Yukon Energy has joined with Skills Canada Yukon in promoting trades and technology careers among Yukon youth and Yukon apprentices. The partnership will see the electrical company assisting, both financially and in-kind, with the Yukon Territorial Skills Competition, planned for the spring of 2009 in Whitehorse. Last year’s event showcased more than 16 trades and technologies with close to 1,000 individuals in attendance. Even after the competition is finished, Yukon Energy will continue to look for ways of promoting the trades in Whitehorse and all Yukon communities in partnership with Skills Canada Yukon.
“Trades and technologies are integral to our business,” Yukon Energy spokesperson Janet Patterson said. “Any time we are able to show the public that trades and technologies offer rewarding, viable careers, it helps us and it helps the Yukon and ultimately all of Canada.”
Two years ago, Yukon Energy became the first Yukon company to offer yearly scholarships to people entering trades pre-apprenticeship programs.
In addition to providing funding for the territorial skills competition, Yukon Energy has committed to organizing and presenting either a demonstration or a competition involving one of its core trades.
“We have some of the best tradespeople in Canada,” Patterson said. “This was clearly demonstrated this past May when Yukon apprentices won five metals at the Canadian Skills Competition and Yukon apprentice Karl Loos was selected to represent Team Canada at the 2009 World Skills Competition.
“We’re excited about showing young people what can be achieved, and we’re looking forward to working with Skills Canada Yukon to help them produce another successful skills competition,” Patterson added.
“Skills Canada Yukon is extremely pleased and proud to have Yukon Energy Corporation as a partner in the promotion of trades and technology,” Skills Canada Yukon Executive Director Dan Curtis said. “Yukon Energy has been a long time promoter of Yukon apprentices throughout the territory and we are very excited to have such a proactive institution as our partner.
“Skills Canada will continue to offer programming to all Yukon communities in an effort to assist in preparing our youth and apprentices for a spirited competition at the Yukon Territorial Skills Competition at Yukon College,” Curtis said. “The winners of the Yukon wide competition will be selected to represent Team Yukon at the Canadian Skills Competition, which will be held in Charlottetown, P.E.I. in May of 2009. Yukon competitors will be showcased competing against the very best of every region of Canada,” Curtis added.
Apart from the Yukon Territorial Skills Competition, Skills Canada Yukon runs more than 73 skills clubs throughout the Yukon, providing employable skills to over 300 youth.
Contact:
Dan Curtis
Executive Director
Skills Canada Yukon
(867) 668-2709
danc@skillscanada.com
Janet Patterson
Supervisor, Communications
Yukon Energy Corporation
(867) 393-5333
janet.patterson@yec.yk.ca
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