News + Announcements
$5.5 Million in Funding Awarded for Skilled Trades Workforce Development
May 27, 2024 The Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages of Canada joined SkillPlan and other leaders from Canada’s Building Trades… Read more »
Feds Make Funding Announcement in Kelowna Aimed at Boosting Skilled Trades Workers
May 27, 2024 With a looming shortage of skilled trades workers, Canada’s Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages of Canada, Randy… Read more »
SkillPlan CEO Kyle Downie Address at the 2024 CBTU Conference
April 30, 2024 Check out our CEO Kyle Downie’s presentation at the Canada’s Building Trades Unions 2024 conference!Learn about SkillPlan’s partnership with… Read more »
CBTU 2024 Legislative Conference
April 30, 2024 SkillPlan was delighted to participate in the Canada’s Building Trades Unions 2024 legislative conference this week. Excellent conference this year… Read more »
NABTU conference
April 25, 2024 SkillPlan was thrilled to attend North America’s Building Trades Unions 2024 Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, in April 2024. Amazing… Read more »
Canada’s Building Trades Unions and SkillPlan Launch New Indigenous Awareness Training
March 7, 2024 The training was developed in consultation and collaboration with Indigenous leaders and educators across North America.March 7, 2024 –… Read more »
Indigenous Awareness Training Launch
March 7, 2024 SkillPlan, in collaboration with Canada’s Building Trades Unions, was proud to launch our online Indigenous Awareness Training for Building… Read more »
SkillPlan Honoured for Innovative Learning Hub
February 14, 2024 We’re thrilled to share that SkillPlan has been honoured with the prestigious Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Award in the Learning and… Read more »
HCM Excellence Awards Ceremony
February 14, 2024 Attending the awards ceremony to receive the Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Award was a remarkable moment for all of… Read more »
Building a sustainable future, together!
February 7, 2024 SkillPlan is proud to be part of a groundbreaking moment as CBTU rolls out Canada’s most comprehensive climate-focused construction education… Read more »
Building It Green Webinar
February 5, 2024 With over 3 million new construction jobs needed to support Canada’s transition to net-zero by 2050, this is your chance… Read more »
New Climate-Focused Construction Curriculum
February 2, 2024 The new Building it Green program is Canada’s most comprehensive climate-focused construction curriculum. Building It Green’s upcoming webinar will highlight… Read more »
Free Webinars for Skills for Success Practitioners
December 20, 2023 Calling all Skills for Success practitioners! Free webinars hosted by SkillPlan and Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC/SRSA) to learn… Read more »
Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference
December 3, 2023 SkillPlan was excited to attend North America’s Building Trades Unions Tradeswomen Build Nations 2023 conference in Washington, DC with 4,000… Read more »
Mentorship in the Trades in Columbus
November 21, 2023 Thank you to the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council and the Building Futures Pre-Apprenticeship Program for welcoming us… Read more »
Making Learning Engaging
November 8, 2023 Graham Taylor, our Manager of Instructional Technology & E-learning, shares 3 strategies organizations can use to help drive engagement in… Read more »
Addressing the Labour Shortage
November 3, 2023 According to BuildForce Canada, recruitment requirements for the construction industry in Canada will rise to 299,200 workers by 2032. At… Read more »
BC Building Trades’ 51st Constitutional Convention
October 17, 2023 SkillPlan was excited to attend BC Building Trades’ 51st Constitutional Convention this week. We’re proud of our partnership with BC… Read more »
Building Trades of Alberta Annual Conference
September 21, 2023 We were proud to be a part of Building Trades of Alberta‘s Annual Conference, Partnership for Mutual Success, September… Read more »
2023 Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Bronze Award
September 5, 2023 SkillPlan is thrilled to announce that we’ve been honoured with the prestigious 2023 Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Bronze Award… Read more »
ACCESS Apprenticeship Training
August 22, 2023 We were proud to be part of ACCESS’s Witness Ceremony to celebrate the milestone achievement of their Inaugural Electrical Pathway… Read more »
Indigenous Awareness Training
August 18, 2023 SkillPlan is proud to have joined North America’s Building Trades Unions, Canada’s Building Trades Unions, Bechtel Corporation, … Read more »
Funding for Apprenticeship Programs & Services
July 6, 2023 We are proud to be a part of the Government of B.C.’s $5 million investment announced today by The Honourable… Read more »