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Addressing the skilled labour shortage in the Canadian construction industry is a national pastime, with seemingly no shortage of attention paid by the federal government and their provincial counterparts. And with good reason.<\/p>\n

This country\u2019s labour force growth rate has been trending downward for nearly two decades and according to Statistics Canada, between 2016 and 2021 more than 1.4 million Canadians entered the ranks of those aged 55 and older.<\/p>\n

A recent report from BuildForce Canada estimated the construction industry could be short as many as 29,000 workers by 2027. \u201cAn ongoing commitment to apprenticeship development in both compulsory and non-compulsory trades will be necessary to ensure there are sufficient numbers of qualified tradespeople to sustain a skilled labour force over the long term,\u201d stated the report.<\/p>

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During the leadup to the most recent budget season, various levels of government announced plans to tackle the issue, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who took the time during a recent town hall meeting to take questions from the members of the Carpenters\u2019 District Council of Ontario at the union\u2019s training centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trudeau was asked about training, immigration and how to better promote careers in the skilled trades.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m standing here in this training centre that is proof positive that you will continue to be able to adapt to all the new technologies, all the new opportunities that come in with the world that is transforming,\u201d Trudeau told the audience. \u201cEveryone says the future is going to be all digital and the future is going to be all science and technology. Absolutely, yes, and the jobs you are going to be doing are going to continue to get more sophisticated, require more and more technology and computers to do it, but building a house is never going to be done by a robot. The skills you have are always going to be necessary and they can\u2019t be offshore.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the Prime Minister, immigration policies are one way of addressing the shortage.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the big questions we get all the time is as our government is raising immigration levels to the highest levels it\u2019s ever been in a few years, we will be bringing in 500,000 people a year, we are already facing challenges in housing. Where are we going to house these 500,000 people?\u201d Trudeau told the audience. \u201cAll these people would be able to contribute to the building trades a lot, particularly now that we are targeting changes in our immigration system that allow us to target more specifically areas where there are still shortages or trades shortages.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a town hall at the Carpenters\u2019 District Council of Ontario training Centre in Woodbridge, Ont. Feb. 21. Trudeau spent more than an hour answering questions from members of the local unions. (Angela Gismondi\/Daily Commercial News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Training facilities and apprenticeship programs to help bolster the ranks of construction workers have taken priority recently with millions in funding proposed.<\/p>\n

In The Trades, a federally funded program that will help apprentices get started in the skilled trades was announced by Canada\u2019s Building Trades Unions (CBTU). Over the next two years the program will provide financial incentives and training support for unionized small and medium-sized contractors that hire, train, and retain first-year apprentices to address labour availability across Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanada\u2019s Building Trades Unions are leaders in delivering the highest quality training to produce the safest, skilled trades workforce anywhere in the world. With the Building Trades vast network of training centres and employers; and world-class apprenticeship programs, we can ensure apprentices can access job opportunities, training, and support to not only start an apprenticeship but complete it,\u201d said Sean Strickland, executive director, Canada\u2019s Building Trades Unions. \u201cWith the support of the federal government, In The Trades will create opportunities for more Canadians from equity deserving groups to get started in an apprenticeship, while providing support to unionized contractors to grow Canada\u2019s skilled trades workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unionized employers can receive a grant of\u00a0$5,000
\nfor hiring a first-year apprentice, with an additional $5,000\u00a0available if the first-year apprentice is from an equity deserving group.<\/p>\n

The goal is to secure 4,000 skilled trades positions with a focus on supporting candidates from equity deserving groups. CBTU has launched an online portal to streamline the application process for unionized employers and first-year apprentices to meet this goal. The program will run between\u00a0September 2022\u00a0and\u00a0March 2024\u00a0and CBTU will work with provincial and local building trades councils and affiliates across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Building Trades of Alberta is dedicated to increasing diversity in the skilled trades and to fostering an inclusive work environment. This includes attracting and retaining more groups like women, Indigenous, new Canadians, youth, and apprentices to our unions through various outreach campaigns. Not only does this help bring in new talent and foster the next generation of skilled trades professionals, but it also helps fill the looming labour gap felt in our industry,\u201d said Terry Parker, executive director, Building Trades of Alberta. \u201cCBTU\u2019s In The Trades will not only help these groups and others skill up, but it will also place them in rewarding careers in the unionized skilled trades, ones with pension, health and welfare benefits, and community and family-supporting wages.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Ontario, the provincial government announced $224 million to build and upgrade training centres, with an additional $75 million over the next three years earmarked to support the operations and programing at new and existing centres to prepare workers for in-demand careers like electricians, welders, and mechanics.<\/p>\n

Applications for the new Skills Development Fund (SDF) capital stream are expected to open in late spring and will provide eligible applicants, including unions, Indigenous centres, businesses, and industry associations, with funding to build new training centres or to upgrade or convert their existing facilities into training centres with state-of-the-art design and technology. This includes facility renovations, retrofits, expansions, repairs and building construction.<\/p>\n

\u201cOntario is facing the largest labour shortage in a generation, which means when you have a career in the skilled trades, you have a career for life,\u201d said Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development. \u201cWe\u2019re supporting employers, unions and other training providers so that they can build and improve the facilities we need to attract and prepare our next generation of skilled trades workers for better jobs and bigger paycheques for themselves and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n

Training for indigenous communities, women, and underrepresented groups is also a focus across the country.<\/p>\n

