TRADES EXPLORATION CAMP, SPARKING INTERESTS IN TRADES WITH YOUTH
Monday, 20 September 2021
This summer, René Ragetli partnered with the Ironworkers Local 97 in Burnaby, to host a Trades Exploration Camp. René is the Construction Foundation’s Director of Project Operations and uses his background in teaching to create engaging workshops for youth around BC. Focusing the 5-day workshop on metalworking and woodwork, youth were able to get comfortable
- Published in NEWS, SKILLS READY
5 DAYS TO MAKE A CANOE PADDLE: INDIGENOUS SKILLS WORKSHOP IN CAMPBELL RIVER
Monday, 13 September 2021
Early in the summer, communities from several First Nations gathered for a Canoe Paddle Making workshop that took place at Thunderbird Hall in Campbell River. Over two weeks participants from two groups were offered 5 days to create a canoe paddle of their own. Dean Heron and Elder George Hunt Jr. were innovative in their
PADDLE PENDANT WORKSHOP AT ESQUIMALT: IN PERSON LEARNING WITH DEAN HERON
Tuesday, 07 September 2021
In-person Indigenous Skills workshops returned to Victoria for the first time in a long time, this past June, marking a welcome return to traditional instruction and an opportunity to introduce small groups of enthusiastic youth to contemporary trades and traditional knowledge. In consideration of the continued pandemic, both the Esquimalt First Nation and the Indigenous