Category: Build a Dream

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!

Choosing a career path and making decisions can be difficult, but with proper guidance and mentoring it can alleviate some of the pressure on young women that comes with navigating […]

In a recent Globe and Mail article, “Women are the answer to Canada’s skilled-trades shortage, but many roadblocks still exist” Julie Gordon (July, 2021) talks about how Canada is facing a shortage of skilled trades […]

Woman sitting with pizza boxes on her lap.

We love teaching at Build a Dream and helping to provide teachers with free resources to encourage their students to learn more about the opportunities around them.  We are offering […]

Delaney Krieger speaks at a roundtable about skilled trades.

“You never know what you are going to get.” Delaney Krieger is a 2nd Year Carpenters Apprentice and she loves her job because every day is different.   What does an […]

Photo from Parliament Hill showing flowers and shoes and a sign that says, "Every Child Matters".

⚠️Sensitivity Warning⚠️ A message from Build a Dream’s President & Founder, Nour Hachem-Fawaz: It’s not enough to be saddened and “shocked”. While I empathize with the difficulty in learning about […]

Powerline Tech reps from St. Clair College demonstrate some of their powerline training at a Build a Dream career discovery expo in Windsor, Ontario.

In a release sent to media today, Build a Dream expressed how pleased the organization is with last week’s 2021 Budget announcement from the Government of Ontario which includes a multi-layered Skilled […]

Q&A with Maddy Level 2 Welding Apprentice, Maddy Paulson was recently apart of our #DreamBig Career Discovery Expo with Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board and Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland and […]

Over the past two weeks, the Build a Dream team has been doing plenty of listening, learning, and reflecting about the current state of the world.  Build a Dream was […]

If you have been to a Build a Dream career discovery expo in the past, you know that it’s an inspiring and energetic event where young women can meet with […]

We’ve gone digital with a career discovery expo that you can attend from home! As with our live events, one of the highlights of the evening is the Dream Maker […]

Since the birth of the visual entertainment industry (dating back to theatre) women have had an irreplaceable part to perform. Many iconic films around the world are recognized by the […]