The skilled trades generally fall within four main categories: construction, transportation, manufacturing, and services.
The Women In Trades Awards/Bursaries Program was created to recognize women who are members of the Canadian Building Trades, and to bring awareness of employment opportunities for women in the skilled trades. This annual award/bursaries program provides 3 recipients each with $1,500, for a total of $4,500 in awards.
Accessibility is an important step on the way to inclusion, which supports thriving, diverse workplaces. These webinars offer a wealth of information on accommodating employees with visible and non-visible disabilities. They examine programs, tools and best practices to help people with disabilities realize their potential in the workforce.
At Coast Mountain College, they provide modern, up-to-date facilities for their students to develop skills and prepare for in-demand careers in the trades. Build your future with their Red Seal designated Foundation and Apprenticeship Trades programs, which are designed to maximize your practical skills
Following a construction journey like no other, Rock Solid Builds takes viewers to Newfoundland where third-generation builder Randy Spracklin and his team battle the island’s rugged terrain and notoriously harsh weather to pull off historic renos and jaw-dropping builds.
Three former chairs of the CRAC reflect on their careers, growing up in cranes, and their experiences as women in a male-dominated industry. Cranes and heavy construction have long been stereotyped as “men’s work,” and the demographics of the industry could enforce that perception. The industry is fairly dominated by men. But that perception is changing, as more and more women are establishing themselves as driving forces within their companies and within the industry as a whole.
The Apprenticeship Incentive Grant for Women (AIG-W) helps you pay for expenses while you train as an apprentice in a Designated Red Seal Trade where women are underrepresented.
The Canadian Down Syndrome Society (CDSS) is a national non-profit organization providing information, advocacy, and education about Down syndrome. CDSS supports self-advocates, parents, and families through all stages of life.
Our #GoogleInterns, apprentices, and residents help build products that create opportunities for everyone. Bring your insight, imagination, and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Together, we can build for everyone. The internships here are not exhaustive, and may or may not be currently available, but provide a taste of the various internships Google offers.
Career profile of a heat and frost insulator. Heat and frost insulators apply insulation materials to plumbing, air-handling, heating, cooling and refrigeration systems; piping equipment and pressure vessels; and walls, floors and ceilings of buildings and other structures to prevent or reduce the passage of heat, cold, sound or fire.
Newcomer Women’s Services Toronto provides employment and settlement services, skills development for all genders and women-only English classes, completely free of charge. There are also programs for children, including childcare for kids between 19 months and 6 years of age.
The Canadian Accessibility Network (CAN) is a national collaboration to advance accessibility for persons with disabilities through Research, Design and Innovation, Education and Training, Policy, Employment, and Community Engagement.
While other sectors have seen demand for workers slacken as a result of COVID-19, demand for skilled construction workers remains as sharp as ever.
The Ontario Government supports the following programs which aim to help women get the jobs and entrepreneurial training they need to increase their financial security. Available programs include the Women’s Economic Security Program (WESP), Investing in Women’s Futures, and Building Indigenous Women’s Leadership. The WESP program has four main streams: women in skilled trades, women in information technology, entrepreneurship for women’s self-employment.
With more than 300 trades to choose from, finding the right one can be a big challenge! There are many opportunities to experience what the skilled trades are and what your career path could look like. From crane operator to hairstylist, carpenter to millwright, you should assess your skills and interests to find the right one for you. Careers in Trades offers there own Trades Explorer tool to help with this process.
As this report makes clear, women make up less than 10 per cent of skilled production workers across Canada and less than one-quarter of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workers. There is no larger, more relatively untapped group of talent to work in manufacturing in this country.
Canadian Construction Women creates a stronger construction industry by inspiring and supporting women. Since 1981, CCW has been engaging our members by hosting monthly tours, speakers, socials, and workshops as well as an online community. We provide members with opportunities for support, mentoring, networking, community involvement, learning, and development, in order to see that a career in the building industry offers a world of opportunity. We exist to attract and retain women in the industry. Construction is one field that is actively recruiting women. Through the efforts of government, industry, and organizations like the Canadian Construction Women, there is a commitment to increasing women’s representation in the field.
The Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence archives, which features stories of Algonquin students in skilled trades.
Women In HVAC-R mission is to provide a forum to promote the inclusion and advancement of women in the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC-R) industry in Canada. The organization, Women in HVACR Canada, will achieve their objectives through networking, education, mentoring and professional development activities specifically dedicated to supporting women in building long-term productive careers in a thriving, essential services industry.
CERIC is a charitable organization that advances education and research in career counselling and career development, in order to increase the economic and social well-being of Canadians. It funds projects to develop innovative resources that build the knowledge and skills of diverse career and employment professionals. CERIC also annually hosts Cannexus, Canada’s largest bilingual career development conference, publishes the country’s only peer-reviewed journal, Canadian Journal of Career Development, and runs the CareerWise / OrientAction websites, providing the top career development news and views.
CAWEE provides opportunities to build your contact base, share resources, acquire referrals, and develop skills and knowledge that will help your business grow. CAWEE’s unique relationship-building approach and welcoming attitude makes it easy to build real, long-term business relationships.
Listing of programs and courses across Ontario in woodworking and skill upgrading courses.
The goal of this guide is to help planners learn to organize meetings that are inclusive and for this to become a permanent part of all meetings, no matter who attends.
Newcomers Connecting to Trades Apprenticeship Resources (NeCTAR) is a bridge training program established to provide information and services to internationally-trained individuals seeking apprenticeship or employment in the skilled trades in Ontario.
Statistics Canada released a report on the economic wellbeing and education levels of visible minority women. Statistics Canada defines visible minority as “persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour’”. Here are some highlights that identify the successes and challenges of visible minority women when it comes to education and employment.
