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C A N A D I A N A P P R E N T I C E S H I P F O R U M

2018

Message from the Chair

I’m pleased to present the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum’s (CAF-FCA)

annual results report for 2018. Here, we have attempted to capture the results

of CAF-FCA’s work this year, balancing the need to be brief with the immense

pride in all that we have achieved. These accomplishments reflect strong

working relationships between the staff and Board of Directors. We hope you

enjoy reviewing the highlights we’ve chosen to showcase.

Among them, we were pleased to welcome a record crowd at the National Apprenticeship Conference in Montréal, Québec. The sessions showcased innovative programs, policies and research that contribute to Canada‘s world-class apprenticeship system. An interactive opening session saw delegates explore how tradespeople contribute to innovation. A report later this year will capture three areas where profound change is impacting trades workplaces: new technology, new expectations and requirements for training and learning, and the impact of new or emerging skills needs on the workforce.

Our events continue to draw participants from every corner of the country at regional roundtables, live webcasts, conferences, workshops and presentations. CAF-FCA members have enabled research mechanisms such as the Apprentices in Canada ePanel, an online survey group that provides timely information collected directly from apprentices who are currently engaged in the system. By identifying the challenges and barriers faced, valuable insights can inform programs, policies and resources to help apprentices be successful. CAF-FCA continues to be the national hub for apprenticeship information and the people who support trades training.

This year, we lost a committed advocate and Executive Director, Sarah Watts-Rynard, to a new opportunity. Sarah and the staff worked tirelessly over the last eight years to bring CAF-FCA back from the brink of a possible wind-down of operations to the vibrant, sustainable organization it is today. She will be greatly missed but leaves a legacy of excellence for the Canadian apprenticeship community. Our new Executive Director, France Daviault will pick up these efforts and lead CAF-FCA into a new chapter as the voice of apprenticeship in Canada. With a new strategic plan in place through 2020, an engaged membership base and renewed interest in apprenticeship and the skilled trades with policymakers, plenty of work still remains.

Gerald ClarkCAF-FCA Board Chair

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About CAF-FCA

CAF-FCA is an inclusive multi-partite organization working with the apprenticeship community in all regions of Canada. Participants work collaboratively to support vibrant and innovative apprenticeship systems and policies, with a view to developing a highly-skilled, productive, inclusive and mobile skilled trades workforce. Representatives of business, labour, educators, equity-seeking groups and jurisdictional apprenticeship authorities are among key stakeholders and support CAF-FCA operations through membership.

As a national voice for the apprenticeship community, CAF-FCA influences pan-Canadian apprenticeship strategies through research, discussion and collaboration. Its research agenda provides stakeholders with accurate, unbiased insights into apprenticeship challenges and barriers. The organization also connects stakeholders to share information and promising practices, identify challenges and propose joint solutions. It promotes apprenticeship as a valuable form of post-secondary education to youth, parents and employers, leading to rewarding careers in high-demand occupations.

STAFF LIST

Sarah Watts-Rynard Executive Director

Emily Arrowsmith Researcher / Project Manager

Racean DiBartolo Event / Outreach Coordinator

Allison Mills Administrative Assistant

Amin Rawjani Finance Manager

Cecilia Reaburn Membership Coordinator

Shawn Watson Communications Manager

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Strategic Plan 2017–2020

With the first year of CAF-FCA’s current strategic plan behind us, work continues in the four strategic areas identified as priorities by stakeholders. These areas support a national discussion about apprenticeship training and guide CAF-FCA activities throughout the year.

Since 2000, CAF-FCA has fundamentally changed the conversation about apprenticeship in Canada. Our research illustrates the substantial benefits of hiring and training apprentices. By connecting stakeholders across trades, across sectors and across Canada, CAF-FCA facilitates collaboration and showcases best practices.

Over the next three years, CAF-FCA will continue to:

Deliver Research InsightsBe a catalyst for relevant, high-quality research to assist the apprenticeship community with its efforts to develop excellent programs and policies.

Raise AwarenessAdvocate for and promote apprenticeship as a valued post-secondary pathway to stimulate greater participation and support world-class policy.

