Tammy Poorman was the first person in her family to graduate high school, but she wanted to go further. She did! And now she’s working with our office, we’re going to help her keep growing.
Tradeswoman Prairie, Tradeswoman Stories
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 Prairie, 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 Prairie, Tradeswoman Stories
Tracy Fedorowich, Welder
Welder Tracy Fedorowich 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 Prairie, 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 NS, Partner Prairie, 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 Prairie, 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.
Tradeswoman NS, Tradeswoman Stories
Candice Gibson, Welder
Coast to Coast and Beyond!
Candice Gibson never imagined her dream job was just around the corner.
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