Labour-starved provinces seek new ways to draw high-school students to skilled trades

    Categories: Canada

    Open this photo in gallery:High-school student Evandro Arruda fits a sprinkler pipe with advice from Neil Kelly, a fourth-year apprentice, at a downto…

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    Electrical trades curriculum overhaul in Ontario: changes set to start in September

    Categories: Canada

    February 6, 2024 – Skilled Trades Ontario says a new curriculum standard will start being phased in on September 1, 2024, in three (3) Electrical trad…

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    Canada’s electricity sector needs 28,000 workers … by 2028!

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    November 2, 2023 – A new labour market report finds Canada’s electricity sector will require close to 28,000 new employees by 2028 (equivalent to 25%…

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    Carpentry or electrical? Fanshawe hosts workshops to inspire young women in the trades

    Categories: Canada

    High school students from across the London region got first-hand experience in the skilled trades Thursday at Fanshawe College’s first-ever Jill of A…

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    2023 Skills Ontario a Big Success! · International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

    Categories: IBEW, IBEW 2351, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario

    Skills Ontario brings together thousands of young people. Here they can navigate through many career possibilities. The ECAO and IBEW are avid support…

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    Labour market outcomes of Indigenous journeypersons in Canada

    Categories: Canada

    Introduction Over the last several decades, the number of Indigenous people in Canada has steadily increased. In the most recent Census (2021), 1.8 mi…

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