It’s the poster child for people who still — albeit incorrectly — see manufacturing as a dirty and often dangerous business. But for Western Canadian foundries and their customers, life is back to normal for at least the next couple years.
>> Skills shortage or skills mismatch?
Sarah Watts-Rynard, executive director of the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum, examines chronic youth unemployment, and discusses what opportunities are available for students to earn hands-on experience in the careers of tomorrow.
>> Manufacturing Canada's future
Income inequality, the middle class and governments: CME's Martin Lavoie looks at why industry is so crucial to Canada's wellbeing, and while the long-term drop in unemployment trumps — what some call — the overall decline of manufacturing.
It wasn't long ago Englefeld was in the heartland of next-year country — a place of hardship and depleting hope for a way of life that was, without apology, slower paced. But residents of the small Saskatchewan village no longer subscribe to that narrative.
>> The ups and downs of manufacturing
For the past 12 years, Victor Butts, an award-winning manufacturing technician professor at Winnipeg's Red River College, has been using yo-yos as a novel and interactive way of nurturing Canada’s next generation of industry leaders .
Back in the 1950s, the “middle class” wage was enough for a roof over a solid home and a car in every garage. A job on the plant floor was a key to the future. But higher education is no longer just an option for little Bobby or Susie — it's a necessity.
