1. Jill of All Trades Expanding our footprint provincially and nationally- are you in?

2. Jill of All Trades Introductions
Brenda Gilmore, Chair, Technology, Trades and Apprenticeship, Conestoga College
Rosie Hessian, Chair Community Outreach, Pathways and Youth Engagement – Conestoga College
Brenda + all

3. Jill of All Trades
“Join us in exploring activities to encourage young women to choose non-traditional careers in skilled trades.”

4. Women make up 48% of the Canadian workforce, however, women account for only 4.5%of skilled trades workers in Canada!
Gender stereo type- social pressure in high school or younger to choose female oriented careers
Discrimination- women are passed over for hiring, raises and promos
Home responsibilities- childcare (4)
Harassment- 9/10 women working in the constructions industry experience bullying or sexual harassment (3)
Poverty- 1.5 million women are considered low income in Canada and are not able to afford skills training and pay for food and rent (2)
Stats…
Rosie

5. Barriers… Attitudes… “Oh you are too smart for that”
Perceptions… “dirty job”
Awareness…”You do not need to be good at math to go into the trades”
Experience… “Oh, why do you want to do that, isn’t that a guy’s job”
Confidence… “I can’t do this”
Rosie

6. … we can do something about this
Females Grades 9 to 12 ( or earlier)
Encourage interest in the trades
Schools to support skilled trades for (young women)
Introduce skilled trades opportunities in a safe environment
Women supporting women in the trades (mentors)

7. ETT4W
Dual Credit
TnT Day
Jill of All Trades

9. Rosie
For women Only…

10. TnT Days… a day for women
Rosie
TnT Days… a day for women
TnT Day.. A Day for Women…

11. Brenda
Jill of All Trades…

12. What is Jill of All Trades
This amazing event will expose young women to a variety of trades, technology and apprenticeship programs. Jill of All Trades day will also allow students to explore trade-focused courses available for future post-secondary education…workshops are designed to encourage young women to consider the opportunities and benefits of a future in skilled trades and technologies.
…How cool is that!

13. What is Jill of All Trades
Annual event 6th year May 2019
Conestoga 12 “local" school boards
245 young women participants
Over 150 faculty, staff, school board and Ministry in attendance
15 hands on workshops

14. Jill Logistics Student selection (transportation)
Registration/Photo release
Workshop choices (group of 3) / Agenda (VIP)
Food!
Booths
Funding

15. What is Next… are you in? Trademark registration Sponsorship
Other colleges
School Boards

16. Well,… you in?