Skills Canada Annual National Competition Underway!

From the desk of Michelle Turpin:

Credit: Skills / Compétences Canada Facebook page.

The annual Skills Canada National Competition is underway in Edmonton, AB with hundreds of competitors from across the country competing for their provincial and territorial teams in over 40 different skilled trade and technology contest areas. This annual Competition allows young people to showcase their talents; from bricklaying to baking, mechatronics to mobile robotics, these secondary and post-secondary students are truly at the top of their game!

Training starts early in a school year as these young people prepare for 2 days of intense competition against their peers from across the country. At this particular competition, winners have a win a spot on Team Canada who will travel to Germany in July 2013 to compete at the international WorldSkills Leipzig 2013 Competition.

One of the events is the National Youth Forum. Young people who have competed in a previous Skills Canada event gather together for some leadership training and for a working forum; the young people are the recipients of all of the great events and activities put on by Skills Canada organizations across the world, they are in the best position to give feedback about their Skills experiences. For the second year in a row, Consilium's Michelle Turpin has organized the National Youth Forum for Skills Canada. Celebrating the contributions of the young people who have been involved in Skills Canada is an important step in the whole big picture of the skills movement! 

Amazing opportunities, amazing events, amazing young people filled with passion and talent. To view pictures of the competition, please visit http://skillscompetencescanada.com/en/ to see what it is all about. Good luck to all!