Okanagan College Vernon hosted its first Jill of All Trades day

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North Okanagan high school girls rolled up their sleeves for a preview of the trades programs awaiting them at Okanagan College’s Vernon campus. 

According to the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum’s National Strategy for Supporting Women in the Trades, just 4.5 per cent of students in apprenticeship programs in construction, manufacturing and transportation trades from 2014 to 2018 were female. The goal put forward by the forum is to increase that number to 15 per cent by 2030. 

To that end, Okanagan College Vernon hosted its first Jill of all Trades training day on Friday, Nov. 22, a chance for female students to experience trades programs before they graduate from high school and embark on their post-secondary education…

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