CWB Welding Foundation launches Introduction to Welding Program for Women with Funding from the Government of Canada

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The CWB Welding Foundation would like to thank the Government of Canada for their generous support as they have been instrumental in the launch of this program.

The Women of Steel: Forging New Opportunities project consists of two components; the IWP and the social media platform, #WomenOfSteel. Both components aim to engage and unite women in both traditional and non-traditional welding careers across Canada and to highlight and inform experienced and new female welders’ career journeys into welding. Currently over 40 women across Canada are actively involved in the WOS social component.

CWB Welding Foundation is offering a total of 31 experiential learning opportunities across Canada in 2019, including 6 WOS: Forging New Opportunities- IWP, 19 Mind Over Metal Welding Camps, and six LNG Canada Arx and Sparx Welding Camps. These opportunities rely on the financial support of industry and community organizations to continue offering hands-on learning and exposure to the welding skilled trade to youth, women, Indigenous, and underrepresented groups.

The CWB Welding Foundation

CWB Welding Foundation (CWBWF) is a national not-for-profit charitable organization, working to support and sustain the need for skilled welding professionals in the workforce and contribute to Canada’s economic prosperity.

CWBWF’s mission is to forge partnerships between industry, education and government that enable Canadians to build great careers in the welding industry, through encouraging awareness, training, the promotion of best practices through a quality educational experience, impartial advocacy and greater accessibility for all those interesting in exploring future opportunities in skilled trades and a welding related career.

CWBWF develops and provides educational programs, capital, equipment, consumables and protective equipment that create and upgrade quality learning environments in school technology programs. They provide educator training, awards, and support applied research in post-secondary welding and technology education.

Saskatchewan Polytechnic

Saskatchewan Polytechnic serves students through applied learning opportunities at campuses in Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Regina and Saskatoon, and through extensive distance education opportunities. Programs serve every economic and public service sector. As a polytechnic, the organization provides the depth of learning appropriate to employer and student needs, including certificate, diploma and degree programs, and apprenticeship training. Saskatchewan Polytechnic engages in applied research, drawing on faculty expertise to support innovation by employers, and providing students the opportunity to develop critical thinking skills.

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