Celebrating Skills: Skills Manitoba an ‘amazing display of hands-on expertise, talent and determination’
Winnipeg, Manitoba — The 26th annual Olympic-style Skills Manitoba competition recently took place on April 11th, at the Red River College Polytech in Winnipeg, Manitoba. According to the Skills Manitoba website, the event “was an amazing display of hands-on expertise, talent and determination that showcased the diversity of skilled trades and technology and the many […]
Talent on the Rock: Adam Downey takes autobody repair gold; Blake Burton takes first in car painting at Skills Newfoundland competition
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador — Skills Canada’s Newfoundland and Labrador chapter hosted its provincial competition last Friday, March 15, where over 300 regional finalists from across Newfoundland and Labrador, including intermediate, secondary, and post-secondary students and apprentices, competed for medals in more than 40 different areas of expertise. The event had competitors in both […]
Making Milestones: Support Ontario Youth marks 500 apprentice registrations
Toronto, Ontario — Support Ontario Youth (SOY), a government-supported apprenticeship group has announced the registration of 500 apprentices of the skilled trades. The mission of SOY is to streamline the apprenticeship pathway in Ontario by advocating for apprentices and supporting their careers while also providing full support to employers. One of SYO’s aims is to […]
Proof in Plastic: Skilled Trades Ontario to issue certificates, wallet cards to tradespeople and apprentices
Toronto, Ontario — You’re a tradesperson; you’ve worked hard to get where you are and you deserve something to carry with you that proves how talented you are—Skilled Trades Ontario agrees, announcing Monday that more than 200,000 certificates and wallet cards will be given out this summer. To serve both as proof of qualifications, as […]
Tough Ticket: Few golf passes left for ATA Manitoba golf tournament on Aug. 25; sponsorships open
Rosser, Manitoba — It can’t be all meetings in the capital, wheeling and dealing with the nation’s most powerful—sometimes the Automotive Trades Association of Manitoba needs to cut loose with a round of golf among friends and family. Very few tickets are still available for this meeting of Manitoba’s most technically inclined minds, set for […]
Techs for the Taking: SkillsOntario CEO calls on employers to make use of hiring, apprenticeship resources
Toronto, Ontario — The table is set for Ontario’s collision repair managers in need of skilled technicians for their shop, according to Ian Howcroft of SkillsOntario; all they need to do now, he says, is dig in. Howcroft, SkillsOntario’s CEO of the past five years, recently discussed with Human Resources Director Canada Magazine the often […]
Dave Squared: BETAG’s Dave Flockhart to co-host Elite Body Shop webinar Thursday
Toronto, Ontario — The power of two Daves combined will be present on this Thursday’s Elite Body Shop Academy webinar, as host Dave Luehr welcomes BETAG Innovation COO Dave Flockhart onto the show to talk hiring practices. Dave Flockhart, a known quantity in the collision repair wold and recent speaker at AutoCanada’s 2023 conference back […]
School or Skills: Ontario’s Grade 11 apprenticeship fastrack could put graduation at risk, education advocates say
Toronto, Ontario — An Ontario-based education advocacy group has called the provincial government’s March decision to allow Grade 11 students to enter full-time apprenticeship programs into question. People for Education put forth a series of questions to the Ford government on Wednesday, dissecting how the organization feels this decision could create a backslide into ineffective […]
Ontario on the Up: Province marks uptick in new apprentice registrations
Ottawa, Ontario — The Ontario government has increased skilled trade apprenticeship registrations by 24 percent in the last year, according to a press release from Tuesday. Last year, 21,971 new apprentices were registered in Ontario; as of April 2023, 27,319 new apprentices were registered in the province. As of April 2023, Ontario had 91,634 active […]
Trades Tour: New Brunswick Community College launches Mobile Training Centre to reach remote students
St. Mary’s First Nation — New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) announced Wednesday that it is taking trades training on the road, with the unveiling of the new Mobile Training Centre aimed at sourcing skilled workers from across the province. Launched at an event in Sitansisk (St. Mary’s First Nation), opposite the Fredericton side of the […]
