Skills Canada National Results
Thirteen SAIT students and their coaches headed to Halifax for the Skills Canada National Competition May 27 – 30. More than 500 high school and post-secondary competitors from across Canada vied for honours in more than 40 skilled trades and technologies categories.
SAIT took home seven medals, including two gold. Taylor Desjardins won the top prize in Cabinetmaking — securing himself a spot on Team Canada to compete in WorldSkills in Kazan, Russia, August 22 – 27.
Check back here to follow Taylor’s road to Russia!
Team SAIT results:
- Korae Nottveit, Culinary Arts: gold medal winner
- Peter Farrar, Aerospace Technology: bronze medal winner
- Carlo Tang, Automobile Technology: bronze medal winner
- Peter de Waal, Cabinet Making: bronze medal winner
- Scott Lonseth, Carpentry: bronze medal winner
- Jonathan Siblagan, Industrial Mechanic Millwright: bronze medal winner
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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3.