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Host: The 3rd International UBC Women’s Conference 2010
Location: Las Vegas, USA
Valerie Overend's Role: Delegate from United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America local 2038 - Saskatchewan

Valerie Overend's local Carpenter’s Union sponsored 4 of them (members) to attend the 3rd Women’s Conference at the International Training Centre in Las Vegas. 400 tradeswomen from across North America were in attendance. They participated in various workshops and plenary sessions designed to provide us with history of the Brotherhood, the importance of participating in various positions within our local union, and congratulating the first generation of retiring union tradeswomen.

Host: Ontario Federation of Labour, Building & Construction Trades Council of Ontario, Toronto & York Region Labour Council
Location: North York, ON
Valerie Overend's Role: Invited by OFL as a women’s rep from CAF and CCWESTT.
Primarily a participant, Overend addressed a plenary session to introduce herself and her role as WITT representative on the CAF Board and her affiliation with WinSETT projects. She invited people to contact her for further information.

Conference Goals were to:
- celebrate the accomplishments of women in trades and non-traditional work;
- identify barriers to recruitment and retention of women in non-traditional sectors and develop solutions;
- build support and solidarity networks;
- retain and increase representation of women in trades and no-traditional jobs; and
- encourage women’s participation in their unions.

Delivery agent and target audience: SIAST /Skills Canada Sask

After several years of discussion, they finally agreed to develop a new program with Skills Canada Saskatchewan that was a major departure from our regular programming. They included boys and girls in the mix. This was a one-day Saturday workshop for grades 8 and 9 students that focussed on metal-working trades. The instructors were primarily women with some assistance from regular program instructors. They ran this program at all 4 campuses over the course of a few years.