St. Albert Leader - May 9, 2013

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St. Albert Impact goalkeeper Jordan Thom is hoping to backstop a team made up of some of the best young soccer players in Western Canada to a prestigious tournament in London, England, later this summer. See story, page 4.

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A pair of high school students are lacing up their shoes to walk in support of victims of human trafficking. The Social Justice League at Paul Kane High School is putting on their first-ever Free2Walk event on Saturday, May 18, starting at 9:30 a.m., through which they hope to raise awareness of human trafficking and its devastating effects on people — some of which are felt much closer to home than many may think. “A lot of people think human trafficking only happens in foreign countries, but it’s happening in our backyards,” said Andrea Payne, who, along with fellow Grade 10 student Corissa Tymafichuk, is one of the principal organizers of the event. “There have been at least five reported cases in Edmonton, and there was one — I heard about a case of human trafficking in St. Albert about 10 years ago. It is happening in our country, but not a lot of people hear about it.

The two-kilometre walk will start and end at Lions Park, with a free barbecue following the walk. Payne and Tymafichuk hope the walk — and the walkers wearing orange — will help bring awareness to the problem across the entire community. “We thought people who weren’t participating in the walk would be driving by and see us,” Tymafichuk said. “We’re hoping to have this big mass of orange and hopefully get inquiries about it.” Pledges from the walk will benefit the Not For Sale campaign, which works directly with the victims of human trafficking. “They provide education for the victims, as well as for people in ‘vulnerable communities,’ as they call them,” Tymafichuk said. “They let them know how to get information about it so hopefully they can avoid it. They also provide shelter for those who have come out of human trafficking so hopefully they won’t be pushed into the cycle again.” The pair said they first learned about human trafficking in Grade 8, and had wanted to do

something about it ever since. “[Not For Sale] had videos you could watch, and those videos really impacted us,” Payne said. “That was part of it, that they had good promotional materials that we could use as tools. And we also liked the fact that, not only do they work with victims who have gotten out of [human trafficking], but also in preventing it.” Tymafichuk and Payne have also made presentations to other classes at Paul Kane, and they hope to raise $1,000 through Free2Walk and get about 200 people out. But they’ve already received a big boost before a shoe has hit the pavement. Organizers of the Taste of Kane festival at the high school last week donated their proceeds to the cause, a total of almost $2,000. “[The response so far] has been really surprising, how much everyone has been jumping to help us and support in this,” Payne said. For more on Free2Walk event, visit www.grouprev.com/ free2walkstalbert.

An 18-year-old man from St. Albert was one of two people killed in a collision that occurred Saturday afternoon on Highway 16 near Wildwood, Alta.. Evansburg RCMP were called to the scene of the crash around 4:50 p.m. on Saturday, in the eastbound lanes of Highway 16 at the intersection with Highway 753, about 120 kilometres west of Edmonton. Police determined that a pickup truck carrying two men that was southbound on Highway 753 had entered the eastbound lanes of Highway 16 and been lodged under a tractor trailer unit that was heading east on Highway 16. Both vehicles came to a stop on that road. The pickup truck was carrying a 77-year-old man from Morinville and an 18-year-old man from St. Albert. One occupant was pronounced dead at the scene, although RCMP were not clear as to which one that was. The other occupant of the truck was transported to hospital but later succumbed to his injuries. Families of both men were notified and their names were not released. The driver of the tractor trailer unit was not injured. RCMP are still investigating, but no charges had been laid as of Monday morning.

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A St. Albert soccer player is hoping his steady hands will backstop his team all the way to a berth in a prestigious international tournament. Goalkeeper Jordan Thom, 12, is one of 11 kids from Alberta and British Columbia who will make up Team Western Canada in a soccer showdown against Eastern Canada coming up on June 22 at Saputo Stadium in Montreal. The winner of that game will get the chance to travel to London, England, for the Danone Nations Cup, the biggest and most prestigious youth soccer tournament in the world. “I’m very excited,” said Thom, who attends J.J. Nearing Catholic Elementary School and plays his club soccer with the St. Albert Impact. “[I’m looking forward to] playing lots of soccer.” A total of 32 countries will be represented in England. But, before that, Jordan had to make the western team, starting with a camp of nearly 300 kids in Edmonton before heading to Calgary and then to the final selection camp in Vancouver. “It was pretty intense,” Jordan said, adding that the camp started with about 30 goalkeepers, which was whittled down to

