{"id":66432,"date":"2019-09-25T11:22:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T15:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skillscompetencescanada.com\/?p=66432"},"modified":"2019-09-25T11:22:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T15:22:41","slug":"skills-competences-canada-elects-national-board-and-new-executive-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skillscompetencescanada.com\/en\/skills-competences-canada-elects-national-board-and-new-executive-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Skills\/Comp\u00e9tences Canada Elects National Board and New Executive Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Skill\/Comp\u00e9tences Canada Elects New President and Three New Executive Committee Members<\/strong>
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\nOttawa, ON<\/strong> \u2013 September 25, 2019 \u2013 Skills\/Comp\u00e9tences Canada<\/a>, a national not-for-profit organization that actively promotes careers in skilled trades and technologies, today announced the newly elected Board of Directors. The Executive Committee will be comprised of Karen Creditor, President, Dr. Patrick Rouble, Vice-President, Luke Young, Treasurer, and Sue LeFort, Secretary who have been elected for a one-year term.
\nThe Board of Directors will also include Dominique Bousquet, Norman Cetkovski, Jamie Gauthier, John Haller, Ray Massey, Loreena Spilsted,\u00a0 Christina Taylor, Travis Stewart, and \u00a0Craig White, who will serve a two-year term.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very pleased to welcome the newly appointed Executive Committee Members, and we look forward to working with them to continue to grow the skills movement across Canada. We would also like to thank the previous Executive Committee members, John Oates, President, Josh Silver, Vice President, Lisa Frizzell, Secretary, and Donavon Elliott, Interim Treasurer for their hard work and inspiring leadership\u201d, said Shaun Thorson, Chief Executive Officer, Skills\/Comp\u00e9tences Canada.<\/p>\n

The Skills\/Comp\u00e9tences Canada National Board provides direction and strategic guidance to the organization to fulfill Skills\/Comp\u00e9tences Canada\u2019s mission of encouraging and supporting a coordinated Canadian approach to promoting skilled trades and technologies to youth. It is important to build a strong skilled workforce to ensure our country\u2019s economic success. Through their competitions and programs, Skills\/Comp\u00e9tences Canada and its Member Organizations engage over 100,000 youth each year and inform them of the many exciting and lucrative career opportunities that exist within the skilled trades and technologies.<\/p>\n

About Skills\/Comp\u00e9tences Canada<\/strong>
\nSkills\/Comp\u00e9tences Canada was founded in 1989 as a national, not\u2010for\u2010profit organization that works with employers, educators, labour groups and governments to promote skilled trades and technology careers among Canadian youth. Click here<\/a> for more information on Skills\/Comp\u00e9tences Canada\u2019s National Board of Directors.<\/p>\n

Follow Skills\/Comp\u00e9tences\u00a0Canada\u00a0on Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0YouTube<\/a>, Flickr<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MEDIA CONTACT: Mich\u00e8le Rogerson, micheler@skillscanada.com<\/a>, 613-266-4771.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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