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VOTE TODAY! BCCWITT 5th Anniversary Sticker Design Contest
VOTING IS NOW OPEN! Since June 30th, 2018, BCCWITT has been working to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive skilled trades industry where all feel welcome, healthy, respected and safe. To celebrate our organization's hard work over the past FIVE YEARS, we're...
United Way Period Promise Campaign
United Way’s Period Promise campaign will be running from May 16 to June 13, 2023, across BC. With World Menstrual Hygiene Day taking place on May 28. The Period Promise campaign recognizes that lack of access to menstrual products is a widespread issue. At BCCWITT,...
Celebrating 5 Years of BCCWITT – Sticker Design Contest!
June 30th, 2023 marks FIVE YEARS of BCCWITT! Since 2018, BCCWITT has been working to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive skilled trades industry where all feel welcome, healthy, respected and safe. To celebrate our organization's hard work over the past...
BCCWITT EVENTS
NAWC National Apprenticeship Program Info sessions
The Native Women's Association of Canada's National Apprenticeship Program (NWAC NAP) is hosting an information session on Red Seal apprenticeship opportunities. Through BCCWITT, NAWC is extending this offer to Indigenous women, Two-Spirit, Transgender, and...
HVAC Employers Labour Market Survey
HVAC Employers Labour Market Survey is live! BCCWITT, in partnership with the Vancouver Economic Commission, the City of Vancouver, and the Building to Electrification Coalition, are conducting a survey to understand the labour market challenges faced by HVAC...
Be More Than A Bystander: Shifting Skilled Trades Workplace Culture in BC (all-gender workshop)
This Pink Shirt Day, BC Centre for Women in the Trades (BCCWITT) will be hosting a FREE virtual all-gender Be More Than A Bystander workshop on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 from 7:00-8:30pm PST. Be More Than A Bystander is a training and educational program to support...
SUCCESS STORIES
Stand Up for Safe Workplaces to launch in spring 2025
We are excited to announce Stand Up for Safe Workplaces, a new approach to workplace culture and safety training. Developed in partnership with the BC Federation of Labour (BCFED) Health & Safety Centre, Stand Up for Safe Workplaces is an innovative new program that will help participants understand diversity, equity and inclusion through the lens of workplace safety, including psychological injury prevention. The program’s development is being funded with $2,801,586 from the BC government’s Workplace Innovation Fund, part of the Stronger BC: Future Ready Action Plan announced last year. We expect to complete curriculum development and launch the training program in spring 2025.
Read the full press release here:
https://bcfed.ca/news/releases/bccwitt-stand-up-for-safe-workplaces-training-program