Fleming College

Peterborough ON – (May 27, 2014) – Close to 100 female students from local school boards will try be trying out trades this week at a special event hosted by Fleming College’s School of Skilled Trades and Technology.

The ‘Women in Trades’ Days for students in Grades 7 and 8 will take place Tuesday, May 27 to Thursday, May 29 at Fleming’s McRae Campus. The students will participate in two workshops, one in carpentry and the other in plumbing, and will work on projects using various tools and techniques.

The Women in Trades Days is an opportunity for young women to discover the trades and learn more about the possible career opportunities within the field. Students will be attending from the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, the Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board, and the Trillium Lakelands District School Board.

Thirty students will be at Fleming from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each day, in the Carpentry Lab at McRae Campus on Bonaccord Street in Peterborough.

About Fleming College
Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 100 full-time programs in Arts and Heritage, Community Development and Health, Continuing Education, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, General Arts and Science, Justice and Business, and Skilled Trades and Technology. Fleming College has more than 5,900 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, and more than 65,000 alumni.

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For more information:

Jan Watson, School of Trades & Technology, jan.watson@flemingcollege.ca or 705.749.5530x 1642.