Ontario to require technological education course for high school graduation
Posted: Mar 11th, 2023In: ConstructionNewsMISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Ontario high school students will soon be required to pass a technological education course to graduate. Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced Friday that the requirement will start with students who enter Grade[...]
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CAF-FCA completes Women in the Skilled Trades program pilot
Posted: Jan 16th, 2023In: ConstructionNewsThe Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF-FCA) has completed the new National Leadership Development Program for Women in the Skilled Trades pilot. The program was developed in partnership with the Office to Advance Women Apprentices (the[...]
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Ontario’s unionized construction sector sets pace for investment in training
Posted: Feb 12th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsAccording to Training Investment in Ontario’s Construction Industry, a new report from the Ontario Construction Secretariat, contractors and labour unions in the construction trades invested $146 million in training in 2019.The investment is an increase[...]
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Ontario launches new Crown Agency for skilled trades
Posted: Jan 28th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsThe Ontario government has launched Skilled Trades Ontario, a new Crown agency, to improve trades training and simplify services. The new agency will promote and market the trades, develop the latest training and curriculum standards,[...]
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