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Ontario. The unionized sector’s focus on training Covid-19 disrupted event calendars and businesses

ensures union members are safer, more productive around the globe, and the OCS made the shift to
workers. In fact, union workers are three times virtual meetings in step with other organizations

more likely to have completed their Certificate of and took their State of the Industry & Outlook
Qualification than workers in the non-union sector. Conference (SIOC) online this year. “Registration

was very robust. We were able to attract individuals

OCS works with their partners to promote careers from across the province and country who were
in the construction trades. For more than 20 years, interested in our presentations and research. Our

the OCS has hosted Future Building, a hands-on agenda topics and presenters were not really

learning experience where students, teachers, and impacted, only the delivery was,” said Bronk. The
career-seekers receive one-on-one instruction from conference provides insights on Ontario’s economic

construction sector professionals. environment, the ICI construction sector, and

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