Make 2023 Your Year!

Happy 2023! This year, we're dedicated to becoming the best versions of ourselves possible. Through lots of learning and unlearning, we're determined to make 2023 our year!

Trades Week 2021

This year’s Trades Week has been incredible thanks to you! Trades Week by Design On May 19 and 20, Build a Dream successfully delivered…

Working Together to Build the Future Workforce

Thank you for another amazing year! Our 2021 Impact Report Build a Dream is a national non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of diversity…

New Scholarship for Apprentices!

If you’re an apprentice in one of the following trades, you might be eligible for a scholarship from Support Youth Ontario! Check out their…

Entrepreneur, automotive service tech, advocate of advancing women

Erin Vaughan has a passion for business and supporting women. She is an automotive service technician and the President & CEO of Kinetic Auto Service…

Delaney Krieger: Learning to Change my Car’s Oil Helped me Gain Confidence and Save Money

Delaney is one of our brand ambassadors for a reason. Not only did she start her career through Build a Dream’s events, she really…

automotive mechanic, CNC machinist, STEM

The Most In-Demand Jobs in STEM and the Skilled Trades by 2025

A big part of high school is figuring out what you’re interested in so you can take courses and placements to get into those positions after…

What You Need to Know About Career Development

Career development is a process of exploration, decision-making and learning new skills and sometimes can even begin before you’ve started your career, so these tips are great for…

5 Free Pre-Apprenticeship Training Programs

Deciding to start a career in the trades can be intimidating, but there’s so much support for you! With numerous programs, resources, and people who…

From ballet slippers to steel toe shoes

Cara Grant was a professional ballerina with the National Ballet of Canada until a terrible fractured pelvis injury ended her career. “I was saved,…

Photo from Parliament Hill showing flowers and shoes and a sign that says,

Resources for Indigenous History

Today is the first National Truth and Reconciliation Day – originally known as Orange Shirt Day. The significance of the orange shirt comes from…

OYAP Coordinator Mark Brotherston & coworker stand at their booth at Build a Dream London inside the Agriplex.

How career counsellors can help you

Young women will say that they want to make an impact with the work they do but to discover how to connect that desire…

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