(News Release) VICTORIA – The Vancouver Island Construction Association (VICA) is proud to honour eight students and apprentices in the construction trades through its scholarship program. Recipients of the Secondary School Apprentice Scholarship, the Women in Construction Scholarship and the SuperStar Apprentice Scholarship are each awarded $500 to be applied towards tuition fees in continued trades training.
The Secondary School Apprentice Scholarship honours Level 1 construction apprentices on Vancouver Island who have completed a training program through the South Island partnership, Central Island partnership or North Island partnership. The $500 scholarship is awarded to the highest achieved grade point in the following categories: carpentry, electrical, joinery/cabinet making, piping trades, sheet metal and welding.
Recipients: Finn McGuffin, Gulf Islands Secondary School (Carpentry); Maarten Long, Edward Milne Community School (Electrical); Gavin Villa, Pacific Christian School (Joinery/Cabinet Making); Kyle Murai, Lambrick Park (Piping Trades); Mark Lee, Claremont Secondary (Sheet Metal); Nathaniel Wynans, Port Alberni Secondary School (Welding).
The Women in Construction Scholarship is awarded to a woman registered in a Foundations program or Level 1, 2 or 3 of an Apprenticeship program in construction and is continuing her studies. This year’s recipient was Hanna Leslie, Camosun College, year 1 Carpentry.
The Superstar Apprenticeship scholarship is awarded to a recipient in the Foundations program or Level 1, 2 or 3 of an Apprenticeship program in construction and is continuing his/her studies. This year’s recipient was Ali E Alamolhada, North Island College, year 1 Joinery Cabinet Making.
Recipients were selected by the VICA volunteer Construction Careers Committee.
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