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Tuition grant for tradespeople to gain RHF Accessibility Certification
The Rick Hansen Foundation has collaborated with people with physical disabilities, experts in the built environment, legislation and building code as well as accessibility professionals and education partners to create training courses and resources on accessibility...
Spaces Available in Fully-funded Leadership Training for 2SLGBTIAQ+ Tradespeople
Are you a tradesperson in a Skilled Trades BC trade, identify as Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, asexual, or queer, and interested in helping to shape the future of the skilled trades in British Columbia? We have a handful of spaces left in our...
Be More Than A Bystander Train-the-Trainer (Lower Mainland)
Be More Than A Bystander Train-the-TrainerPort CoquitlamJanuary 16-18, 2023 Be More Than A Bystander is a training and educational program to support organizational and cultural shifts towards more inclusive, safer and respectful workplaces in the skilled trades....
BCCWITT EVENTS
Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU) is hiring a Diversity Liaison for Western Canada
Want to be a part of an exciting new initiative in Canada? Canada’s Building Trades Unions is looking for a full time Diversity Liaison to support the execution of the deliverables and objectives for a federally funded project under Employment and Social Development...
Apprentice Incentive Grant for Women ending March 31st, 2023
The Apprenticeship Incentive Grant for Women pilot project is ending on March 31st, 2023. Apprentices whose first year or second year progression date occurs after March 31, 2023 MAY be eligible for the AIG-W, but you have to apply BEFORE March 31st, 2023. To be...
Kelowna Diversity in Trades Meetup, Wed. Nov. 23 @ 7-9 pm
We’re going to be in Kelowna for Cohort 8 of the RRP Leadership Training, and are hosting a meetup! It’s for all tradies from underrepresented groups (Indigenous, people of colour, people with disabilities, 2SLGBTIAQ+, women), and will taking place on the evening of...
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Celebrating Construction Month with BCCWITT Career Advancement Bursary Recipients: Meet Casey
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 barriers in advancing in their trades journey, to help them access training, tools, certifications, networking, and educational opportunities. Congrats to Casey for taking this opportunity to complete additional first aid training: We know you’ll be an amazing asset to the leadership team on any job site!