Human Resources committee  Yes, I'd be happy to.

Human Resources committee  Again, I would say there's a lack of awareness, not only with high school youth, but with younger people who have finished high school. They're 23 or 24, they've bounced around a few jobs, and they don't know what their options are. There's a lack of awareness among teachers, par

Human Resources committee  We do get some parents at our event, Future Building. We don't get very many, but we do get some. We actually had a mother who was dragging her son there, who had finished high school and was not working anywhere. She dragged him in and took him to all the different trades and as

Human Resources committee  It is different. Coming from Winnipeg.... I have lived in Ontario now for more than half of my life, and the culture is different in the greater Toronto and Hamilton area.

Human Resources committee  The problem is that parents do not understand how high tech the jobs have become. They don't understand my career path. You can start your own business. You can become a contractor. There are a lot of contractors making really good money. They don't see that path. They see the u

Human Resources committee  To your point, it would be great if some of the students got their journey ticket, then went back to George Brown, learned about accounting and all the business, and then started their own business.

Human Resources committee  There is so much work going on, but they are not aware of that. They are not connecting those dots. I think it's an awareness. I don't think it's a dead end. If more parents are seeing that.... I have four kids. One of my son's best friends who studied political science—I'm not

Human Resources committee  That whole debt thing is now resonating with a lot of people where, hey, in those four years you could be making a lot of money, you have your journeyman ticket and you have no student loans.

Human Resources committee  There's the OYAP program in Ontario that starts in Grade 12.

Human Resources committee  No.

Human Resources committee  I'm part of Rosemarie's organization. We had a meeting yesterday. Our organization is also partnering with.... A number of different trades are outreaching. When I was with the painters training centre, the Ontario Industrial and Finishing Skills Centre, we used to do a pre-appr

Human Resources committee  A lot of trades are recognizing the value of having that market. I'd like to answer your earlier question about how we are getting to these communities. I know a number of unions are hiring people. Let's say I know Ivan Dawns; he's Jamaican. They wanted to get into the Jamaican

Human Resources committee  Yes, that's how you get into those communities.

Human Resources committee  I have a job for you in Toronto if you want.

Human Resources committee  Can I answer that question? I am from Winnipeg, so I am originally a westerner, too. My parents and my extended family were all immigrants who came in the fifties. Most of them went into the trades. Growing up, most of my friends' fathers were in the trades. It's a different cu