Aug 22, 2024 Success Story Maya Diamond: Building Carpentry Skills One Step At A Time Through the Youth Train in Trades Program, Maya Diamond began her journey into carpentry, inspired by working on projects with her dad growing up.
Aug 29, 2024 News Article Understanding Culture Through Food: Youth Try African and Caribbean CookingThe Thrive-4-Blacks Youth Culinary Festival was a vibrant celebration of food, culture and community. This two-day event brought together local youth from diverse backgrounds to learn culinary skills from experienced chefs.
Sep 04, 2024 News Article Continuing the Legacy of CommunityUplifting his community through apprenticeship and opportunity - Curtis is dedicated to mentoring and creating career pathways for his apprentices, staff and community to continue the legacy of his uncle and others that helped support his career.
Page Public Interest Disclosure ActThe Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA), B.C.’s whistleblower protection law, came into effect on December 1, 2019. As of December 1, 2022, this legislation now applies to SkilledTradesBC.
Sep 19, 2024 News Article National Truth and Reconciliation Day 2024National Truth and Reconciliation Day is a day to honour the healing journeys of residential school survivors and their families and a time to engage in meaningful discussions about the history and legacy of the residential school system.
May 10, 2022 Success Story Asian Heritage Month Feature: 金巧淳 (Judy Chin)As part of Asian Heritage Month, we’re highlighting and celebrating the diverse backgrounds of the tradespeople that make up British Columbia’s labour force. In this Q&A, we connected with 金巧淳 (Judy Chin), a Red Seal Welder working as a Welder Fabricator in Coquitlam, BC.
Page Equity in the Trades We aim to foster a trades training system that is welcoming and inclusive of women, Indigenous peoples, youth, and underrepresented groups, by sponsoring training programs for equity-deserving groups to explore and get the support they need to succeed in the skilled trades across B.C.
Jun 14, 2021 Success Story Neutron Factory Works Originally established in 1986 as Neutron Electric, today Neutron Factory Works (NFW) provides specialized industrial trades & technical services to factories throughout B.C. and Alberta.
May 17, 2021 Success Story Exploring a New Lane in Automotive Trades Ela Alejandrino moved to Canada over 10 years ago from the Philippines in search of a better future for her family. She recently took a trade sampler program to learn skills in the transportation trade industry.
