Posts Tagged ‘Fab Shop’

Vancouver 2010 Banners Signing Event

Friday, August 6th, 2010 | Leave a Comment

John Furlong, VANOC CEO, personally signing 2010 Winter Games Street Banners

The City of Vancouver donated 800 pairs of Vancouver 2010 street banners to Tradeworks Training Society to help in fundraising for The Fab Shop legacy project, a carpentry training program for at-risk youth, initially launched as a sustainable social initiative created by the 2010 Winter Games. On July 29th, 2010, The Fab Shop held a banner signing event in which John Furlong, VANOC CEO and three Olympian athletes – Kristi Richards, Tom Velisek and Justin Lamoureux, came to sign banners that will be sold online in support of this legacy project. (more…)

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A ‘legacy’ Fabrication Shop

Friday, June 18th, 2010 | Comments (6,327)

Tradeworks is now planning a new ‘Fab Shop’, based on the unique 2010 Fab Shop project sponsored by VANOC  in the two years running up to the winter games. Tradeworks was a partner with RONA and VANOC in the creation of the unique 26 week training and work experience program; a program designed to give targeted populations a real chance at a trades career.  The four initial cohorts included at-risk youth, women, Aboriginals, and immigrants who were struggling to find their places in the workforce. The project was a ‘Games’ first, championed as a sustainability and inclusivity initiative by VANOC.

The program combines training and a social enterprise, providing trainees with carpentry instruction and then giving them up to 20 weeks of work in a production operation. In addition to the technical skills training, participants will also be coached and supported to help them stay focused,  deal with problems outside the workplace, and better understand the expectations of employers. (more…)

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RONA 2010 Fab Shop Ad

Monday, February 1st, 2010 | Leave a Comment

This RONA advertisement features students from a Tradeworks program that connected Vancouver’s inner city youth with employment training and life-skills. In the RONA 2010 Olympic Fabrication Shop, students gained work experience and earned their Level One Carpentry Apprenticeship by building products that will be used during the coming Winter Olympics Games.

View the advertisements below: (more…)

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Carrying the torch for a real legacy

Monday, February 1st, 2010 | Comments (1)

Tradeworks Training Society honoured for commitments to  inner-city inclusivity

Tradeworks Training Society’s Executive Director, Ross Gentleman, has been invited to carry the torch in the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay to Vancouver. The invitation largely comes because of the work that Tradeworks has done to pursue the innercity inclusivity commitments of the 2010 Games.

“I am honoured to be able to carry the Olympic torch on behalf of Tradeworks Training Society,” says Ross Gentleman,  Tradeworks Executive Director. “Tradeworks Training Society wants the 2010 Games to leave a real legacy for the people in Vancouver’s inner-city and believes this event can bring positive changes in the Downtown Eastside community.” (more…)

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