Welcome
Welcome to Explore the Trades! Halton’s virtual trades exploration event for Grade 7 students. We hope that you and your teachers learn a great deal about the trades and technologies today and walk away with a great understanding of the possibilities that your future may hold.
We’ll ask you to start by watching this video:
Welcome to the Skilled Trades.
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Welcome to the Skilled Trades
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Keynote address by Rokhaya Gueye.
Keynote Speaker
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Rokhaya Gueye, also known as Rok, serves as a Community Partnership Coordinator for the Carpenters Regional Council and Ontario Chair of the Sisters in the Brotherhood of Carpenters Union. Rok graduated from the Construction Engineering Technician Management program at George Brown College.
Experiential Learning
One of the great things about a path to the skilled trades is getting real-life experience while still in school. Experiential Learning gives students the opportunity to participate in various activities and then reflect on and apply the knowledge and skills they picked up. Click on this poster, and watch the video, to learn more about the benefits of Experiential Learning
Click on this poster, and watch the video, to learn more about the benefits of Experiential Learning.