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Women In The Trades

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These profiles and stories about women making a difference in the skilled trades in Northern Ontario are made possible through the support of Carpenter's Regional Council as part of our Northern Ontario Business Leaders Program.

Women in the Trades: Repair shops, mining companies are snapping up these college grads

Women in the Trades: Repair shops, mining companies are snapping up these college grads

Confederation College's Women in the Trades program looks to tackle the skilled labour shortage in the northwest
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Women in the Trades: Tradeswomen sharing expertise with next generation

Women in the Trades: Tradeswomen sharing expertise with next generation

Ontario Building and Construction Tradeswomen creates Speakers' Bureau to create awareness about trades opportunities
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Women in the Trades: Trades work is a family affair for Sault woman

Women in the Trades: Trades work is a family affair for Sault woman

Stacie Roussain, a bed operator and leveller at Algoma Steel, is a second-generation steel plant worker
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Women in the Trades: ‘So many opportunities’ in electrical work, says Sudburian

Women in the Trades: ‘So many opportunities’ in electrical work, says Sudburian

Komatsu’s Kristen Rouse says hands-on trades work has provided stable, enriching career
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Women in the Trades: Bucking tradition has led to lifelong career for boilermaker

Women in the Trades: Bucking tradition has led to lifelong career for boilermaker

Sudbury's Nicole Lavoie advocating for more women in the skilled trades
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Women in the Trades: A trailblazer in forestry

Women in the Trades: A trailblazer in forestry

Faye Johnson navigated a sometimes difficult 40-year path to carve out her place as a forester and administrator
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Women in the Trades: Fledgling Timmins welders steeling themselves for work in the trades

Women in the Trades: Fledgling Timmins welders steeling themselves for work in the trades

Collège Boréal is one of 14 hosts nationwide to offer new Women of Steel training program
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Women in the Trades: Construction committee aims to mobilize 'untapped market' of women

Women in the Trades: Construction committee aims to mobilize 'untapped market' of women

Bursaries available for women entering trades, says Women in Construction Committee
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Women in the Trades: Helping women hone their passion for science, technology, engineering, math

Women in the Trades: Helping women hone their passion for science, technology, engineering, math

WISE Sudbury has advocated for women in STEM careers for more than two decades
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Women in the Trades: Carpenter's daughter carries on the family tradition

Women in the Trades: Carpenter's daughter carries on the family tradition

Long-time trades specialist Jill Rydall now training the next generation at Canadore College
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