Opinion: Women key to addressing Alberta’s skilled trades shortage

For generations, Alberta’s growth and success has been fueled by industries relying on skilled trades.  Welders, instrumentation technologists, boilermakers, heavy equipment operators, instrumentation technicians and others have built Alberta’s energy industry from the ground up.  Carpenters, electricians, iron workers, and construction trades have built Alberta’s towns and cities to accommodate this province’s transformation from a sparsely populated, agrarian economy to a global leader in energy production and technological innovation. Read More