Office to Advance Women Apprentices

Celebrating 20 Years of Empowerment: Trade Winds to Success

Trade Winds equips students with the skills they need to succeed in the trades while contributing to meaningful, real-world projects.

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Connecting Employers with Skilled Tradeswomen in New Brunswick

Partner NB

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.

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Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU)

Partner NS, Partner Prairie, Partner Stories

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.

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MCSC

Partner Prairie, Partner Stories

The Manitoba Construction Sector Council has been a true ally to our team since we opened in 2019.

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Real Stories. Real Change. Women Building Futures in Action

Partners & Community Alberta

We believe economic security changes lives. That is why we equip women with the knowledge and support they need to build lasting careers in the skilled trades.

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Calgary Construction Association

Partners & Community Alberta

The CCA’s focus is clear: grow talent, connect members to projects, advocate for the industry, invest in training, and keep an eye on the future. Year-round, it offers everything from technical courses to leadership programs, helping crews and companies stay sharp in a fast-changing industry.

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Atlantic Canada Regional Council of Carpenters Millwrights and Allied Workers

Partner Stories

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).

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Trade HERizons

Partner PEI, Partner Stories

Discover how we’re working with WNPEI to bring more learning opportunities to women interested in the trades in PEI. This is a partnership that’s reaping real rewards for local women.

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Career Development Services

Partner PEI, Partner Stories

Career Development Services and the Office to Advance Women Apprentices work together to help women find their dream jobs in PEI.

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YWCA Trade Journey

Partner Prairie

Since 2014, YWCA Saskatoon has been running a program called Trades Journey in which they assist women into economic sustainability through careers in the construction trades industry.

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