The Government of Ontario announced an investment of $224 million to build and upgrade training centres to help tackle the province’s labour shortage. Applications for…
Aecon Group Inc. announced it is partnering with Durham College to support the Ontario Power Generation (OPG) Centre for Skilled Trades and Technology (CSTT). Durham…
The Ontario government announced that apprenticeship registrations in the province increased by 24 per cent in the last year – from 21,971 to 27,319 –…
As the Government of Canada works to resettle at least 40,000 Afghan refugees by the end of 2023, Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) is collaborating with…
Construction Career Pathways, a new programs launched by BuildForce Canada, aims to connect job seekers and employers by facilitating 16-week, paid, entry-level work placements on…
The Ontario government announced it is investing $224 million to build and upgrade training centres. The province also plans to invest $75 million more over…
The Government of Ontario announced it is doubling the number of economic immigrants it selects in 2025 to over 18,000 to help solve the province’s…
The Government of Ontario says it is working for workers by making washrooms on construction sites private, clean and safe, while also requiring women’s-only washrooms.…
The Government of Ontario announced that it is preparing young people for in-demand and well-paying careers by allowing students in grade 11 to transition to…
Humber College announced it has received a donation from DEWALT to support students training to enter a career in the skilled trades. The gift will…
The Schulich Foundation announced Schulich Builders, a scholarship program dedicated to students pursuing a career in the skilled trades. In its first year of operation,…
EllisDon has launched the Fit Your Frame campaign, aimed at providing construction safety vests to women and gender-nonconforming persons whose frame and body type are not…
On Jan. 7, 1981, four construction workers left home to go to work. They would never come back to their families. Carpenters Gunther Couvreux, Brian Stevenson,…
The Canadian Construction Association’s annual “Hill Day” took place November 15, 2022, with representatives from the Canadian construction sector calling on the federal government to…
The Government of Ontario is investing $1.5 million in three Thunder Bay training projects to make it easier for people in Northern Ontario to start…
The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is sounding the alarm about the urgent need for workers in construction through an industry call to action to Rebuild…
Bitume Quebec is warning of “mass layoffs” by dozens of asphalt companies if an ongoing labor dispute between Quebec’s 1,800 government engineers and the provincial…
The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) is marking International Women’s Day with a call for more initiatives to support the recruitment of women into the…
The Ontario General Contractors Association (OGCA) and League of Champions are making an impact this year for Women in Construction week from March 7th to…
UBC Millwright Local 2309 recently received an Emergency Power Generator (EPG) unit from Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to help expand training opportunities. The gas-turbine generator…
The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) wants the federal government to allow more workers with skilled trades backgrounds to immigrate to Canada, speed-up harmonization of building…
The Province of Ontario announced $1.7 million funding for the development and delivery of Workplace Safety North mental health training and resources for mining and…
A new report from the Ontario Construction Secretariat highlights the growing role of unions and their contractor partners in delivering skills upgrade, apprenticeship and health…
The Ontario government has launched Skilled Trades Ontario, a new Crown agency, to improve trades training and simplify services. The new agency will promote and…