Subsérie SS8 - Skills Work! Northern Tour 2012

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Delivery agent and target audience: SaskWITT / SIAST /Skills Canada Sask with assistance from: Sask Status of Women Office, Ministry of Social Services,

This report outlines development and delivery of a series of 1-day career development workshops directed at high school girls in Northern Saskatchewan. The program included a touring group of role models – women who work in trades occupations –who went to 5 different communities. They delivered hands-on activities and provide career information to assist girls in the North to include skilled trades occupations in their decision-making. In total, 168 young women between the ages of 13 and 23 participated in the workshops. The report includes information on partnerships, activities, role model selection, and community linkages. Young women representing nineteen high schools were transported by chaperones to and from three sites where the workshops were held. A total of nine tradeswomen, SaskWITT members from various locations in Saskatchewan, were responsible for delivering the workshops.