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Ontario to require technological education course for high school graduation

By:Building .caPosted: Mar 11th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

MISSISSAUGA, 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[...]

Call for proposals: Natural Resources Canada’s Codes Acceleration Fund

By:Building .caPosted: Feb 12th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

Natural Resources Canada’s new Codes Acceleration Fund offers $100M in funding opportunities for projects geared towards accelerating the implementation of high performance building codes. There are two streams for this program funding: Stream 1: Provinces, territories, municipalities, Indigenous[...]

CAF-FCA completes Women in the Skilled Trades program pilot

By:Building .caPosted: Jan 16th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

The 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[...]

BC Construction Association receives funding from the Government

By:Building .caPosted: Sep 2nd, 2022In: ConstructionNews

The BC Construction Association (BCCA) has received over $21M in funding from the Government of Canada’s Apprenticeship Service to enable employers in BC’s construction industry to hire first-year apprentices. An employer with fewer than 500[...]

BC Construction Association Launches Building Builders Mentorship Program

By:Building .caPosted: Jul 8th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Encouraging Canadians to explore career opportunities and develop connections with employers in the skilled trades is a key priority for Canada’s Skilled Trades Awareness and Readiness (STAR) Program. To help deliver these important services, the[...]

Record-setting year for residential construction industry: CHBA report

By:Building .caPosted: Jun 25th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

The Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA) has released its annual report on the performance of Canada’s residential construction industry, which according to the association, details a record-setting year for the industry in its contribution to[...]

Ontario’s unionized construction sector sets pace for investment in training

By:Building .caPosted: Feb 12th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

According 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[...]

Ontario launches new Crown Agency for skilled trades

By:Building .caPosted: Jan 28th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

The 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,[...]

RCCAO calls on federal government to address significant infrastructure deficit

By:Building .caPosted: Jul 10th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

The federal government must tackle the country’s massive infrastructure deficit and commit more money into transit, waterworks and roads and bridges, the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) has stated in a recent[...]

Durham College launches new Honours degree program in Construction Management

By:Building .caPosted: Jun 8th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

This September, Durham College (DC) will offer a new degree program for those who wish to fill the estimated 118,000 new construction sector jobs in Ontario. The Honours Bachelor of Construction Management (HBCM) is the[...]