CUTTING IT AS A GLAZIER APPRENTICE: MEET DENYS KOSTIUCHENKO

January 17, 2025 DENYS KOSTIUCHENKO AND HIS WIFE were living in the city of Dnipro, Ukraine when Russia invaded the country in February 2022, another escalation in an already tragic and deadly war. “We couldn’t take it. It was hard to live, hard to sleep. Constant...

THE RETURN OF COMPULSORY TRADES

January 6, 2025 WHEN A CRANE WAS DANGEROUSLY showing signs of instability at a Vancouver worksite in October, Sydney Stratton said it was the ironworkers and operating engineers on site who took decisive action to contain the situation. It was the second crane...

Guiding Kids Toward Trades – President’s message

November 22, 2024 SOCIETY TENDS TO STEER children toward university, emphasizing careers in fields like business, technology or healthcare. But why is there so little encouragement for careers in the trades? Is it because trades are seen as “lesser” or incapable of...