Jan 25, 2024
Jessica Bannister is a 3rd generation HVAC contractor. Her dad
apprenticed under his dad in the 1970’s and her brother followed in
his footsteps right after high school.
But the trades were never considered as an option for her and so
she went the traditional route of college and took an office job.
In 2017,...
Jan 18, 2024
In our very first She Wears Work Boots Conversations episode, we
talk to Alexis Armstrong, host of the Smoko Podcast. Smoko exists
to highlight the work and stories of women and female-identifying
folks in STEM, trades and other non-traditional roles.
In this episode, Alexis and Lindsay kick-back, relax and...
Jan 11, 2024
Chloe Arsenault is a fairly recent graduate of the civil and mining
engineering program at College Boreal and currently works as a
field technician at NSS Canada. Her work takes her to mines all
across Canada and even overseas.
While her career choice is pretty cool, her hobbies make it even
cooler as Chloe continues...
Jan 4, 2024
Molly Allgood went to university and graduated with a Bachelor of
Science in Honours Human Kinetics. Throughout University she spent
the summers working up in Parry Sound Ontario building, renovating,
and repairing cottages. She also helped with the work to open and
close them, and although she loved it, it didn't seem...