s autobody program. “I’ve worked at NAIT for six years now, starting out as an autobody instructor in 2016,” Bukmeier told Collision Repair […]
