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Progress made on H2H Indigenous Veteran Outreach Project
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Progress made on H2H Indigenous Veteran Outreach Project
OTTAWA — The Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) Indigenous Veteran Outreach Project has achieved significant milestones by engaging with over 70 Indigenous organizations nationwide since its inception in June 2023. The initiative is aimed at fostering diversity i...
Labour
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BC Building Trades report warns of temporary foreign worker ‘addiction’
A new report from the BC Building Trades is casting doubt on current immigration...
Labour
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How CLAC opened the door for 1,717 new first-year apprentices
When the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) ended its two-year, first...
Associations , Labour
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Blue Seal turning journeymen into businessmen
As bankruptcies in the Canadian construction industry climb, Blue Seal certifica...
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Progress made on H2H Indigenous Veteran Outreach Project
OTTAWA — The Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) Indigenous Veteran Outreach Project has a...
Labour
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BC Building Trades report warns of temporary foreign worker ‘addiction’
A new report from the BC Building Trades is casting doubt on current immigration...
Labour
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How CLAC opened the door for 1,717 new first-year apprentices
When the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) ended its two-year, first...
Associations , Labour
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Blue Seal turning journeymen into businessmen
As bankruptcies in the Canadian construction industry climb, Blue Seal certifica...
Labour
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Skills training programs for youth: There is a cure for the summertime blues
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Labour
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Dean Heron marks fifth anniversary with CFBC
VICTORIA – Dean Heron is celebrating his fifth year with the Construction Founda...
Labour
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Your top JOC headlines: June 17 to 21
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news Alberta hit a record number of hom...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects
![Over 200 members of Indigenous communities across Canada gain valuable construction skills](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/FRONT-DO-Mohawk-College-C2R2-CWDP-Photo-4MainWEB-IPD-300x169.png)
Over 200 members of Indigenous communities across Canada gain valuable construction skills
More than 200 members of 14 Indigenous communities, including a sizable number o...
Labour
![‘A lightbulb moment’: Bartender turns to welding for a second chance at career success](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/FRONT-DO-George-Brown-weldingMainWEB-AST-300x169.png)
‘A lightbulb moment’: Bartender turns to welding for a second chance at career success
For almost 25 years Lilly Lazare-Greene worked as a bartender in downtown Toront...
Labour
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LNG company plans to use ‘floatel’ near Squamish, B.C., without local permit
SQUAMISH, B.C. - The company behind a natural gas project near Squamish, B.C., h...
Government , Labour , Projects , Resource
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Bachelor of Education requirement for trade teachers stifling Alberta’s future
Ever hear complaints graduates “just aren’t ready for the workforce”? What about...
Labour
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Kavan Smith wins BCIT teaching excellence award
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) recently announced electrica...
Labour
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Construction Conversations: Falcon stresses thinking ‘totally differently’ when tackling labour crisis
BURNABY, B.C. – Another B.C. political leader is connecting with construction as...
Labour
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Conestoga masonry programs provide building blocks for future labour force
Judging by the demand Conestoga College receives from employers, the masonry tra...
Labour
![Bring trades training directly to First Nations communities: Apprenticeship expert](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/IndigenousHistoryMonth24_ApprenticeMainWEB-300x169.png)
Bring trades training directly to First Nations communities: Apprenticeship expert
Trades training is most effective for First Nations communities when the tools c...
Labour
![Canada’s unemployment rate rises to 6.2% in May, economy adds 27,000 jobs](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/05/shutterstock_211842331MainWEB-300x169.jpg)
Canada’s unemployment rate rises to 6.2% in May, economy adds 27,000 jobs
OTTAWA — Canada’s unemployment rate ticked up to 6.2 per cent in May as the job...
Economic , Labour
![Sound advice: PCL shapes training programs based on apprentice feedback](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/WF-PCL-apprentices-MAINWEB-300x169.jpg)
Sound advice: PCL shapes training programs based on apprentice feedback
One of Canada’s largest construction employers is turning apprentice input into...
Labour
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EllisDon committee pioneers new LGBT+ benefits policies
The tiny but determined LGBT+ community within Canada’s construction sector has...
Labour
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Operations suspended at British Columbia’s Gibraltar copper mine due to worker strike
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A worker strike has forced Vancouver-based Taseko Mines Li...
Labour , Resource
![B.C.’s film industry needs construction specialists — this unique program is training them](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/PK-Students-building-set-MAINWEB-300x169.jpg)
B.C.’s film industry needs construction specialists — this unique program is training them
The B.C. film industry needs construction workers to build sets for film and tel...
Labour
![Celebrating National Indigenous History Month: Making an impact in construction](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/IndigenousHistoryMonth2024_MainWEB2-300x169.png)
Celebrating National Indigenous History Month: Making an impact in construction
OTTAWA — Every June in Canada is National Indigenous History Month, a time to le...
Economic , Labour , Projects , Resource
![B.C. miners serve strike notice at Gibraltar copper pit in central Interior](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/05/shutterstock_467742179MainWEB-300x169.jpg)
B.C. miners serve strike notice at Gibraltar copper pit in central Interior
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A union representing 550 workers at a mine in British Colu...
Labour , Resource
![Your top JOC headlines: May 20 to 24](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Collage_05_24JOC-300x169.jpg)
Your top JOC headlines: May 20 to 24
Your top JOC headlines this week feature a profile story on a new school of busi...
Government , Labour , Projects
![Alberta appoints skilled trades youth advisory council](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_531128641-e1567625966125-300x169.jpg)
Alberta appoints skilled trades youth advisory council
EDMONTON – Alberta Minister of Advanced Education Rajan Sawney has appointed an...
Labour
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BCIT launches heat pump installation microcredential program
BURNABY, B.C. – The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) School of Co...
Labour
![Your top JOC headlines: May 13 to 17](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Collage_05_17JOC-300x169.jpg)
Your top JOC headlines: May 13 to 17
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news prompt payment may not be a benefi...
Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects , Resource
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CRCA partners with Talent Beyond Boundaries to find roofing jobs for skilled refugees
VICTORIA – The Canadian Roofing Contractors Association (CRCA) has announced a p...
Government , Labour
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Manitoba Federation of Labour re-elects Kevin Rebeck
WINNIPEG – Delegates at the Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) convention have...
Labour
![Bladerunners: Indigenous apprenticeship on the rise through ACCESS program](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/ACCESS-at-forum-mainweb-300x169.jpg)
Bladerunners: Indigenous apprenticeship on the rise through ACCESS program
An Indigenous apprenticeship organization is helping youth out of potential risk...
Labour
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Manitoba honours journeypersons at highest achievement awards ceremony
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is recognizing journeyperson achievement in t...
Government , Labour
![Manitoba stakeholders clash over union certification legislation](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/WF-manitoba-union-labourMainWEB-300x169.jpg)
Manitoba stakeholders clash over union certification legislation
Manitoba’s labour stakeholders are once again battling about provincial legislat...
Labour
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Your top JOC headlines: May 6 to 10
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news a contract has been awarded for a...
Infrastructure , Labour , Projects , Resource
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Over 200 members of Indigenous communities across Canada gain valuable construction skills
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