Start Your Career in the Trades

by | Oct 9, 2025

October 9, 2025 I AM OFTEN ASKED HOW TO start an apprenticeship. It happens all the time. From the cab driver taking me to the airport to the service representative helping me process a return. When people find out I work in construction, they frequently follow up...

Trades are Here to Stay – President’s Message

by | Sep 5, 2025

September 5, 2025 YOU CAN’T GO FAR these days without hearing about artificial intelligence. We’re hearing about it pretty much every day now. The technology comes with plenty of small, day-to-day benefits. It can write you an e-mail. It can lay out a monthly family...

Harnessing Canada’s Natural Resources

by | Aug 26, 2025

August 26, 2025 VIRGINIA DAVIDSON HAD SPENT five years working across the country, away from her home when the pandemic hit. She was working in Ontario as a welder, but ultimately moved to pipefitting, figuring the welding was good practice for getting into her new...