Create Community ConnectionsFacilitate discussion across trades, sectors and jurisdictions to support collaboration, share best practices and encourage innovation.

Provide Member ServicesEnable apprenticeship stakeholders from every corner of Canada to create and sustain apprenticeship training excellence.

VISIONApprenticeship is highly valued and broadly used to build tomorrow’s skilled trades workforce.

MISSIONRepresenting the broad diversity of apprenticeship stakeholders across trades, across sectors and across the country, the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum speaks as a united voice for excellent policy and practice by providing accurate, unbiased research insights, supporting awareness and implementation of promising practices, and promoting apprenticeship as an effective model for training and education.

CORE VALUESThe Canadian Apprenticeship Forum is committed to collaboration, accountability and responsiveness to the evolving needs of the apprenticeship community. Its work is intended to support policies and programs that are well-informed and progressive.

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2018 CAF-FCA Board of Directors

Trusted volunteers from across Canada’s apprenticeship community donate their time and knowledge to the organization. We thank them for their support in helping set CAF-FCA’s strategic priorities and guiding our activities.

j’Amey BevanChair, Apprenticeship & Industry Training

Alberta

Randy CallaghanWorkforce Supervisor

PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc.

David CameronLearning & Development Team Leader

ArcelorMittal Dofasco

Luigi CarrozziBusiness Manager

Labourers’ International Union of North America, Local 527

Dave CassidyChair, National Skilled Trades Council

Unifor

Gerald ClarkAccount Manager

Heavy Metal Equipment and Rentals

Cordell ColeInternational Representative

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 625

Don GosenChair, Ontario College of Trades

Ontario

Gary HermanCEO, Industry Training Authority

British Columbia

Scott MacPhersonDean, School of Business

Nova Scotia Community College

Lionel RailtonCanadian Regional Director

International Union of Operating Engineers

Stephen SpeersChair, Trades and Apprenticeship

Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

Karen WalshExecutive Director

Office to Advance Women Apprentices

Bobby WattPresident

RJW Stonemasons Ltd.

Melissa YoungDeputy Director of Apprenticeship

New Brunswick


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Activity Highlights

The 2018 Results Report highlights key research and outcomes based on the second year of activities under CAF-FCA’s 2017–2020 strategic plan.

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A C t I v I t y h I g h l I g h t s

This year, results have been shared through two Apprenticeship Snapshots (Spring & Summer) and three survey reports on specific topics:

The Costs and Benefits of Block-Release Technical Training: Apprentice Survey Results

Quality of Workplace Training: Apprentice Perspectives

The Impact of Digital Technologies, Automation and Technological Change: Apprentice Perspectives

Flexibility and Innovation in Apprenticeship Technical Training funded ten pilots to experiment with alternate delivery. CAF-FCA encouraged the pilot proponents to share best practices and key findings with the apprenticeship community.

An issue of the Canadian Apprenticeship Journal was published that shares common themes and best practices of alternate training. We would like to thank the following partners who contributed articles: Industry Training Authority of BC, Mohawk College, Red Deer College, Saskatchewan Polytechnic and FAST BC.

A two-day workshop, Innovations in Apprenticeship, was a venue to learn about the Flexibility and Innovation in Apprenticeship Technical Training pilot projects, as well as showcase diversity and inclusion initiatives. Over 130 delegates from 50 organizations attended and indicated they learned best practices that would be useful in their work and inform future policies, strategies and projects.

Research Insights

More and more, the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum is conducting research and collecting data which is funded by membership revenue in areas the apprenticeship community has prioritized. Over the past year, panelists have been recruited through advertising, including social media outreach, and direct contact on college campuses and via email to the Apprentices in Canada ePanel. The ePanel is a platform for pre-apprentices, apprentices and early-career journeypersons to share their perspectives and experiences through online surveys. Member reports provide up-to-date insights about topics such as entry into the trades, wages, on-the-job training, employment, barriers and completion, among others.

