More women need to get involved in welding, other trades
Eileen Hendry walked into her first NAIT class in electrical technology and looked around her.
Of the 64 students, just six, including her, were women.
While more women are getting into the traditionally male-dominated trades, there's still a wide gulf separating the sexes, said Hendry, one of a number of panelists in the Women in Technology and Trades information session at the Northwest Regional Skills Canada Competition on Saturday.
This first regional competition drew 35 student competitors for events held at GPRC and the Grande Prairie Composite high school in the fields of baking, carpentry, culinary arts, hairstyling (junior and intermediate), programming, TV and video production, web page design and welding.
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Of the 64 students, just six, including her, were women.
While more women are getting into the traditionally male-dominated trades, there's still a wide gulf separating the sexes, said Hendry, one of a number of panelists in the Women in Technology and Trades information session at the Northwest Regional Skills Canada Competition on Saturday.
This first regional competition drew 35 student competitors for events held at GPRC and the Grande Prairie Composite high school in the fields of baking, carpentry, culinary arts, hairstyling (junior and intermediate), programming, TV and video production, web page design and welding.
(Read the entire article here)
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