five or six at the second camp in Calgary. Team Canada coach Dean Howie said that he was impressed by Jordan’s work ethic, commitment to training, attention to detail and coachability. “When we arrived in Calgary, he was the first one on the field. He and his dad were knocking balls around, and that speaks to his commitment and excitement, wanting to play and his dedication to working hard,” Howie said. Those are qualities that Jordan’s parents, Alan and Susan, would love to take credit for, but — in Susan’s words — “that’s just Jordan.” “He just loves it,” she said. “His keeper training, he’s never once said, ‘I just want to stay home.’” Aside from his regular team practices, Jordan attends specialized goalkeeper training in Edmonton two times a week, and he and his dad do some extra work on diving and goal kicks on the side. “I’m proud of him regardless of what the turnout would have been,” Susan said. “He works extremely hard at his position, and he’s dedicated to the sport.” He tried out for Team Western Canada last year, and said that getting cut served as motivation to do better this year. Jordan has been playing soccer for years, Alan added, but it wasn’t until he joined the

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under-10 division that he started taking it seriously. “That’s when he started doing the keeper work, and from there, it just took off,” he said. He wound up between the goalposts quite by accident, though. “Back in U-8, our goalie was sick, so I tried it out,” Jordan recalls. “From there, I just loved it.” While his team still has to beat Eastern Canada first, Jordan — a fan of Chelsea in the English Premier League — admitted to thinking ahead a little bit to the chance to play in London, home to some of the top professional soccer teams in the world. But his coach figures that, should they make it to jolly old England, Jordan and the rest of the western squad would represent Canada well. “The last three of four years, we’ve done well and moved up, finished in the top 12,” Howie said. “Considering there are [32] countries, that’s a really good result for Canada, to finish in the top 12. We have a sixth and an eighth, two years ago and three years ago; last year was 12th. From what we’ve seen now, with the west and the east, I think we have a balance of speed, size, technical ability and youthful exuberance, which you hope every 12-yearold has.”

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It has certainly been an eventful year for Patrick Draper. St. Albert’s city manager recently celebrated his first year on the job, having taken over his position on April 23, 2012. In that time, city council and City of St. Albert staff have tackled a number of prickly issues, but Draper said he feels a lot of good work has been done, and that ought to continue into the future. “There’s been interesting progress, and there are some ideas on the horizon to help move the community forward,” he said. One of those issues was the new animal bylaw, but Draper said that went smoother than it could have because the City invested a lot of time in it. “You get into trouble in this business if you make changes that affect the way people live their lives if you do so very quickly,” he said, citing the language laws that came into effect in Quebec while he grew up in Montreal as an example. “... There was a lot of opportunity for people to comment. There were online surveys, and staff answered the tons of emails coming in with specific questions, what-if types of questions. I hope residents feel they had a chance to share their point of view.”

arrived, as he described the preceding year Over the year, Draper said he has to 18 months as “challenging,” with “a lot found St. Albert to be a very “balanced” of strain.” community, which was a bit of a surprise. But Draper led a reorganization of “It’s not [a community] that’s just about several City departments last September, trees and parks or just about business or and between that and other initiatives, just about arts and sports. It is really a complete, well-balanced community for the morale and relationships have improved at city hall. size it is,” he said. “[It’s about] getting He added that he people to think positively, has found St. Albert to be positive, work in be a “well-designed” teams,” he said. “In community, with the difficult times, people bulk of the commercial naturally stay within development along one their own functional major corridor — areas and don’t coSt. Albert Trail — operate or collaborate that branches off into across departments as tree-lined arterial well. So we’ve really roadways, which been talking a lot about lead into residential working together, neighbourhoods. meeting with different “You drive along the groups and different Trail, and people are in <I G 8 I levels, and sharing a rush — go go go. But ; B @: I G8K information. I think when you turn off the that’s helped to improve Trail, the speed goes the morale within the organization.” down, and everyone calms down and kind Of course, one of the most important of meanders along to wherever they turn off to their street,” Draper said. “It creates a relationships Draper has to maintain is that with city council, and he said, so far, that really nice neighbourhood feel.” relationship has been very fruitful. However, the feel inside St. Albert “They’ve invested as much time in Place wasn’t so neighbourly when Draper

