Alberta construction industry bankrolls scholarships to shore up worker shortages
“ the support and contributions I had already received, it was clear indication that this problem facing industry is entirely provincewide,” Westman said, issuing a challenge to other construction companies to donate to the scholarship. “We’re going to need everybody.”SAIT president Dr. David Ross said the new construction scholarships will help students at his school and at NAIT, as well as for youth outreach in rural and urban high schools.
Ross said with talk of a recession on the horizon, providing support for skilled trades training now could help the industry for years to come. “There is a critical shortage across all trades in the province,” Ross told Global News. “And even if there is a recession, we believe the gap is such that we need to work very hard to make sure we build the support for more apprentices to enter the various industry sectors, including residential construction.”
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