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COURTESY MACKENZIE SMITH — British Columbia Institute of Technology recently announced that electrical instructor Kavan Smith has won a 2024 Excellence in Teaching award.Smith, who has been a Red Seal electrician for 13 years, says she is pleased and proud to have been recognized.
“I recently read about a guy, an electrician, who saw a picture of Antarctica on a magazine rack and was dazzled by it,” she says. “A year later he was working down there.”“The work can be physically demanding,” she says. “I had carpal tunnel syndrome before I got off the tools to teach. And my hearing is pretty bad because I’ve worked around loud equipment.”“Teaching has always fascinated me, even though I had a horrid time in trades school,” she says. “I barely passed.
has a great ad campaign out right now, the ‘this is what a looks like,’ with eye-catching images of people out having fun fishing or mountain climbing. That’s something significant – a rebranding of the trades.”“I grew up with academic parents, both of whom taught at post-secondary schools,” she says. “I think many people, especially women, don’t realize that the trades are an excellent career. Fortunately, the more people know about the trades, the less they fear.
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