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making it work and making it better. They were probably frustrated with where it was before, and I think they like where it is now,” he said. “I’m a very positive-oriented person; conflict doesn’t get you anywhere. That doesn’t mean you can’t disagree on things. But different people have different points of view, and you need to understand that when you make a choice, but then let’s move on.” But, while Draper is looking back, he’s also looking ahead, with several more thorny issues on the horizon in the year to come. “We don’t necessarily have significant gaps, but we can certainly make improvements,” he said, noting that one area where such improvements can be made is in the environment, with water conservation and greenhouse gas matters coming before council in the near future. But Draper is also looking further down the road at what St. Albert will look like in three to 10 years. “If we’re going to have growth, how do we think we’re going to grow?” he said. “... We really need to start thinking about that and how it’s going to be integrated, and when it’s going to start happening, because it’s not 15 years from now or even 10 years from now. We’re likely to start seeing next year some of these plans come to fruition.”

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The proposed land transactions policy clarifies guiding principles and solidifies the City’s approach for both buying and selling land as St. Albert continues to grow.

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Under the policy, the city manager will report back to council annually on the City’s current land holdings and projected land requirements.

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The City has been looking at a new home for the St. Albert 50+ Club and other community groups. Council was asked Monday to accept a report as information and give administration guidance on next steps.

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kindergarten at Leo Nickerson Elementary School and was recently nominated for the Edwin Parr Award, which is given to first-year teachers. Pfle^ \eki\gi\e\lij Youth entrepreneurship is thriving in St. Albert as the Junior Achievement company Epiphany proudly presented their wares at this week’s Junior Achievement Alberta Business Hall of Fame Dinner. The St. Albert students from Grades 9 to 12 start and run their own company, including producing and selling product, from February until May every year. More information on how to be involved as a student entrepreneur or a volunteer can be found online at www.janorthalberta.org. >ifn`e^ X DXiXk_fe “Maybe we should start a marathon in St. Albert” was the thought that was floated one day by the great folks at Leading Edge Physiotherapy. Grant and Heidi Fedoruk, Anita Cassidy and their team put together the RunWild Marathon that took place this past weekend. It was a beautiful and successful day and a tremendous community gathering. Lots of hard work in their third year has grown this event to include almost 2,000 runners. It’s a great grow-an-event story — from zero to 2,000 runners and a lot of money raised for the Zebra Child Protection Centre and the St. Albert 50+ Club. JgilZ`e^ Lg Xe L^cp Cfk Last week, Lynda Moffat, the president and CEO of the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce, put out the call to members for their assistance in dealing with “the nasty little vacant lot right on the St. Albert Trail (East side), just across from Gate Avenue.” A brownfield site, the Chamber has been provided the opportunity from Imperial Oil to make aesthetic improvements. They are looking for donations of product, time, and/or cash. If you can help or have some ideas, drop Lynda a note at lynda@stalbertchamber.com.

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The St. Albert Community Information and Volunteer Centre doubled down on their annual Volunteer Citizen of the Year award on Saturday. For the first time since 2001, the CIVC named co-winners of the prestigious award, with both Helen Kieran and Violet Oko taking home the honours. “I’m totally shocked, I really am,â€? Kieran said after receiving her award. “It was a great honour just to be nominated.â€? Kieran and Oko are good friends, with each of their lengthy volunteering resumĂŠs including duties with the St. Albert Retired Teachers Association. Sharing the award was a thrill for both of them. “Helen’s adorable; I know her very well. It was fun,â€? said Oko, who added that she was “humbledâ€? by the award after 40 years of volunteer service in St. Albert. “It’s wonderful to share it with somebody else,â€? Kieran added. Kieran also volunteers with the

