More Tools to Help Students With Career Choices
From NS Government Release – The Council of Atlantic Ministers of Education and Training announced today, October 25, more resources and tools to help students with career choices.
Getting more women involved in the trades in Cape Breton
Women are being encouraged to take advantage of construction and trades opportunities right now in the CBRM. Maggie Budden is the project co-ordinator for the Office to Advance Women Apprentices CB. She talks about a networking event her organization is hosting tonight in Sydney.
Contractor networking in Cape Breton
From Saltwire – Carpentry student Megan MacAulay, left, and architectural sheet metal student Tera Cormier, centre, chat with Maggie Budden, Cape Breton project co-ordinator with the Office to Advance Women Apprentices, during a networking luncheon Tuesday at the Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion in Sydney.
New sports complex offers opportunity for New Waterford to promote physical activity
From Saltwire Network – Driving up Eighth Street, it may seem like a normal area of New Waterford. Homes are lined up on both sides of the street while what seems like endless stop signs stand at each intersection from Plummer Avenue to Warren Avenue.
New NSCC Marconi campus taking further shape in CBRM
From the Cape Breton Post – Workers continue to plug away at building the new Nova Scotia Community College Marconi Campus on the Esplanade.
Mainstreet Cape Breton: Cape Breton Partnership launches local infrastructure campaign
From CBC Mainstreet Cape Breton – There is a lot of work happening in Cape Breton. Seasonal road work, construction of a new Marconi NSCC Campus, upgrades and expansions to local hospitals. The Cape Breton Partnership wants to build on these existing infrastructure projects to ensure businesses capitalize on the spin off and potential employees are connected to jobs.
Government of Canada invests in training to help workers across Canada become certified in the skilled trades
To help maintain a strong workforce and better position our country for a prosperous economic recovery, the Government of Canada is investing in the skilled trades to ensure that Canadians have the training they need to access good, well-paying jobs.
Canada looks to women to bolster trades amid post-pandemic labor shortage
From SaltWire Network – A shortage of skilled workers is intensifying in Canada, potentially threatening the pace of the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and that has policymakers looking at a largely untapped market for new construction workers: Women.
Cape Breton Partnership launches local infrastructure-focused campaign
As a number of major public infrastructure projects get underway in Cape Breton, the Cape Breton Partnership is proud to be launching the Building Tomorrow campaign.
Cape Breton woman who became Canada’s first female Red Seal ironworker now guiding women into the trades
From Cape Breton Post – Maggie Budden trained to be a cake decorator and ended up becoming Canada’s first female Red Seal ironworker. With that revelation, it should come as no surprise that the Cape Breton woman also spent time as a telemarketer, bank teller and Avon products representative. She’s also a justice of the peace and mother to two young children.