All Roads participant Calvin seizing opportunity to create new life and career
October 30, 2023 (Fort St. John, BC) – All Roads participant Calvin is an inspiring example of how self-determination and commitment can lead to positive, life-changing career opportunities. With the support of CFBC’s All Roads program and a strong desire to improve the trajectory of his current situation, Calvin’s journey shows that that no barriers […]
Exploring the CFBC All Roads program and its unique, diverse cohorts
October 26, 2023 (Kamloops, BC) – In collaboration with Indigenous communities across British Columbia, the Construction Foundation’s (CFBC) All Roads program continues to develop pathways to success for hundreds of participants through individualized roadmaps developed between participants, community and the All Roads team. Roadmaps and Skills Training under the All Roads umbrella are delivered individually […]
Sky Keepers graduate earns contract opportunity with AltaGas
October 3, 2023 (Fort St. John, BC) – All Roads: Sky Keepers graduate Tiffany recently made the jump from program alum to contracting for energy company AltaGas, a company connecting customers and markets to reliable sources of energy. Support from the CFBC-funded Sky Keepers program was a catalyst for Tiffany to successfully secure a contract […]
Skills Link program challenging traditional outcome evaluation for youth programming
The Construction Foundation of BC’s (CFBC) Indigenous Skills: Skills Link program is breaking the mould of CFBC’s traditional youth programming and shifting what the definition of “success” is to program participants. In collaboration with Social Research and Demonstration Corporation’s (SRDC) ‘Skills for Success’, the Indigenous Skills: Skills Link program is using an innovative approach […]
All Roads program uses unique approach and cultural connections to achieve success
June 27, 2023 (Southern Interior, BC) – The Construction Foundation of BC’s (CFBC) All Roads program works with Indigenous participants, communities and cohorts to develop career pathways and achieve personal goals. Led by First Nations professionals since 2019, All Roads has collaborated with participants in multiple communities throughout BC. Each participant’s unique aspirations and goals […]
Kw’umut Lelum Advisory Counil build new skills and lasting memories at latest Indigenous Skills workshop
In late August, the Kw’umut Lelum Youth Advisory Council and the Construction Foundation of BC came together to present an Indigenous Skills workshop to a group of young adults on central Vancouver Island. The workshop, led by Haida artists, Kristy and James Crawford, saw the youth creating their own Wood Block Relief Prints. Wood Block […]
Five Days to make a canoe paddle: Indigenous Skills workshop in Campbell River
Over two weeks participants from two groups were offered 5 days to create a canoe paddle of their own. Dean Heron and Elder George Hunt Jr. were innovative in their delivery of instructions to the cohorts, weaving traditional and contemporary knowledge of cedar, tools and safety. Dean is the Indigenous Skills Lead and mentor for […]
Paddle Pendant workshop in Esquimalt: In-person learning with Dean Heron
In-person Indigenous Skills workshops returned to Victoria for the first time in a long time, this past June, marking a welcome return to traditional instruction and an opportunity to introduce small groups of enthusiastic youth to contemporary trades and traditional knowledge. In consideration of the continued pandemic, both the Esquimalt First Nation and the Indigenous […]
Witset First Nation welcomes CFBC into community for Indigenous Skills workshop
The Construction Foundation of BC wrapped up a successful, four-day Indigenous Skills workshop in the community of Witset earlier this Spring. Participants in the community received virtual instruction from First Nations artist and Indigenous Catalyst Dean Heron once-per-week over the course of four weeks, en route to carving and completing their very own traditional Canoe […]
All Roads partners with Lii Michif Otipmisiwak family and community service to provide canoe paddle workshop
The Construction Foundation of BC’s ‘All Roads’ initiative recently completed one of their most ambitious workshops to date! The team worked together alongside Kikekyelc’s Indigenous Youth Services Life Skills Program, members of the Thomas Rivers University’s (TRU) Trades & Technology department and Master Carver, Frank Marchand to coordinate a three-week, six-session Paddle Carving workshop with […]