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Arden Theatre, Friendship Force of Edmonton and Area, the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Oko’s other volunteer efforts have benefited the St. Albert Botanical Park, the St. Albert United Church, the Breakfast for Learning programs in local schools and several local minor sports organizations. CIVC executive director Glynis Thomas said that, although naming co-winners is rare, it can happen when the selection committee sits down to hash it out. “When that occurs, [it means] a couple of individuals are so similar in their attributes as far as what they contribute to volunteerism in the community — how they volunteer is different, but the impact of what they do is considerable,� she said. But she added that the ceremony is a great chance to celebrate all the volunteers in the community, not just those who win awards. “We are recognizing a few here today,� Thomas said, “but we are celebrating them all.� Other finalists for the Volunteer Citizen of the Year award included Margaret Davison, Clayton Schafers

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One tiny show in Kingston, Ont., has turned into so much more for Splash’N Boots. The children’s entertainment duo of Teas Leavitt and Nick Adams, who now make their home base just outside Toronto, are heading back to St. Albert at the end of May for one of their favourite gigs at the International Children’s Festival. But Leavitt said that, after their first show — on a street corner in Kingston — they never thought they’d be where they are today. “I think my dad was the only person who came,” Leavitt said. “But it’s funny; I think that helps you get good at it. The more shows we did the more comfortable we got, even if there was nobody there.” The duo got started Queen’s University in Kingston — “Nick was all set to become a high school teacher, and I distracted him from his goal,” Leavitt said with a laugh — and were hooked after their first show, which she described as “more of a play with music.”

“From there, we just decided we couldn’t do anything else,” she said. “That was it; we were on track.” Aside from touring children’s festivals around the world, Splash’N Boots have released six CDs, two DVDs and 12 music videos, and are currently working on new songs as part of a partnership with Treehouse TV. “Nick does a lot of the music writing, because he plays guitar, and I’ll come up with a lot of ideas and lyrics. We kind of do stuff separately, then come together and do things together,” Leavitt said. “We don’t really sit down together and start off; we usually start off separately and work at it.” But they’re happy to take a break from songwriting to come back to St. Albert for a spot as one of the International Children’s Festival’s featured main stage performers. “It’s absolutely our favourite children’s festival and event that we ever do,” she said. “It’s got such a sense of community, I think, that makes it different. The volunteers, the social events — everyone really cares and is invested in it.” During their first couple of visits to St. Albert, Splash’N Boots played the

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You might find Rick Jackett in the stands at the Rainmaker Rodeo and Exhibition at the end of this month, but you won’t find him in the chutes with the bulls anytime soon. Jackett plays guitar with Finger Eleven, the Canadian hard rock veterans who are slated to play under the big top at the Rainmaker Music Festival on Friday, May 24, along with Bleeker Ridge, Naked Beauty and Dead City Dolls. And while he admires the skill of the cowboys who enter the rodeo ring, he said he’s in no rush to jump in there himself. “I value my limbs too much,” Jackett said. “I depend on my hands. I try to stay away from anything that would maim me or harm me. ... It’s amazing the ability it takes to do that.” But you might find Jackett and his bandmates — including singer Scott Anderson, guitarist James Black, bassist Sean Anderson and drummer Rich Beddoe — on some of the midway rides, as shows at summer fairs offer up some

welcome diversions from life on the road. “It’s pretty common to see us out on the midway at some point, either during the day or after the show,” he said. “We usually end up on the midway. Depending on how I’m feeling that day, I may take some rides in, but I usually end up in the beer gardens.” “There’s something about those outdoor fairs, those festivals — there’s just an energy, a vibe there,” he added. “The people there are excited and they’re having a fun time all day, and when the show happens, there’s a real excitement.” Finger Eleven was formed in Burlington, Ont., in 1989, and since then have released six studio albums, which have spawned hit songs like “One Thing,” “Paralyzer,” “Good Times,” “Bones and Joints” and “Living in a Dream.” Looking back, Jackett admitted that, when they started out as high school friends, he never thought Finger Eleven would ever make it to where they are today, with their music taking them all over the world. “Not even a chance,” he said. “On

one hand, we were naïve young kids who believed we could be the next Beatles. But then, once we started the journey, reality kicked in — this isn’t just like, grab some guitars and you’re famous. It’s a long, hard road. We saw so many great bands not succeed, and we saw some mediocre ones hit the roof, and you realize it’s not up to you anymore; it’s up to luck and the people listening. You don’t have as much control as you thought you had.

