Being a kid is all about discovery: what you’re good at, what you like and what you don’t. At Skills Ontario, we’ve seen the look on a student’s face when they find their passion.

Mike McClements, Executive Dean at Conestoga College, and Dr. John Strasser, President of St.Clair College, were inducted into The Klaus Woerner Skilled Trades Hall of Fame, David Weatherhead was recognized with the Glenn Beatty Volunteer Award, and the WorldSkills Team Canada 2015 Ontarian members were introduced.

On March 4, 2015, we were excited to welcome The Rick Mercer Report to the Elementary Skills Ontario Cardboard Boat Race Championships!

Use your drawing skills to help create a Skilled Trades Colouring Book for Elementary Students. This contest is open to students in grades 7-12 attending a Skills Ontario affiliated school.

École Alliance St-Joseph from Chelmsford claimed third in the elementary school division of the Skills Ontario Cardboard Boat Race Championships in Waterloo, March 4-5, 2015.

Forty-seven teams from across Ontario competed in the Skills Ontario Cardboard Boat Race Championships in Waterloo, March 4-5, 2015

WATERLOO--Aaron Adema and Abby McDonald of Elora Public School, paddle Rick Mercer's cardboard boat at Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex as Mercer shoots at a competing team with a water gun.

WATERLOO--Rick Mercer came out to see the students put their skills to the test -- and then he tested a boat of his own!

GUELPH—Students race their homemade cardboard boats during day one of the annual Skills Ontario Cardboard Boat Races at Centennial Pool on Thursday.

Students designed and built their boats then raced them in the pool and tested which could hold the most weight.