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SKILLS ONTARIO - A major feature of the camps is a trade and tech truck with an array of equipment which reinforces what the students learn in the college workshops. Some examples include a 3D printer and heavy crane simulator. As there is only one truck, it rotates between the colleges.

An example of the latter was a visit to the Toyota Cambridge plant in late July for participants of the Conestoga College camp, says Skills Ontario CEO Ian Howcroft. A major feature is a trade and tech truck with an array of equipment which reinforces what the students learn in the college workshops. Some examples include a 3D printer and heavy crane simulator. As there is only one truck, it rotates between the colleges.

In areas where camps serve First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities, “we do our best to ensure that our programs are led by and inclusive of Indigenous peoples.” DAN O’REILLY – Fourteen-year-old Josephine was one of two female participants at Skills Ontario’s Trades and Tech Summer Camp at Sheridan College’s Brampton campus. She is uncertain about career in skills trades and may consider architecture.

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