Award & Bursaries

Women In Trades

Award/Bursaries Program

The Women In Trades Awards/Bursaries Program was created to recognize women who are members of the Canadian Building Trades, and to bring awareness of employment opportunities for women in the skilled trades.

This annual award/bursaries program provides 3 recipients each with $1,500, for a total of $4,500 in awards:

1 Award Of $1,500 to any woman Journeyman who is part of the Building Trades Unions

2 Bursaries Of $1,500 Each, to be given to TWO Apprentice women who are a part of the Building Trades Unions
Any 1^st/2^nd/3^rd/4^th/5^th Year Apprentice

Who is Eligible?

Canadian women in the trades (part of the Building Trades Unions) who demonstrate integrity, excellence, and leadership within the Maintenance/Construction trades industry.

Candidates who qualify will possess all of the below points:

Membership with a union under the building trades
Integrity and leadership within the industry
Excellence in their trade
Practice workplace safety
1^st/2^nd/3^rd/4^th/5^th year apprentice Or,
Journeyman status

Maximum of 50 applications to be received per year

If applying for the Apprentice Bursary, the applicant must not have received the “ACTIMS Women In Trades Award” in the past to be eligible

Requirements

Complete the application form in its entirety, enclose the required attachments and mail or email to the ACTIMS office between the dates of February 1^st through till April 30^th.

Write Up: The applicant must write a page or more describing why they feel that they possess or demonstrate the below points:

Integrity within the industry
Leadership in the workforce
Excellence in their trade
Practice workplace safety

The write up must be signed off by their employer stating that the information provided by the applicant is true to the best of their knowledge.

Letter of Recommendation: The applicant must provide a signed letter of recommendation from their current or most recent employer; or their local union

Copy of Journeyman tickets or Apprentice Book (Apprenticeship papers)

How To Apply

To be eligible, applications and supporting documents must be received no later than April 30^th.

Completed application package must contain:

Fully Completed Application Form
Write Up (Signed off by the applicants’ Employer) Describing why they feel that they possess or demonstrate the below points:

Integrity within the industry
Excellence in their trade
Practice workplace safety

Letter of Recommendation from current or most recent Employer; or Local Union (Signed)
Copy of Journeyman Tickets or Apprentice Book (Apprenticeship Papers)

Winners will be contacted by the ACTIMS office by the last week of June

4 Ways To Apply

By Online Application:
You can apply online by filling the Online Application Form

By Email:
Complete the application form
Email completed application and supporting documents to: Ainslie@trades-ab.ca
In the subject title line, please put “ACTIMS Women in Trades Awards/Bursaries Program”

By Fax:
Complete the application form.
Fax completed application and supporting documents to:
403-254-4346
Please put attention to “ACTIMS Women in Trades Awards/Bursaries Program”

By Mail:
Complete the application form
Mail completed application and supporting documents to:

ACTIMS Women in Trades Awards/Bursaries Program
P.O. Box 76182
Calgary, Alberta, T2Y 2Z9

2022 Winners

We congratulate the following Canadian Building Trades Women for winning the 2022 Women in Trades Awards & Bursaries:

• Jolene Griffen-Denham – Journeyman Welder, Local 527 (Ontario)
• Rachelle Premack – Journeyman Carpenter, Local 1598 (British Columbia)
• Lauren Chicoine – 1st Yr Apprentice Plumber, Local 325 (New Brunswick)
• Danielle Parsons – 2nd Yr Apprentice Scaffolder, Local 1325 (Alberta)

We thank everyone for applying to the 2021 Women In Trades Awards/Bursaries Program – please apply again next year!

Jolene Griffen-Denham

Rachelle Premack

Lauryn Chicoine