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Skills Canada - National Newsletter July 2008 |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 10 July 2008 )
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Regina Cardboard Boat Race |
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This year we had a turnout of over 100 students. These students were from the Prairie Valley School System, the Regina Public School System, and the Regina Catholic School System. Check out their website .
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 June 2008 )
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SIIT announces $2.75 M investment from Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Rockwell Collins for aviation tra |
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The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of echnologies (SIIT) today announced that leading global aerospace and defence companies Lockheed Martin, The Boeing Company and Rockwell Collins have invested a total of US$2.75 million to support development of SIIT's aviation rades training.
With these significant contributions, the three companies are supporting development of a training program that will help build the aircraft maintenance and other aviation trades workforce in Saskatchewan and Canada, and will develop skills and employment opportunities for First Nation youth.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 June 2008 )
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Skilled Trades Workers Returning Home to Saskatchewan |
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Construction at Record Levels with Surge in New Projects
REGINA, June 10 /CNW/ - More skilled trades workers are moving back to Saskatchewan to help the construction industry keep pace with record construction activity, according to the latest forecast by the Construction Sector Council.
"Saskatchewan is now a major draw in the fierce Canada-wide competition for skilled labour," said Michael Fougere, President of the Saskatchewan Construction Association. "With more residents coming back, new immigrants coming in, and apprenticeship programs on the rise, the construction industry is doing everything possible to meet the challenges created by this construction boom."
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 11 June 2008 )
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Donavon Elliott Receives Honourary Diploma in Industrial Training |
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It was an impressive day in the SIAST world on Friday.
Graduation ceremonies for the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology Woodland Campus took place and it was a full house at the Rawlinson Centre.
One of the biggest things to happen was Donavon Elliott's reception of an honourary diploma in industrial training.
Elliott is a teacher at Carlton Comprehensive High School, but also works as the chairman of Skills Canada Saskatchewan and the vice-chairman of Skills Canada. He also works for the Saskatchewan Rivers School Division getting youth jobs in the trades right out of high school.
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