CFBC Volunteer Spotlight: Millwright apprentice, Annabelle Lalonde, reflects on early success in trades industry
September, 2024 (Quesnel, BC) – Annabelle Lalonde, a millwright apprentice with Motion Industries, has found early success in her trades career and is encouraging others in a similar position to give trades a try. Since beginning a millwright apprenticeship with Motion Industries, Lalonde has participated in skilled trades competitions across the country, capturing a regional […]
CFBC’s Skills Ready facilitates trio of trades workshops for East End Boys Club
June 27, 2024 (East Vancouver, BC) – The Construction Foundation of BC’s Skills Ready program made a visit to East End Boys Club (EEBC) to facilitate a trio of trades workshops in late June, introducing its youth to concrete planter, copper bracelet and aluminum ring bowl projects. The workshops were a part of EEBC’s summer […]
Simple yet effective, Skills Ready copper bracelet workshops a hit in middle school classrooms
May 15, 2023 (Campbell River, BC) – Skills Ready, the Construction Foundation of BC’s (CFBC) longest-running initiative, continues to make an impact on British Columbia classrooms and students participating in its workshops. The most recent example of Skills Ready’s impact comes through Vancouver Island’s Campbell River community, where a copper bracelet-making workshop that was introduced […]
Trades Exploration Camp: Sparking interest in trades with youth
This summer, René Ragetli partnered with the Ironworkers Local 97 in Burnaby, to host a Trades Exploration Camp. René is the Construction Foundation’s Director of Project Operations and uses his background in teaching to create engaging workshops for youth around BC. Focusing the 5-day workshop on metalworking and woodwork, youth were able to get comfortable […]
Major donors from Project Shop Class launch dinner
BC high schools receive $294,000 from private sector as Project Shop Class builds momentum
MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NORTHERN GATEWAY, HOULE ELECTRIC, MORE VANCOUVER, BC – February 21, 2014 – The Construction Foundation of BC received more than $294,000 for its Project Shop Class fundraising campaign at a kick-off dinner in Vancouver last night. Attendees included owners of many BC construction firms, senior executives from the automotive, oil, and gas […]
Rebuilding Shop Class in British Columbia
Students in some British Columbia high schools will soon have improved facilities for skilled trades training, thanks to a new initiative from the Construction Foundation of BC (CFBC). Starting today, BC high schools and school districts with a demonstrated commitment to skilled trades training are invited to submit applications for grant funding to refit and […]
PHOTO: The official launch of CFBC
Today we celebrated the official launch of the Foundation with our first donation: a $65000 contribution to Honour House. The photo above includes board members from the British Columbia Construction Association, the Vancouver Regional Construction Association, the Honour House Society, and members of the honour guard from Honour House.
Honouring our brave countrymen and women
As a new initiative of the British Columbia Construction Association, the Construction Foundation of BC was created to give the construction industry greater opportunity to give back to the community. It is only fitting that the inaugural contribution from the Foundation would be to support those who contribute so much to the health and safety […]
