Tradespeople keep Canada running – from the electrical panels in every office building to new construction builds with cranes dotting the horizon. But as the workforce ages, the push is on to attract women to trades jobs traditionally filled by men, and that push comes from the top. With the Canadian government’s Apprentice Incentive Grant…
Visit any trades training program in Canada, and you’re almost certain to find at least one person who’s opted to swap their white-collar life for the blue collar. Why people change careers so drastically after investing so much in their education can be for any number of reasons but changing to the trades is a…
By Steffani Cameron Skilled trades in Canada have a critical shortage of workers, as older journeypersons stare down the retirement while job opportunities are booming. In fact, across Canada they expect nearly 170,000 trades jobs to open in just the next six years. At the fore are electricians, now critical to everything from home construction…
You might think that if you want to earn over $75,000 a year, you need an undergraduate degree and a pile of student debt, but you’d be wrong. If you’re open to a job in the trades, you can graduate debt-free with a high-paying job. Even better, with a national skilled trades shortage, you can…
