Currently, women only make up 8 per cent of the trades workforce, according to Statistics Canada, with industry experts suggesting the number is closer to 5 per cent. Former Olympic boxer Mandy Bujold and fellow industry leaders are finding ways to help the next generation of Women in Skilled Trades in Waterloo Region.
Conestoga alumni Clarice Ward has been named one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 for 2021, by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN). Ward’s dedication to encouraging women to join the trades industry and guiding them through it, has inspired women that now find themselves with a hammer in hand at Conestoga. Ward had taken the Women in Skilled Trades and Carpenter Apprenticeship programs at Conestoga, leading to an interest … Continued
Online teaching has changed the way students learn and are exposed to their future careers – especially for hands-on industries, like the trades. With a shortage of tradespeople, those in the industry wonder if the students who will work alongside them, eventually replacing them, will have enough experience to get the job done. For many of the trades programs at Conestoga, theory based classes are being taught online through Zoom. … Continued
Women In Trades and Technology had a meet and greet event on October 2nd. By: Jody Anderson
