BC Centre for Women in the Trades

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BCCWITT is hosting TWO virtual Be More Than A Bystander workshops this month!

Register here:

Be More Than A Bystander is a training & educational program to support organizational & cultural shifts towards more inclusive, safer, & respectful workplaces. Participants will leave equipped with practical tools & strategies to prevent & intervene in gender-based & other forms of bullying, harassment & violence in workplaces in the skilled trades industry. These workshops are FREE for participants for skilled trades workers or employers in BC, with limited spaces available at a fee for participants who live or work outside the province.

CAF-FCA National Apprenticeship Conference

BCCWITT staff and volunteers will be in Calgary from June 2-4 at the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum’s National Apprenticeship Conference: We will have a booth and also be presenting a workshop with the BC Trades Equity Society. If you’ll be there too, we’d love to connect! Please come and say hello.

BCCWITT Info Session: June 20 @ 6 pm

Coming up on the evening of Thursday, June 20th from 6-7pm: Meet BCCWITT staff, hear about our programs, and learn about what we’re doing to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive skilled trades industry, at our next info session! Employers, labour organizers, tradespeople, trades training staff, and anyone interested in our work are welcome to join us for this free & fun virtual event. Register here. Can’t make that one? No problem! We will also be hosting one on Thursday, July 18th from noon-1pm: Register here.

Funding Opportunities:

BCCWITT Project Grant and BCCWITT Career Advancement Bursary

Please check out our TWO funding initiatives:

  • The BCCWITT Project Grant provides up to $5000 in seed funding for Leaders in Trades program participants to organize, coordinate, and host initiatives that promote skilled trades careers to youth and equity priority people of all genders and recruit them across British Columbia. If you are not a LIT participant but want to connect with one to access this funding, please email us at info@bccwitt.ca.
  • Applications for our BCCWITT Career Advancement Bursary for this quarter are closed but will reopen on July 15: Please follow @BCCWITT on social media for updates, & email info@bccwitt.ca if you have any questions. This initiative offers equity-priority tradespeople of all genders with up to $1000 once per fiscal year (April 2024 – March 2025) to fund any part of the expenses related to accessing training, certifications, networking, and educational opportunities, including tools, travel costs, child care, and more.

Details are on the program page of our website: https://bccwitt.ca/bccwitt-bursary-project-grant/

Updated Resource for Funding for Trades Education & Career Advancement

We have continued to update our spreadsheet of scholarships and bursaries for trades training, tools, and advancement opportunities: It’s accessible on the BCCWITT Resources page under “FUNDING, SCHOLARSHIPS, & BURSARIES”, or via  this direct link. Please share with your community, and send us any resources not listed, at info@bccwitt.ca. Many of these funding opportunities have deadlines coming up soon, including…

–          WHVACR Scholarship Program (June 1)

Learning Opportunities 

Expand Accessibility in the Skilled Trades with CCRW

It’s National AccessAbility Week (May 26 to June 1), a week dedicated to recognizing and promoting accessibility for all individuals! For more on how to make skilled trades workplaces more accessible, please check out CCRW’s FREE Disability Confidence Toolkit: It will help you explore essential guidance on accommodations, built environment, career development, corporate strategy, communication, evaluation, onboarding, performance management, recruitment, and workplace culture. CCRW also provides support to apprentices in Red Seal trades who have disabilities, so that they can reach their full potential: Check out the initiative here.

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