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are almost ready to get into the studio and lay down those tracks. “There are a lot of similarities to the way we wrote our second record, The Greyest of Blue Skies,” Jackett said. “There’s a lot of good jamming in the room, not demoing everything right away. We got in the habit of writing with a computer beside us and recording everything we wrote, so our brains and our souls didn’t have to remember the parts. This time around, we’re not documenting every jam and every change we make, so when we get back together in the room, we have to own the song, remember what we were doing and not just listen to a tape. ... If we wake up the next morning and none of us can remember it, it obviously wasn’t a very good riff.” However, Jackett added, fans won’t hear any of those songs in St. Albert, and for good reason. “It’s a rule of thumb with the band: We don’t play new songs until they’re recorded and mixed, because we’ve learned that, even in the mix, they can change drastically,” he said. “Nowadays, when everyone has a camera and

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What happened in Vegas certainly stayed in Vegas for Jennifer McCurdy. Since this past Christmas, McCurdy, the member services director at the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce, has been attempting to do as much of her shopping in St. Albert as possible, and documenting the results on a blog on the Chamber’s website. Recently, though, her family went on a vacation to Las Vegas, but the temptation to splurge at the outlet shops wasn’t enough to break her will. “I went down, and my whole way of thinking was totally different,” McCurdy said. “The customs guys wouldn’t believe that I had less than $100 [worth of goods] in my bag. “They were like, ‘How long were you down there for?’ And my husband was like, ‘Don’t even ask her,’” she added with a laugh. “It’s something I think I’ll carry on.” About five months into her experiment, McCurdy said things are going well, and she has received quite a bit of feedback, both online and off.

“I’m not getting as much feedback as I was in the beginning, and that’s probably just because I’m not sending out to my friends and getting it out there as much,” she said. “But I get a lot of people who say they are changing the way they’re shopping and giving second thought to things, which is nice.”

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into Edmonton. “It’s not that I’m not shopping in [Edmonton]; it’s that I’m making sure I’m shopping in St. Albert first,” she said. “But I really haven’t ventured out of St. Albert. There are some things where I’ve thought, ‘I really don’t need that, so I’m not going to go outside St. Albert if I can’t find it.’” Aside from the economic benefits of keeping her money in the community, shopping locally also has its share of environmental benefits, as shoppers don’t have to burn as much gas heading into Edmonton. The Chamber is also enlisting the help of St. Albert’s own Seriously Green as they work to “go green” in their office. McCurdy is committed to keeping the experiment going, and she’s excited to write about what else St. Albert’s business community has to offer. “It’s making me really look at St. Albert and things I normally wouldn’t have done, like entertainment,” she said. “I’m learning a lot more about things in St. Albert that I didn’t even know were available, which is great.”

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The name may have changed, but the goal of cleaning up the banks of the Sturgeon River has remained the same. The City of St. Albert and the Big Lake Environmental Support Society are teaming up once agian to put on the Clean and Green RiverFest — formerly known as Clean Up the Sturgeon — on Sunday, May 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will see folks head up to clean up litter that has accumulated along the river over the winter, as well as plant trees and shrubs as part of the River Edge Enhancement Project and take part in an environmental fair with displays on the river valley itself and other ongoing environmental initiatives in St. Albert. “This fun-filled event gives residents an opportunity to connect with each other while doing something positive for the environment here at home,” said City director of recreation services Monique St. Louis in a press release. “Our trail system, parks, green spaces and natural areas are the envy of many communities, and with

