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The Government of Yukon celebrates apprenticeship excellence and 60 years of apprenticeship training

Press Release

Sep 16, 2024

On September 12, the Government of Yukon hosted the 30th annual Yukon Apprenticeship Excellence Awards, celebrating 60 years of apprenticeship training in the territory. The event highlighted the remarkable growth of skilled trades over the years and reaffirmed the government’s commitment to supporting apprentices and ensuring the continued professionalism of the trades.

These awards are an opportunity to come together and recognize the accomplishments of current apprentices and new journeypersons. They also provide an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the businesses, organizations and mentors who nurture and support the growth of the Yukon’s skilled trades and technology sector.

The ceremony celebrated 47 apprentices with an award of excellence, and 50 new journeypersons with certificates of qualification, with the majority earning Red Seal designations. In addition, industry partners awarded two apprentices for excellence in the trades of sheet metal worker and automotive service technician.

Awards of excellence are presented to individuals who demonstrated outstanding achievement during apprenticeship level or interprovincial Red Seal examinations. Notably, five attendees received multiple awards for their excellence in their registered trade.

This year’s cohort will join the 3,220 journeypersons who the Government of Yukon has certified over the past six decades. Currently, over 500 apprentices are registered in the territory.

With deep pride, I congratulate all apprentices and new journeypersons for their excellence, commitment and accomplishments in the skilled trades. Your hard work and dedication to mastering your craft showcases the incredible talent within our Yukon communities. These awards shine a spotlight on the vital role that businesses, organizations and mentors play in fostering and advancing the Yukon’s trades and technology sector.

Minister of Education Jeanie McLean

Quick facts

  • Awardees and certified journeypersons represented 12 different trades.
  • The Red Seal is the highest level of certification of trade expertise in Canada.
  • Duncan’s Ltd. recognized a sheet metal worker apprentice with the Des Duncan Memorial Award
  • Klondike Cruisers Association recognized an automotive service technician apprentice with the Klondike Cruisers Award.

Backgrounder

2023–24 certified journeypersons

Reynaldo Jr Agapito, Ross Barchen, Kyle Bowers, Tyler Bradfield, Maris Brandt, Adrian Cecco, Charles Dagostin, Jesse Dunford, Jeffrey Eddyvean, Connor Fellers, Christopher Forestell, Saul Gale, Rylee Genier, Chance Goodman, Misha Hampl, Marco Harwood, Ralph Hermosa, Sean Herrmann, Charles Hyslop, Peter Jensen, Dustin Johnson, Daniel Kerr, Brandan Kormendy, Ryota Kubo, Yannick Leclerc, Christopher Ledgerwood, Rodel Leonen, Harrison MacDonald, Ray MacDonald, Jarrett Malchow, Felix Maltais, Evan Manning, Allen Mark, Keona Mclaughlin, Jesse Michaudville, Tyler Mulligan, Nicolas Nadon, Mackenzie Orban, Dakota Rhodes, William Shawcross, Nicholas Starr, Tara-Dee Taylor-Mills, Aiden Tew, Isaiac Tracey, Adam Twigge, Lydia Veillette, Chase Whitfield, Cody Whittingham, Isaac Williamson, Colson Wykes

2023–24 award of excellence recipients

Level 1:

Casey Barnhart, Adam Bergeron, Florian Boulais, Daniel Brazeau, Tristan Brown, Rosuel Carpina, Dallas-Rae Gaven, Breen Johnstone, Daniel Klassen, Anne-Marie Legare, Feidhlim Marion, TJ See, Joshua Smith, Joshua Wanless

Level 2:

Josh Apostol, Andrea Bacchetta, Rosuel Carpina, Grace Dalgarno, Brendan Dobson, Anna Janowicz, Trevor Jones, Henry Kedziora, Mineon Lee, Joey Lorenz, Mackenzie MacIntyre, Jared Morgan, Mason Pritchett, Brendan Reese, Ferdinand Royle, Maximus Slager, Matthew Tremblay, Joshua Wanless, Bela Westfall

Level 3:

Harrison Bredy, Daniel Charbonneau, Dean Cromarty, Grace Dalgarno, Cavan Egan, JP Favron, Alex Gunn, Allan Lee, Solon MacDougall, Shane Orban, Jayden Sinclair, Adam Twigge, Binil Xavier

Level 4:

Reynaldo Jr Agapito, Jesse Dunford, Felix Maltais, Jordan Schmidt

Interprovincial Red Seal:

Adam Twigge, Cody Whittingham

Media contact

Laura Seeley
Cabinet Communications
867-332-7627
Laura.Seeley@yukon.ca

Zara Soukoroff
Education, Communications
867-332-6481
zara.soukoroff@yukon.ca

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