From ballet slippers to steel toe shoes

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,…

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…

Senior Project Manager Loves to See People Enjoying Spaces She Creates

Melissa Blanchard is a Senior Project Coordinator with EllisDon who always had an interest in details and unique buildings. “I actually wanted to be a painter. I…

Woman sitting with pizza boxes on her lap.

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…

Hydro One tech found support system in teachers

Sheldon WilliamsPowerline Technician, Hydro One Ltd.Toronto, ON Sheldon’s journey in the skilled trades began at the young age of 12 when he worked alongside…

AGYEI PEPRAH-ASIASE, Owner of Paradise Construction Ltd.

General contractor Agyei gives young men & women of colour the opportunity to learn the trade

Agyei Peprah-AsiasePresident and General ContractorParadise ConstructionBrampton, ON Agyei always loved to work with his hands, “I have always had a love of woodworking, construction…

CUSW Powerline Tech apprentice David shares pathway to trades

David SimonApprentice Powerline Technician, Hydro One Ltd.Oshawa, ON Dave Simon is a 3rd-year apprentice Powerline technician at Hydro One. Dave’s journey in the skilled…

Delaney Krieger speaks at a roundtable about skilled trades.

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…

How do you help women access high-paying, in-demand trades careers? Give them tools to succeed

Nearly a year in the making, Build a Dream, in partnership with WFS Ltd. and Milwaukee Tool, are excited to launch #HerPower Tools, a program designed…

Layoff made her vulnerable so she found a recession-proof career

Jessica Van Rooyen was laid off from a job that she had hoped to retire from and realized that her lack of transferrable skills…

From corporate to contractor, Katie Herbert discusses taking a leap into entrepreneurship & renos

Katie Herbert says that she doesn’t have a job title. “I’m still kind of figuring out,” says the renovation expert, residential design guru, and…

Tools of the Trade podcast advice for construction sites (and trades workers)

With construction being listed as an essential service during the COVID-19 outbreak, building will continue. That means work sites will still be bustling…

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From ballet slippers to steel toe shoes

Successful Women Share their Best Career Advice

Senior Project Manager Loves to See People Enjoying Spaces She Creates

Journey of a Pizza – Skilled Trades Teaching Resource

Hydro One tech found support system in teachers

General contractor Agyei gives young men & women of colour the opportunity to learn the trade

CUSW Powerline Tech apprentice David shares pathway to trades

Carpenters Apprentice Delaney loves her job, here’s why

How do you help women access high-paying, in-demand trades careers? Give them tools to succeed

Layoff made her vulnerable so she found a recession-proof career

From corporate to contractor, Katie Herbert discusses taking a leap into entrepreneurship & renos

Tools of the Trade podcast advice for construction sites (and trades workers)

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