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Celebrating Construction Month with BCCWITT Career Advancement Bursary Recipients: Meet Margaret
We are celebrating #BCConstructionMonth2024 with the @ThisIsBCCA 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 barriers in advancing in...
Celebrating Construction Month with BCCWITT Career Advancement Bursary Recipients: Meet Hannah
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...
Celebrating Construction Month with BCCWITT Career Advancement Bursary Recipients: Meet Jade
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...
BCCWITT EVENTS
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...
Be More Than A Bystander Train-the-Trainer (men only cohort) in Burnaby from April 10-12
Our next Be More Than A Bystander train-the-trainer (men only cohort) will be taking place in Burnaby from April 10-12, 2024 (9am to 4:30pm). The training will be hosted at the BCFED Health & Safety Centre (120-4259 Canada Way, Burnaby). Be More Than A Bystander...
Prince George Skilled Trades Social, Mar. 12 @ 5:30-9 PM
Calling ALL BCCWITT network members, allies, supporters, and friends: BCCWITT and the Prince George and Area Women in Trades & Industry are co-hosting this skilled trades social in March! We are excited to meet some local tradespeople, employers, instructors,...
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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.