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The Future of Work: Women in trades
https://globalnews.ca/video/6863280/the-future-of-work-women-in-trades Lindsay Kearns of the BC Centre for Women in the Trades explains the growth in women working in the trades and why this will likely grow during the recovery from the pandemic
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...
The Future of Work: Women in trades
https://globalnews.ca/video/6863280/the-future-of-work-women-in-trades Lindsay Kearns of the BC Centre for Women in the Trades explains the growth in women working in the trades and why this will likely grow during the recovery from the pandemic
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 that...
Anecdotal accounts are funny things.
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 piece of heavy equipment she was tasked to operate, hopped inside, and started her workday.
