Chantal Côté Appointed To College Of Trades
McGuinty Government Modernizing Apprenticeship Training
Chantal Côté has been appointed to join eight other industry leaders selected by the government to serve on the Appointments Council of the Ontario College of Trades.
The College of Trades is a new regulatory body that gives industry a greater role in recruitment, governance, certification and apprenticeship training. This will build on the significant role skilled trades already play in Ontario’s prosperity. It will also give the skilled trades a professional regulatory body similar to teachers, doctors and nurses.
The Appointments Council will make appointments to the governance structure of the college, including the board of governors, divisional boards, trade boards and adjudicators for review panels. In addition, the council will act as the college’s transitional board of governors to give industry a greater role in the governance of the apprenticeship training system and the promotion of careers in the skilled trades.
QUICK FACTS
- A bilingual teacher and qualified hairstylist, Côté developed classroom instruction for apprentice hairstylists and training for students wanting to pursue careers in the health and services trades at école secondaire catholique Thériault in Timmins.
- The Ontario College of Trades Appointments Council represents a cross section of employers and workers involved in the province’s apprenticeship training system.
- The Ontario College of Trades is the first regulatory body for the skilled trades in Canada.
- In Ontario, there are more than 120,000 apprentices learning a trade – which is 60,000 more than in 2002-03.
- The Ontario government has issued over 760,000 certificates to skilled tradespeople or journeypersons working in the province.
