Human Resources committee  With 25 years' work experience in manufacturing in Canada, I can tell you that it's a really bad idea to take training in manufacturing in Canada. We need to provide for people to understand the reality of tomorrow. With 25 years of experience, I've come back to Algonquin Colle

Human Resources committee  In brief, first of all, right now one apprentice can be placed with one journeyman. That means half the class doesn't go to the next step. They take the apprenticeship training, the federal government pays for that apprenticeship training, and then they are not allowed to continu

Human Resources committee  I'll just say that my grandmother was a master weaver and I was a textile chemist. I got to dye the work my grandmother made, so I'm a little biased to the trades. My daughter is in pre-health. She's decided that she wants to be a doctor, and her reason is that she has a neurol

Human Resources committee  When I was doing the research, I was shocked at how well the trades are paid. As well, there is a demand for them, as I heard from a newspaper article that someone had clipped today. I think that this is the sort of thing that will do it. You let people know what is available.

Human Resources committee  Good morning, members of the committee. My name is David Corson. I'm the president of the Algonquin Students' Association. I want to thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today and to express to you the concerns shared by students and the challenges they have faced. To s