In British Columbia, the Electrical Joint Training Committee (EJTC) has had success with multiple First Nations cohorts currently moving through EJTC\u2019s Red Seal electrician training pathway, emphasizing the success taking place in the classroom, in the field and the recruitment process.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to have, along with the IBEW and our contractor group, an inclusive and diverse workforce that is robust and able to manage the ever-changing electrical world, but we have pretty rigorous pre-requirements to enter our program,\u201d\u00a0said managing director Phil Davis.\u00a0\u201cWhen we find bright, indigenous candidates with those pre-requisites, they\u2019re also being recruited by 3000 other organizations, like the RCMP, for example.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe asked,\u00a0\u2018How do we get indigenous workers into our system?\u2019\u201d added Davis.\u00a0\u201cNext, we designed an eight-week math and science prep program and said,\u00a0\u2018Come on in.\u2019\u00a0We let our partners do the screening\u2014the program sets these students up for success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Currently, the EJTC manages approximately 70 Indigenous apprentices and 900 apprentices overall. Indigenous students train at EJTC\u2019s Port Coquitlam-based campus, as well as the Squamish Nation Training Centre.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe growth of our Indigenous cohorts is a result of this very focused program we developed to make sure we\u2019re bringing in the right candidates,\u201d\u00a0said Davis.\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re upscaling their math and science so that we can put them on a path to an apprenticeship with us. Our Indigenous partners have been very glad to have that and strongly support this model\u2026At their request, it\u2019s an Indigenous-specific cohort.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davis and the EJTC currently feature an Indigenous roster of a dozen Foundation program students, two Level 2 cohorts and two Level 3 cohorts, the latter who will soon make the jump to their Level 4 training and inch that much closer to Red Seal certification. The continuing success and success stories are translating positively to EJTC\u2019s initial barriers surrounding recruitment, explained Davis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe now have role models. Now, other students can look and say\u00a0\u2018I may not have thought I can do this\u2019\u00a0before, but now we have people in a career that they\u2019re thriving in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Construction companies themselves are also looking to help grow and diversify the trades. In Ontario, the Aecon Women in Trades (AWIT) program, helps women\u00a0trade up\u00a0and launch rewarding careers in the trades with fully paid training, and competitive wages and benefits.<\/p>\n

The program is open to candidates with any employment background and no experience is required. Upon\u00a0completing comprehensive training for in-demand skills, successful candidates are deployed in the field to hone their craft on a job site, benefiting from ongoing career development opportunities and mentoring.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen are disproportionately underrepresented in our industry. As we continue to see enhanced competition for talent, Aecon remains agile through challenging market and labour environments,\u201d said Jenna Wood, senior director, HR for Aecon\u2019s Utilities, Industrial and Nuclear sectors. \u201cOur AWIT program is an illustration of this approach in action, and it has become a model of success in our industry while making Aecon\u2019s team stronger through diversity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Launched in 2019, 75 participants have been trained to date, and the company is looking to expand that number to 350 in 2023.<\/p>\n

Building Canada\u2019s skilled trades workforce continues to be a work in progress, but with the attention it is receiving and the actions that are being taken, hopefully the shortage begins to shrink as the number of infrastructure projects continue to grow.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

[This article originally appeared in the\u00a0May\/June 2023\u00a0edition<\/a>\u00a0of ReNew Canada]<\/p>\n

With files from Angela Gismondi\/Daily Commercial News<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

John Tenpenny is the editor of ReNew Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Schulich Foundation launched Canada\u2019s largest skilled trade scholarship program during the WorldSkills Special Edition 2022 Competition held at Humber College. (The Schulich Foundation)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Skilled Trade Scholarship Program<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Schulich Foundation announced\u00a0Schulich Builders, a scholarship program dedicated to students pursuing a career in the skilled trades. In its first year of operation, more than\u00a0$3 million\u00a0is committed to combat labour shortages and highlight the importance of skilled trades in\u00a0Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud to promote the skilled trades and support students pursuing this rewarding career path,\u201d said\u00a0Judy Schulich, director, The Schulich Foundation. \u201cCanadians rely heavily on the trades to build and maintain infrastructure critical for prosperous communities. Our challenge today is not having enough of these talented people to meet the demand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schulich Builders\u00a0will cover tuition, tools and living expenses for students enrolling in a skilled trade program at one of 10 participating colleges in\u00a0Ontario. Priority will be given to students nominated by their high school. Students may also apply directly through participating colleges: Centennial, Fanshawe, Algonquin,\u00a0George Brown, Mohawk, Sheridan, Conestoga,\u00a0Durham, Humber and Loyalist.<\/p>\n

\u201cOntario is facing the largest labour shortage in a generation, which means when you have a career in the skilled trades, you have a career for life,\u201d said Monte McNaughton, Ontario\u2019s Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development. \u201cWith Schulich Foundation\u2019s skilled trade scholarship program, they are helping to attract and prepare a new generation of skilled trades workers here in Ontario for better jobs and bigger paycheques.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each college will award 10 scholarships per year:<\/p>\n

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  • five\u00a0$20,000\u00a0scholarships for one-year certificate programs, and<\/li>\n
  • five\u00a0$40,000\u00a0scholarships for two-year diploma programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    In addition to financial support,\u00a0Schulich Builders\u00a0also provides leadership training and mentorship to set up graduates for success.<\/p>\n

    \u201cAgainst the backdrop of the new Schulich Builders program, I am utterly delighted to witness the Schulich Foundation now partnering with Colleges to promote scholarship opportunities to prospective students seeking to pursue a post-secondary education that will lead to fulfilling, well-paying and in-demand jobs,\u201d said Dr. Craig Stephenson, president and CEO, Centennial College.<\/p>\n

    Featured image: B.C.’s Electrical Joint Training (ETC) Committee manages approximately 70 Indigenous apprentices and 900 apprentices overall through its Red Seal electrician training pathway. (ETC)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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