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Celebrating Construction Month with BCCWITT Career Advancement Bursary Recipients: Meet Ghazaleh
We are celebrating #BCConstructionMonth2024 with the British Columbia Construction Association by introducing you to some of the recipients of the BCCWITT Career Advancement Bursary, which provides funding for equity priority tradespeople of all genders who are facing...
Applications now open for the 2024 Horatio Alger Seaspan VTE Scholarships
The Horatio Alger Association of Canada is dedicated to supporting the educational aspirations of Canadian students. This year, in partnership with Seaspan, they are proud to announce the availability of 55 scholarships valued at up to $3,400 each. These scholarships...
Celebrating IWD 2024 by Investing in Women
Every day, but especially today on International Women's Day, BCCWITT is proud to be investing in women: We honour their drive & passion to pursue skilled trades careers, by helping to remove the barriers they face & by creating opportunities for them to...
BCCWITT EVENTS
Be More Than A Bystander Train-the-Trainer (men only cohort) at College of New Caledonia in Prince George
Our next Be More Than A Bystander train-the-trainer (men only cohort) will be taking place at College of New Caledonia, Prince George Campus from March 11-13, 2024 (9am to 4:30pm). The training will be hosted in Room 2-1021, John A Brink Trades and Technology Centre,...
Campbell River Skilled Trades Social, Feb. 24 @ 7-10 PM
Calling ALL BCCWITT network members, allies, supporters, and friends: BCCWITT and North Island College are co-hosting this skilled trades social in February! We are excited to meet some local tradespeople, employers, instructors, union organizers, and program...
Victoria Skilled Trades Social, Feb. 3 @ 8-11 PM
Calling ALL BCCWITT network members, allies, supporters, and friends: Our next Victoria skilled trades social is coming up soon! BCCWITT staff are excited to meet some local tradespeople, employers, instructors, union organizers, and program coordinators involved in...
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TRY A TRADE: Get started in a skilled trades career with BCCWITT & ATTI!

This program is open to anyone who identifies as a woman, including those from racialized or marginalized groups such as Indigenous, Black, newcomers, 2SLGBTIAQ+, women with disabilities, or with a prolonged detachment from the labour force. Participants must live in BC, be Canadian Citizens, PRs, or Protected Refugees, be unemployed or precariously employed, & have a working laptop computer.
The 3 week hands-on program runs from September 23rd to October 11th, 2024 online & in person at the Surrey campus of ATTI. This is a tuition-free program for successful applicants.