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AI has a talent for skills training and knowledge transfer
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AI has a talent for skills training and knowledge transfer
Although Artificial Intelligence (AI) is still in its technological infancy, like human children it has a voracious appetite and is growing so quickly its elders hardly recognize it from one day to the next. We can鈥檛 be sure what AI will look like when i...
Labour , Technology
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Progress made on H2H Indigenous Veteran Outreach Project
OTTAWA 鈥 The Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) Indigenous Veteran Outreach Project has a...
Labour
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BC Building Trades report warns of temporary foreign worker 鈥榓ddiction鈥
A new report from the BC Building Trades is casting doubt on current immigration...
Labour
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How CLAC opened the door for 1,717 new first-year apprentices
When the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) ended its two-year, first...
Associations , Labour
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AI has a talent for skills training and knowledge transfer
Although Artificial Intelligence (AI) is still in its technological infancy, lik...
Labour , Technology
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Progress made on H2H Indigenous Veteran Outreach Project
OTTAWA 鈥 The Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) Indigenous Veteran Outreach Project has a...
Labour
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BC Building Trades report warns of temporary foreign worker 鈥榓ddiction鈥
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Labour
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How CLAC opened the door for 1,717 new first-year apprentices
When the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) ended its two-year, first...
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Blue Seal turning journeymen into businessmen
As bankruptcies in the Canadian construction industry climb, Blue Seal certifica...
Labour
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Skills training programs for youth: There is a cure for the summertime blues
Girls Exploring Trades and Technology (GETT) is celebrating its 25th anniversary...
Labour
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Dean Heron marks fifth anniversary with CFBC
VICTORIA 鈥 Dean Heron is celebrating his fifth year with the Construction Founda...
Labour
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Your top JOC headlines: June 17 to 21
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news Alberta hit a record number of hom...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects
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Over 200 members of Indigenous communities across Canada gain valuable construction skills
More than 200 members of 14 Indigenous communities, including a sizable number o...
Labour
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鈥楢 lightbulb moment鈥: Bartender turns to welding for a second chance at career success
For almost 25 years Lilly Lazare-Greene worked as a bartender in downtown Toront...
Labour
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LNG company plans to use ‘floatel’ near Squamish, B.C., without local permit
SQUAMISH, B.C. - The company behind a natural gas project near Squamish, B.C., h...
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Bachelor of Education requirement for trade teachers stifling Alberta鈥檚 future
Ever hear complaints graduates 鈥渏ust aren鈥檛 ready for the workforce鈥? What about...
Labour
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Kavan Smith wins BCIT teaching excellence award
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) recently announced electrica...
Labour
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Construction Conversations: Falcon stresses thinking 鈥榯otally differently鈥 when tackling labour crisis
BURNABY, B.C. 鈥 Another B.C. political leader is connecting with construction as...
Labour
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Conestoga masonry programs provide building blocks for future labour force
Judging by the demand Conestoga College receives from employers, the masonry tra...
Labour
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Bring trades training directly to First Nations communities: Apprenticeship expert
Trades training is most effective for First Nations communities when the tools c...
Labour
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Canada鈥檚 unemployment rate rises to 6.2% in May, economy adds 27,000 jobs
OTTAWA 鈥 Canada鈥檚 unemployment rate ticked up to 6.2 per cent in May as the job...
Economic , Labour
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Sound advice: PCL shapes training programs based on apprentice feedback
One of Canada鈥檚 largest construction employers is turning apprentice input into...
Labour
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EllisDon committee pioneers new LGBT+ benefits policies
The tiny but determined LGBT+ community within Canada鈥檚 construction sector has...
Labour
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Operations suspended at British Columbia’s Gibraltar copper mine due to worker strike
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A worker strike has forced Vancouver-based聽Taseko聽Mines Li...
Labour , Resource
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B.C.鈥檚 film industry needs construction specialists 鈥 this unique program is training them
The B.C. film industry needs construction workers to build sets for film and tel...
Labour
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Celebrating National Indigenous History Month: Making an impact in construction
OTTAWA 鈥 Every June in Canada is National Indigenous History Month, a time to le...
Economic , Labour , Projects , Resource
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B.C. miners serve strike notice at Gibraltar copper pit in central Interior
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A union representing 550 workers at a mine in British Colu...
Labour , Resource
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Your top JOC headlines: May 20 to 24
Your top JOC headlines this week feature a profile story on a new school of busi...
Government , Labour , Projects
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Alberta appoints skilled trades youth advisory council
EDMONTON 鈥 Alberta Minister of Advanced Education Rajan Sawney has appointed an...
Labour
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BCIT launches heat pump installation microcredential program
BURNABY, B.C. 鈥 The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) School of Co...
Labour
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Your top JOC headlines: May 13 to 17
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news prompt payment may not be a benefi...
Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects , Resource
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CRCA partners with Talent Beyond Boundaries to find roofing jobs for skilled refugees
VICTORIA 鈥 The Canadian Roofing Contractors Association (CRCA) has announced a p...
Government , Labour
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Manitoba Federation of Labour re-elects Kevin Rebeck
WINNIPEG 鈥 Delegates at the Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) convention have...
Labour
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Bladerunners: Indigenous apprenticeship on the rise through ACCESS program
An Indigenous apprenticeship organization is helping youth out of potential risk...
Labour
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Manitoba honours journeypersons at highest achievement awards ceremony
WINNIPEG 鈥 The Manitoba government is recognizing journeyperson achievement in t...
Government , Labour
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Manitoba stakeholders clash over union certification legislation
Manitoba鈥檚 labour stakeholders are once again battling about provincial legislat...
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