Women in Nuclear - WiN Canada

Dream big, think the impossible and love passionately was the message delivered to over 170 female students from Gr. 7 & 8 by Marissa McTasney, Owner of Moxie Trades at the Skills Canada Young Women’s Conference in Kitchener, May 17, 2010.

Marissa was the guest speaker at lunch after a full morning of the girls’ rotating between different sessions held by women working in the skilled trades. Four WiN-Canada mentors from Bruce Power, Wendy Huys, Authorized Nuclear Operator, Deb Maclay, Mechanical Maintainer, Kari McCormick, Supervising Nuclear Operator and Sarah Klages, Welder attended the event to provide the students with a glimpse into a day-in-the-life of their chosen careers.

Day 2 of the event brought together many of the same mentors along with 160 female secondary students to be inspired and consider a rewarding career in the skilled trades and technologies. The young women were told independence, a ready job market, a wide variety of work tasks, great money, wonderful travel opportunities and very little debt coming out of their training, await those who chose the skilled trades and technologies.
 
Women account for only 9% of registered apprentices in Canada and 52% of skilled tradespeople are set to retire by 2015. These numbers emphasize the importance of Skills Canada events to help deliver the positive benefits of the skilled trades to our up-and-coming female workforce.

For more information about WiN-Canada visit www.win-canada.org and Skills Canada at www.skillscanada.com.