An apprenticeship skills agenda: executive summary

The author was requested by the Ontario Skilled Trades Alliance to carry out an engagement process with its members to help determine a transformative vision for apprenticeship training in Ontario. These leaders are from the construction industry, which employs a significant number of skilled tradespersons and help build Ontario's future. The engagement process explored three major questions: (1) What is your understanding of the challenge? (2) What is working now, but with some tweaks, could be much better? (3) What bold ideas do you have which, if implemented, would be 'game changers'...  [+] Show more

The author was requested by the Ontario Skilled Trades Alliance to carry out an engagement process with its members to help determine a transformative vision for apprenticeship training in Ontario. These leaders are from the construction industry, which employs a significant number of skilled tradespersons and help build Ontario's future. The engagement process explored three major questions: (1) What is your understanding of the challenge? (2) What is working now, but with some tweaks, could be much better? (3) What bold ideas do you have which, if implemented, would be 'game changers' for skills in Ontario?; Edited excerpts from publication.