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INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES: CBAs change status quo for women entering trades:

Nina Hansen May 18, 2020 “What are you doing here? Why don’t you go find some rich sugar daddy?” With those words stinging her ears, the first tradeswoman hired under the equity provisions of the Vancouver Island Highway construction contract walked over to the...

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Gender equity on jobsites needs legislation

Nina Hansen May 18, 2020 If federal Infrastructure Minister Katherine McKenna needs any assistance preparing a response to the industry groups lobbying her to loosen requirements aimed at promoting more participation from women and other underrepresented groups...

Nina Hansen: Women in B.C., on average, earn 18.9 per cent less than men

Women learning from instructor Kavan Ann Smith (left) in an electrical program in BCIT’s women in trades class. MARK VAN MANEN / PNG Nina Hansen, October 19, 2019  Anecdotal accounts are funny things. On the one hand, a personal story has considerable merit in...

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