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Career Profile: Stone Cutters and Carvers

by Susan Huebert

In 2014, stone cutters and carvers in Ontario went to work at restoring a section of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. Not everyone in this trade gets to work on […]


Career Profile: Surveyors

by Susan Huebert

If you ride or walk down city streets often enough, you’re likely to see people looking through yellow machines that look a bit like cameras. These people are surveyors, who help […]


I Want to Work for Myself: How to Start a Business at a Young Age

by Stephanie Hughes

You might not like the idea of sitting in a cubicle from nine to five, typing away at investment reports or calling back a list of customers to ask them […]


Career Profile: Network Cabling Specialist

by Susan Huebert

Every day, people use computers, televisions, phones, and other devices for work or entertainment, or to communicate with each other. Without the work of network cabling specialists, none of that would be possible. […]


Power to the Trades People: How Unions Make a Difference

by Anthony Teles

Work in the trades can be demanding and dangerous. The hours, physical labour, and work conditions can be very taxing on the human body. Trade unions play a vital role […]


Fighting for the Future a Plant at a Time: An Arborist Career Profile

by Anthony Teles

Our world continues to grow increasingly industrialized and urbanized. It is more important now than at any point in our history to take care of the trees and plants still […]