Blog | Office to Advance Women Apprentices (OAWA)

Employer NS, Employers' Stories

UA Local 56

UA Local 56 Making Space for Women.
The Nova Scotia Office to Advance Women Apprentices opened in 2019 and quickly found an ally in UA Local 56.

Employer SK, Employers' Stories

Boilermakers Local 555

The Saskatchewan Office to Advance Women Apprentices had its first success story with the support of a true ally: the Boilermakers’ Local 555.

Tradeswoman SK, Tradeswoman Stories

Tracy Fedorowich, Welder

Meet Tracy Fedorowich, a Saskatchewan welder, who has an important message for women looking to blaze a new trail: Never give up.

Partner Stories

Atlantic Canada Regional Council of Carpenters Millwrights and Allied Workers

Progressive, engaging, supportive and committed. That’s how the Office to Advance Women Apprentices describes the Atlantic Canada Regional Council of Carpenters Millwrights and Allied Workers (ACRC).

Partner NB

Connecting Employers with Skilled Tradeswomen in New Brunswick

As New Brunswick faces a labour shortage due to an aging population set to retire in droves in the next decade, an organization designed to help employers find skilled trades workers has opened shop in the province.

Employer - MB, Employers' Stories

Forge Construction

Forge-ing Ahead
Sometimes the Office to Advance Women Apprentices brings the tradeswomen to the employers, sometimes the tradeswoman brings the employers to the office!

Partner MB, Partner NS, Partner SK, Partner Stories

Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU)

The CBTU is invested in diversifying the workforce! Find out more about our partnership and how we’re working together to get more women employed in the trades.

Tradeswoman MB, Tradeswoman Stories

Renee Yetman, Construction

Growing up in Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in northern Manitoba, Renee had always enjoyed working with her hands. She found work with a drywall company and enjoyed the physicality of the work.