Industry Insider

In this week’s episode of Industry Insider, Collision Repair celebrates International Women's Day by reacing out to women in collision repair to hear their stories and experiences when it comes to working in the trades.

Chelsea Stebner is a managing partner at Saskatoon’s Parr Auto Body. In her position, she has seen⁠—and helped⁠—women thrive in the industry. While she began as a receptionist at a heavy-duty truck shop. From there, she climbed the collision repair ladder by grasping every opportunity thrown her way and being ready and willing to learn.

Next, Collision Repair spoke to Nic Sheetka, a drag racer about to enter her 10th season and an auto body apprentice at Parr Auto Body. Now in her third year of schooling, Nic originally applied to the facility in response to a receptionist position, but they hired her on as an apprentice. 

Finally, we spoke to Bree Campbell, the owner of Dynamic Autobody, a facility in rural Outlook, Saskatchewan. She began there On a day-to-day basis, Bree says she enjoys the paperwork side of things, but always tries to stay hands-on around the facility.

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This week, Paul Carter, dean for Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s School of Transportation sat down to discuss the trades college’s ongoing recruitment initiatives. The school recently welcomed a wealth of international students to its pre-employment programs in Regina and Saskatoon and has several other missions on the go, including a program designed to get women and indigenous learners into the bodyshop to start pursuing careers in the trades.

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With the first CCIF of the decade gearing up in Toronto next week, we take this episode of the Industry Insider Podcast to speak with Andrew Shepherd, the senior director of industry programs at AIA Canada as well as the executive director of I-CAR Canada.

Shepherd takes us through the history of CCIF, what we can expect from this upcoming event, and how we can expect the forum to change in the future do respond to industry trends.

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In this week's episode of the Industry Insider Podcast, we chat with Mark Graves, the president of the Provincial Towing Association of Ontario, to get a sense of the current working relationship between Collision Repair shops and tow truck operators, as well as see where this relationship could head in this new decade.

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In this week's jam-packed episode of the Industry Insider Podcast, we take a deep dive into the Tropicana Employment Centre's 'Auto Body and Collision Damage Repairer Pre-apprenticeship Program,' which has been running now for more than a decade.

Steve Gallace and Peter Wrong of 3M, Jean-Marc Julien of CARSTAR and Marc Trembley of Tropicana Community Services join us to cover the program and its history.

REVISED: It was incorrectly stated that more info could be found at Tropicana Community Services. Information for the Pre-apprenticeship Program can actually be found on the website for Tropicana Employment Centre. Those interested in applying are encouraged to contact Suad Dualeh, the program coordinator, at (416) 491-7000 Ext. 209 or [email protected]

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