This year CAF-FCA talked to apprentices about the ePanel at BCIT, Coast Mountain College, Conestoga College, Durham College, Okanagan College, Sheridan College, St. Lawrence College and Vancouver Community College. CAF-FCA has recruited 2,079 apprentices.

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CAF-FCA promoted careers in the skilled trades to diverse youth. Three regional workshops and a national conference were held. CAF-FCA asked youth participants to share their views about opportunities and barriers to careers in the skilled trades. The event featured a panel of apprentices from across Canada and 25 skilled trades ambassadors. More than 200 young people shared experiences and proposed solutions regarding youth

unemployment and career awareness. A youth-driven employment strategy, Youth + Jobs = Better Future was developed to inform future programs, policies and outreach undertaken by apprenticeship stakeholders to engage and support newcomer youth participation in apprenticeship training. Hard copies were mailed out as part of a career awareness package sent to guidance counsellors and high school educators across Canada.

In 2017–18, CAF-FCA engaged in projects focused on supporting groups who are under-represented in apprenticeship and the skilled trades workforce:

“Thank you for the career resource package that you sent. This information is indeed useful. I am actively promoting apprenticeship programs to my students and newcomers.”

– Bernadette Borres, Career Information Advisor, J.N. Burnett Secondary School

For Experiential Learning Best Practices, CAF-FCA gathered information from 50 educators and Indigenous organizations about trades-related initiatives for Indigenous youth. We also talked to Indigenous youth leaders and Indigenous young people about their perceptions of skilled trades careers. An inventory of programs and initiatives and summarizing the interview findings is being developed. Key findings will be shared with high school educators and Indigenous education and training organizations at a one-day workshop this fall in Ottawa. Participants will discuss how educators can build upon successful initiatives and create more opportunities for Indigenous student success.

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Featured Resources

CAF-FCA is continuously seeking opportunities to create and update tools that help address challenges identified through our research. Below are a few of the notable resources from this year that are available online. Visit caf-fca.org and careersintrades.ca to download from our substantial libraries.

Apprenticeship in Canada: Research Insights, Trends and ObservationsDelegates at the 2018 National Apprenticeship Conference were among the first to receive the CAF-FCA report, Apprenticeship in Canada. Trends in registration and completion are described, as well as additional themes around career awareness, finding an employer sponsor, workplace training and apprentice learning styles. This report, made possible by the support of CAF-FCA members, includes experiences of apprentices currently in the system, trades-specific data and insights from under-represented groups.

“This is a great forum for hearing about initiatives across Canada that are aimed at increasing apprentices, retaining apprentices, and support and mentorship from intake to Red Seal attainment.”

– Ron Sarazin, Gezhtoojig Employment and Training

Careers in Trades website redesignA joint initiative with Skills/Compétences Canada, the website, careersintrades.ca was redesigned this year. This career awareness resource provides information on apprenticeship and skilled trades career options for an audience of youth, parents, educators and other career-influencers. The relaunched site includes updated branding, a new Trades Explorer tool and a Talk to a Trade video series developed through interviews filmed at the 2018 National Apprenticeship Conference.

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Community Connections

The 2018 National Apprenticeship Conference highlighted initiatives, programs and strategies that contribute to Canada’s world-class apprenticeship system. Panels focused on key trends and issues in apprenticeship, innovation in skilled trades workplaces, initiatives to recruit and retain Indigenous peoples in the building trades and a panel of apprentices who shared their perspectives about apprenticeship training. Concurrent sessions addressed topics like essential skills development, initiatives to encourage youth success and programs using augmented reality in training. More than 600 delegates, speakers and partners came together for three days to learn, network and share best practices.

Apprenticeship: Facing Change Head On, the opening conference session saw delegates

explore the key change factors impacting sectors and trades, and considered their

implications for apprenticeship training. In a report available later this year, we will discover

how we are preparing for and embracing the challenges ahead. Insights will include what

role innovation takes in apprenticeship and how the skilled trades are poised to be

innovation leaders.

CAF-FCA makes every effort to ensure that Canadian apprenticeship stakeholders stay informed about what is happening across the country even if they’re unable to attend in-person events. Through monthly newsletters, more than 7,700 contacts stay engaged with information about the programs and initiatives that inform and impact the work they do.

