Sam Piercey Foundation awards initial bursaries
![The Sam Piercey Foundation was established to honour the memory of Sam Piercey, co-owner of Budds’ Collision. Piercey passed away on July 24, 2016, as a result of complications arising due to leukemia.](https://www.collisionrepairmag.com/wp-content/smush-webp/2017/08/images_1.Collision-Repair-Mag_SPFoundationLogo_LG.jpg.webp)
Oakville, Ontario — August 17, 2017 — Skills Canada is pleased to announce that the Sam Piercey Foundation has agreed to award financial assistance to each of the four winners of the 2017 National Skills Competitions for automotive paint and body repairs. The winners of the Sam Piercey Foundation’s first annual bursaries are as follows: […]
AIA Canada gifts Skills Canada Champion Vyolaine Dujmovic with Platinum I-CAR training program
![Vyolaine Dujmovic in her official team photograph.](https://www.collisionrepairmag.com/wp-content/smush-webp/2017/05/images_1.Training_AIAICAR_LG.jpg.webp)
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 […]
Brandon Drover gold medal winner in Autobody Repair
![Winners in the post-secondary category for Autobody Repair at the 2016 Skills Canada National Competition. Brandon Drover (centre) took the gold, with Johan Wiebe (right) earning the silver and Roeloph Clements taking home the bronze.](https://www.collisionrepairmag.com/wp-content/smush-webp/2016/06/images_1.Training_SkillsCanada2016_LG.jpg.webp)
By Mike Davey Moncton, New Brunswick — June 13, 2016 — The competition at the Moncton Coliseum was fierce, but in the end it was Brandon Drover of Newfoundland who received the gold medal in the post-secondary category for Autobody Repair. Drover is a student at College of the North Atlantic and will now be […]
Skills Canada National Competition kicks off in Moncton
![Competitors receiving instructions at the competition in Moncton. Check out the gallery below for more pictures from the event! All photos by Leanne Jefferies.](https://www.collisionrepairmag.com/wp-content/smush-webp/2016/06/images_1.Collision-Repair-Mag_SkillsCanadaNationaCompetition_2016_LG.jpg.webp)
By Mike Davey Moncton, New Brunswick — June 7, 2016 — The 2016 Skills Canada National Competition is now underway at the Moncton Coliseum. The event kicked off on June 5 with student orientation and welcome reception. The competition portion of the event officially started on June 6 and continued on June 7. In addition […]
Skills Canada National Competition 2016
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I-CAR to offer free training session at Skills Canada National Competition
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Ottawa, Ontario — May 1, 2016 — I-CAR Canada has announced it will host a free session of “Vehicle Technology and Trends 2016” at the Skills Canada National Competition, taking place at the Moncton Coliseum Complex in Moncton, New Brunswick. The training event will be held on June 7 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. […]
Clean sweeps for Red River College, Vancouver Community College at provincial skills competitions
![Manitoba medalists in the Car Painting competition. From left: Jessica Tomchuck, Ashley Weber and Nicola Gosselin.](https://www.collisionrepairmag.com/wp-content/smush-webp/2016/04/images_1.Training_Carpainting_Manitoba_LG.jpg.webp)
By Dylan O’Hagan Peterborough, Ontario — April 20, 2016 — Provincial skill competitions are heating up across the country. Results are in from Manitoba and British Columbia, and the Gold medal winners will now go onto the national competition. The Skills Canada national competition will take place June 5 to 8 in Moncton, New Brunswick. […]
Brandon Drover takes the Gold at Newfoundland skills competition
![Brandon Drover (centre) was the Gold medal winner. Jonathan Payne (left) took the Silver, and Robert Hulan was awarded the Bronze.](https://www.collisionrepairmag.com/wp-content/smush-webp/2016/04/images_1.Training_SkillsNewfoundland2016_LG.jpg.webp)
By Mike Davey St. John’s, Newfoundland — April 13, 2016 — The results are in from the 19th Annual Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Skills Competition. Over 250 competitors came together for the event held at College of the North Atlantic’s Prince Philip Drive campus. Brandon Drover took the Gold in Post-Secondary Autobody Repair and will […]