the help of residents, we are able to keep them clean and looking beautiful.” Volunteers who come out to help with the cleanup will be supplied with gloves, garbage bags and recycling bags, and they’ll also get T-shirts and a free barbecue lunch. The tree planting will take place northeast of St. Albert Centre to enhance bird and animal habitats. The environment fair will take place in the adjacent St. Albert Centre parking lot, and will also give kids the chance to make a Mother’s Day craft. Residents of all ages can volunteer to help out by registering online in advance at www.stalbert.ca/spruce-up-st-albert or by calling the City’s recreation services department at 780-459-1600. Registrations will also be taken on the day of the event at the plaza behind St. Albert Place or in the east parking lot of St. Albert Centre. The Clean and Green RiverFest is part of the City’s year-round Spruce Up St. Albert initiative, which also includes the City-Wide Clean Up, the Partners in Parks program, natural area and neighbourhood cleanups, schoolyard cleanups and Arbor Day celebrations.

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Cathy Carlson is closing her doors, but hoping to open up new horizons online. Carlson is the owner of Seriously Green, a store that specializes in environmentally friendly products that has been operating on St. Anne Street in downtown St. Albert for nearly the past three years. The doors will close at that location on May 31, but Carlson isn’t going away — she’s taking Seriously Green completely online at www.seriouslygreenweb.ca, hopefully getting things rolling by the middle of June. “I’m excited about it,” Carlson said. “Obviously, it was a hard decision. This is our heart. It’s not just a business that we decided was a great business idea; this is what we believe in. That’s why we couldn’t just close our doors and not do something online, because we truly believe in what we’re doing. We just have to meet more people who believe in what we’re doing, and maybe the Internet will allow that.” She said the move was prompted by profitability and the type of traffic she was getting in the store. “It was a move toward me having more time with my family, and lots of people are shopping online, so why not join the masses?” Carlson said. Going online means that there are some products the store won’t be able to carry anymore, but other new ones it can sell. “It remains to be seen with time in terms of new products,” Carlson said, “but some of the stuff I have here, I will be discontinuing and not putting on the website, more because of the fact of, say a toy — it’s hard to ship because it’s bigger. Or a purse — when I’m looking at a purse, I want to feel it, touch it, look at it a little closer.” Carlson will be offering free delivery to customers in St. Albert, and possibly other pickup dates in surrounding communities like Morinville. But she does also hope to start attracting

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The St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce is putting the call out to local businesses to help give drivers a great first impression when entering St. Albert. The Chamber sent out an email to members on Thursday, May 2, asking to the local business community to donate time, money or product toward turning the empty lot along St. Albert Trail near Gate Avenue into a new passive park that shows off the City of St. Albert’s Botanical Arts City brand. “For years, we’ve been talking with the City about how to make that [lot] better, but the City wasn’t able to get a lease on the land from Imperial Oil,” said Chamber president and CEO Lynda Moffat. “Imperial Oil didn’t want to do that, I guess. So I figured, we’ll try.” “Of course, I’ve been sitting on the St. Albert Trail Committee too,” she added, “where we’re really focused on the trail and how it looks to people first coming into St. Albert — not necessarily living here, but getting their first impression.”

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According to Janine Carmichael, Manitoba Director for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), “the good news is that our research clearly shows there is employer demand in the trades. There are loads of terrific, high-paying jobs available. We’re also excited because many students who study trades like plumbing, carpentry and baking end up being entrepreneurs too.” But experts agree more skilled trades opportunities are needed for students. “We need to ensure we have enough capacity at training institutions to meet employer demand, as well as ensure provincial regulations, like the ratio of apprentices to journeypersons, are not a barrier for employers to take on more apprentices,” says Carmichael, a participant at a recent skills summit held in Winnipeg. Students are going into the trades, just not nearly in great enough numbers, says Carmichael. “There does seem to be a bias among many Canadian families to steer their children — and educators to steer students — into the professions and traditional ‘white collar’ jobs. But quite frankly, not everyone can or should be a doctor, lawyer, or accountant.” She adds that policy-makers need to focus on strategies that better align the skills, qualifications, and training of students and young workers with the needs of employers. Kaus, of educationaldirections.ca, says that the biggest difficulty faced is finding job placements for the students, and employers who will take them on as apprentices.

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