In addition to the national conference, CAF-FCA organized eleven live web events and two regional roundtables. 1,478 people attended CAF-FCA events in 2018.

CAF-FCA maintains an active presence on social media and uses these channels to communicate information about new research insights, events, webinars and other topics of interest to the apprenticeship community. Join the conversation by participating on:

TWITTER @CAF_FCA [twitter]

Facebook-F @cafapprenticeship [Facebook]

Facebook-F instagram @careersintrades [Facebook & Instagram]

Linkedin-In CAF-FCA [linkedIn]

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Raising Awareness

This year, CAF-FCA produced eleven web events and sixteen career awareness videos. These recordings help connect interested stakeholders with information about new research, available supports and best practices from innovative programs taking place across the country. Many of these resources are available on YouTube and additional views number over 12,000 to date.

Webinar topics in in 2018 included:

Apprenticeship Trends: Insights from RAIS

The Canada Apprentice Loan

An Innovative Approach to Youth Engagement in the Trades

Increasing Aboriginal Skills Training and Apprenticeship

Supporting Women in Trades

Future of Apprenticeship Series: Welcoming Workplaces, Technical Training and Career Awareness

Many thanks to the following partners who collaborated with us on webinars:

• Employment and Social Development Canada

• Gabriel Dumont Institute

• Government of New Brunswick

• ITA Youth, Industry Training Authority of British Columbia

• Nova Scotia Construction Sector Council

• RJW Stonemasons

• Statistics Canada

“The information you provide through your website and webinars is of great value to me as someone who looks after apprentices. Keep up the great work.”

– Ian Reekie, EPCOR


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The video series, “Talk to a Trade” was created through on-site interviews at the 2018 National Apprenticeship Conference. Designed to reach more youth & under-represented groups across the country, CAF-FCA recorded the stories and experiences of certified journeypersons. These videos promote the trades as promising careers and will be featured on the updated version of the Careers in Trades website launching in the fall of 2018. A playlist of sixteen videos is also available on the CAF-FCA YouTube channel.

The following conference delegates generously donated their time to share their trades experiences and advice:

• Adam Angeloni Landscape Horticulturist

• Shaun Barr Sheet Metal Worker

• Rod Bianchini Roofer

• Brian Buckley Instrumentation and Control Technician

• Cecile Bukmeier Motor Vehicle Body Repairer

• Buddy Cardinal Carpenter

• Mark Heartt Carpenter

• Gary Herman Tool and Die Maker

• Chris Hamilton Electrician

• Rupert Kaupp Cook

• Kelly Kienleitner Electric Motor System Technician

• Nicole Mahoney Ironworker

• Adam Melnick Insulator – Heat and Frost

• Tamara Pongracz Plumber

• Aaron Taves Automotive Service Technician

• Bobby Watt Stonemason

• Josie Weitzenbauer Cook

Promoting apprenticeship training to the media about topics of interest to our community is part of the CAF-FCA mandate. This year, we contributed to a Canadian HR Reporter article expanding on the RBC report, Humans Wanted: How Canadian Youth Can Thrive in the Age of Disruption.

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Member Services

Introduced in 2012, CAF-FCA members are apprenticeship champions, practitioners and trainers who are committed to apprentice success. They believe that Canada’s world-class apprenticeship system can only get better when we understand what’s working, collaborate to address barriers and connect with tomorrow’s skilled workforce.

CAF-FCA members support research and activities not viable through project funding. Access to member-only reports and resources, preferred attendance at in-person events and insights from the Apprentices in Canada ePanel are just some of the value they receive in return. We consistently monitor member engagement, making adjustment to member benefits to increase value. Member-driven activities and reports now make up more than half of all resources at caf-fca.org.

Submissions were made to the House of Commons—to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities and

the Standing Committee on Finance. Both documents provide recommendations and ways policymakers can enhance apprenticeship training to benefit the Canadian economy as a whole.

These briefs are available for download at caf-fca.org.

