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!
Successful Women Share their Best Career Advice
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 […]
Response to Article that Highlights Women as the Skills Gap Shortage
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 […]
Journey of a Pizza – Skilled Trades Teaching Resource
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 […]
Carpenters Apprentice Delaney loves her job, here’s why
“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 […]
Our President’s response to the tragic Kamloops discovery
⚠️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 […]
Build a Dream applauds Ontario’s commitment to experiential learning
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 […]
DREAM MAKER SPOTLIGHT: Maddy Paulson
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 […]
Build a Dream supports Black Lives Matter
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 […]
How does going digital change our expo?
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 […]
#DreamHomeEdition Panelists Announced!
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 […]
Is a Visual Effects Artist career a good choice for a young woman?
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 […]