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7/18/2011 Labour Market Information Survey Report of the Aerospace Industry in BC
The Transportation Career Development Association and the Aerospace Industry Human Resource Steering Committee undertook a survey of the Aerospace Industry to collect labour market information with an emphasis on human resource requirements, skilled labour issues, and challenges to be dealt with to keep the industry competitive.

2/2/2011 Sector Advisory Committees
The primary function of the Sector Advisory Committees is to serve as a direct linkage between transCDA and its industry constituents

12/6/2010 Press Release: Immediate Opportunity for Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians to Receive Red Seal Certification
Information on the HDET pilot initiative.

11/26/2010 Immediate Opportunity for Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians to Receive Red Seal Certification
Deadline for applications is December 15th, 2010.

11/26/2010 New Strategy Addresses BC's Looming Skills Shortage
By 2019, British Columbia will have over a million job openings.

10/25/2010 Industry Input into Heavy Duty Mechanical Trades Training
Northern Lights College and Transportation Career Development Association team up to get industry input into heavy duty mechanical trades training.

10/18/2010 Re-alignment of In-school Technical Training for the Heavy Mechanical Group of Trades
Update and invitation in the validation of a project that transCDA has been working on with a committee of instructors from training providers across the province to re-align the in-school technical training for the Heavy Mechanical group of trades.

10/6/2010 Metro Vancouver’s Non-Road Diesel Engine Initiative
Reducing diesel emissions improves air quality and public health in Metro Vancouver and is an effective means of immediately slowing climate change.

9/2/2010 BC Professional Truck Driver Training Program Back on the Road
The Transportation Career Development Association (transCDA) and the BC Trucking Association (BCTA) are rolling out the industry-developed and supported BC Professional Truck Driver Training Program on September 6, 2010, with anticipated full delivery across the province by the end of 2011.

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2/18/2012 transCDA: @gmbondi Based on your posts, @transCDA would like to meet you to discuss solutions and establish a plan for apprentice training change.
transCDA: @gmbondi Based on your posts, @transCDA would like to meet you to discuss solutions and establish a plan for apprentice training change.

2/14/2012 transCDA: Site C Clean Energy Project - Joint Agreement Issued | BC Newsroom: http://t.co/X4ydh0jY
transCDA: Site C Clean Energy Project - Joint Agreement Issued | BC Newsroom: http://t.co/X4ydh0jY

2/8/2012 transCDA: Reading the Coming Jobs War by Jim Clifton, Chairman of Gallup. "What the world wants is a good job" and we need to consider this every day.
transCDA: Reading the Coming Jobs War by Jim Clifton, Chairman of Gallup. "What the world wants is a good job" and we need to consider this every day.

2/8/2012 transCDA: Canada: Labour shortage becoming ‘desperate’. http://t.co/p7xMQchh
transCDA: Canada: Labour shortage becoming ‘desperate’. http://t.co/p7xMQchh

2/7/2012 transCDA: Canada: Immigrant drop imperils Ontario economy. http://t.co/zkompv94
transCDA: Canada: Immigrant drop imperils Ontario economy. http://t.co/zkompv94

2/7/2012 transCDA: EDC tells manufacturers how to compete in the global marketplace as they face a chronic skill shortage. http://t.co/pxWfePMQ
transCDA: EDC tells manufacturers how to compete in the global marketplace as they face a chronic skill shortage. http://t.co/pxWfePMQ

2/7/2012 transCDA: Canada: Unemployment is rising, but so is a worker shortage. How both can be true. http://t.co/NXO4HooX
transCDA: Canada: Unemployment is rising, but so is a worker shortage. How both can be true. http://t.co/NXO4HooX

2/7/2012 transCDA: Cut the overlap in immigration system, report warns http://t.co/YAibR9jj via @globeandmail
transCDA: Cut the overlap in immigration system, report warns http://t.co/YAibR9jj via @globeandmail

2/7/2012 transCDA: Just spent three hours reading REWORK. It's not the typical business book that reminds you of boring college classes and stuffy professors.
transCDA: Just spent three hours reading REWORK. It's not the typical business book that reminds you of boring college classes and stuffy professors.

2/5/2012 transCDA: Generation Y works by different set of rules. http://t.co/phXR1O6l
transCDA: Generation Y works by different set of rules. http://t.co/phXR1O6l


10/21/2010 UVIC RATIFIES AGREEMENT WITH FACULTY ASSOCIATION
VICTORIA – A two-year agreement under the Province’s 2010 mandate has been ratified between the University of Victoria and members of the UVic Faculty Association, announced Finance Minister Colin Hansen.

10/19/2010 EDUCATION, INNOVATION FOCUS OF TRAVEL TO ASIA, ISRAEL
VANCOUVER – Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development Moira Stilwell will be travelling to China and Vietnam to continue to develop and promote relationships with British Columbia’s educational institutions, and will then travel to Israel to meet with government and industry leaders in technology transfer.

10/18/2010 $25,000 SCHOLARSHIP TO SUPPORT B.C.’S FUTURE SCIENTISTS
BURNABY – One aspiring scientist will win a $25,000 education scholarship to pursue the career of their dreams as the grand prize in the Year of Science contest launched today at BCIT, announced Advanced Education and Labour Market Development Minister Moira Stilwell.

10/15/2010 EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES IN TRADES TRAINING IN SALMON ARM
SALMON ARM – More students in the Okanagan can now access trades training with the completed expansion of Okanagan College’s trades training facility in Salmon Arm, giving them the opportunities for successful future employment

10/12/2010 CHOOSE SCIENCE. GO FAR.
Science is everywhere and affects everything we do – from driving our cars, to how we communicate and how we learn in schools. Science can improve the quality of our lives at many different levels – from our everyday activities to global issues.