“Access to your research helps us make adjustments to our training plans and revisions to our apprentice training sessions.”

– Richard Plett, RSE, British Columbia

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M e M b e R s e R v I C e s

CHAMPION

Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training

Algonquin College of Applied Arts & Technology

ArcelorMittal Dofasco

BC Construction Association

British Columbia Institute of Technology

Building & Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO

Canadian Construction Association

Canadian Union of Skilled Workers

CLAC

Construction Labour Relations Association of BC

Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC

George Brown College

Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning

IBEW Construction Council of Ontario

IBEW Local 353

Industry Training Authority BC

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers – Canada

International Union of Operating Engineers

Joint Apprenticeship Council

Labourers’ International Union of North America

Merit Contractors’ Association of Alberta

Mohawk College of Applied Arts & Technology

National Electrical Trade Council

NB Post Secondary Education, Training and Labour

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency

Ontario College of Trades

OYAP Coordinators’ Provincial Affiliation

Polytechnics Canada

Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission

Saskatchewan Polytechnic

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology

Trades and Apprenticeship Division (ESDC)

Unifor – National

Unifor – Skilled Trades Council

PATRON

Canadian Welding Association

Colleges & Institutes Canada

Construction Labour Relations Association of Saskatchewan Inc.

Electrical Joint Training Committee

Forest Products Association of Canada

Government of Northwest Territories

Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment & Training Services

Momentum Community Economic Development Society

National Union of Public and General Employees

Operating Engineers Training Institute of Ontario

PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc

RJW Stonemasons Ltd.

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Aboriginal Apprenticeship Board of Ontario

Aboriginal Labour Force Development Circle

Ace Trades and Technical Institute

Apprenticeship Manitoba

Assiniboine Community College

Atlantic Workforce Partnership

Automotive Industries Association of Canada

Boilermakers Apprenticeship Administration Agency

Boilermaker National Training Trust Fund

British Columbia Federation of Labour

Cambrian College

Canada West Construction Union

Canadian Labour Congress

Canadian Nursery Landscape Association

Canadian Roofing Contractors Association

Canadian Union of Public Employees BC

Career Development College

Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology

CLAC Local 68

Clark Builders

Coast Mountain College

Collège Boréal

Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick

College of New Caledonia

College of the North Atlantic

Colleges Ontario

Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l’ Ontario

Construction Foundation of BC

Construction Labour Relations of Alberta

Construction Workers Union, CLAC Local 6

Council of Deans of Trades and Apprenticeship Canada

Douglas College – Training Group

Durham College

Durham Workforce Authority

EPCOR

Fanshawe College of Applied Arts & Technology

Gezhtoojig Employment and Training

Government of Yukon, Advanced Education

Halton Industry Education Council/ApprenticeSearch.com

Heads of Apprenticeship Training

Heavy Metal Equipment & Rentals

Hydro Ottawa

Independent Contractors and Businesses Association

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

L’ Institut des métiers spécialisés de La Cité

LNG Canada

Loyalist College

Medicine Hat College

Métis Nation of Ontario

Mott Electric GP

National Apprenticeship Training Advisory Committee

NB-MAP

New Brunswick Community College

New Brunswick Teen Apprentice Program

Newfoundland & Labrador Hydro

Niagara Peninsula Aboriginal Area Management Board

North Island College

Northern Lakes College

Nova Scotia Community College

Nova Scotia Construction Sector Council

Office to Advance Women Apprentices

Ontario Centre for Workforce Innovation

Ontario Construction Secretariat

Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation

Phyxter Corp

Power Workers’ Union Local 1000

Progressive Contractors Association of Canada

R. A. Malatest & Associates Ltd

Red Deer College

Red River College

Shift iQ

Skills Ontario

Skills/Compétences Canada

SkillSource

St. Lawrence College

The Career Foundation

The W. Garfield Weston Foundation

Union of National Defence Employees

University of the Fraser Valley

Vancouver Community College

Wii-ni n’guch-tood LMS

Women Building Futures

Women in Resource Development Corporation

Women Unlimited

Women’s Enterprise Skills Training of Windsor

YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital Region

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