{"id":4311,"date":"2021-11-15T16:46:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T20:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluedoor.ca\/?p=4311"},"modified":"2023-08-03T16:03:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T20:03:58","slug":"learning-a-skilled-trade-can-be-life-altering-for-homeless-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluedoor.ca\/learning-a-skilled-trade-can-be-life-altering-for-homeless-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning a skilled trade can be life-altering for homeless youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 14th, 2021. By: Liz Braun, torontosun.com,<a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/news\/national\/learning-a-skilled-trade-can-be-life-altering-for-homeless-youth\"> Original Article.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">Shantelle Wiscombe is a skilled carpenter who absolutely loves her job building custom staircases for a Newmarket firm.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<p>At 22, she has an independent life and a very bright future, not so different from others her age, perhaps. But not that long ago, Wiscombe was dealing with homelessness and addiction.<\/p>\n<div id=\"featured-video\" class=\"featured-video youtube js-widget-youtube\" data-sticky-video-component=\"ts-ready\">\n<div class=\"video-placeholder\">\n<div class=\"placeholder-inner\">\n<div class=\"ytp-spinner\">\n<div class=\"ytp-spinner-container\">\n<div class=\"ytp-spinner-rotator\">\n<div class=\"ytp-spinner-left\">\n<p>After a childhood spent in foster care and group homes, she was lacking any sort of road map for adult life.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMy family struggles a lot. I had never really lived a stable life,\u201d Wiscombe said in a recent interview.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">But she doesn\u2019t want to dwell on the past.\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u201c<\/span>I overcame addiction,\u201d she added. \u201cI overcame homelessness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\"><span class=\"s1\">While living at a shelter, Wiscombe heard about opportunities in construction work and found her way to a training program \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/constructgta.ca\/\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"User Interaction Click\" data-evt-val=\"{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;Click Source Type&quot;: &quot;Click Source Type&quot;, &quot;Click Source Name&quot;: &quot;Click Source Name&quot;, &quot;Click Target URL&quot;: &quot;Click Target URL&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;Click Source Vertical Position %&quot;, &quot;Click Source Vertical Position Pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;Click Source Type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;Click Source Name&quot;: &quot;Blue Door\\u2019s Construct&quot;, &quot;Click Target URL&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/constructgta.ca\/&quot;}\">Blue Door\u2019s Construct<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 where she learned how\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">to use power tools safely and got other hands-on carpentry training. She also got in-classroom instruction for such things as construction math.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI built a picnic table and a Muskoka chair,\u201d she said proudly. \u201cAnd I built a birdhouse, a house for my cat, and a lot of cool stuff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Construct, Wiscombe stated, \u201cGave me a life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Armed with her new skills and the resume they taught her how to write, Wiscombe went looking for work and found an employer \u2014 Royal Oak Railing and Stair \u2014\u00a0willing to take a chance on a rookie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Wiscombe, who is bright and engaging, has a tremendous work ethic and has proven to be an excellent employee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSometimes I look at the work I do and think, \u2018I made a piece of rough lumber look like this?\u2019 It\u2019s amazing!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI love this place,\u201d she said of Royal Oak. \u201cI want to stay here a long time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">She is proud of herself, and rightfully so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI didn\u2019t know where I was going in life. When you grow up in group homes or homeless shelters, you don\u2019t have a good head on your shoulders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBut this program gave me everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/constructgta.ca\/\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"User Interaction Click\" data-evt-val=\"{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;Click Source Type&quot;: &quot;Click Source Type&quot;, &quot;Click Source Name&quot;: &quot;Click Source Name&quot;, &quot;Click Target URL&quot;: &quot;Click Target URL&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;Click Source Vertical Position %&quot;, &quot;Click Source Vertical Position Pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;Click Source Type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;Click Source Name&quot;: &quot;Blue Door&quot;, &quot;Click Target URL&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/constructgta.ca\/&quot;}\">Blue Door<\/a>\u00a0is a shelter in York Region and its construction<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">program is an employment\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">social enterprise that offers a helping hand into the building trades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Katie Bea, training coordinator at Construct, described the eight-week program and the individual help provided to each student. The program is backed up by community and employment supports and is a direct aid to ending homelessness, said Bea, because it leads to career paths, affordable housing, independence, and a way out of poverty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe are proactive, not reactive \u2014 that\u2019s where I get job satisfaction,\u201d said Bea.<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\"><span class=\"s1\">Construct is one of 10 community partners across the country chosen by\u00a0<\/span>The Home Depot Canada Foundation for its TradeWorx program.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Starting with an initial $1-million investment, TradeWorx and those community partners will provide training for 100 Canadian youth experiencing homelessness or barriers to employment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Like Wiscombe, these kids will get the necessary training and guidance to find work in the skilled trades \u2014 much in demand in the construction industry right now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\">TradeWorx operates by the \u201cteach a man to fish\u201d philosophy: The Home Depot Canada Foundation has invested more than\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">$42 million in research, housing, and life skills development programs aimed at preventing and ending youth homelessness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cTradeWorx builds upon our work with community partners that provide emergency housing and social supports for youth, by connecting them with the training needed to establish lasting careers and acquire stable housing,\u201d said Pamela O\u2019Rourke, board chair of The Home Depot Canada Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Wiscombe, thrilled with her job and the apartment she shares with her fiance and their pets, is living proof of how well these programs can work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI succeeded. I achieved.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">One day, maybe, I\u2019ll own my own shop!\u201d said Wiscombe.<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI had nothing,\u201d she added. \u201cI want to emphasize how much I have overcome in my life and how far I\u2019ve come, and how proud I am of myself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 14th, 2021. By: Liz Braun, torontosun.com, Original Article.\u00a0 Shantelle Wiscombe is a skilled carpenter who absolutely loves her job building custom staircases for a Newmarket firm. At 22, she has an independent life and a very bright future, not so different from others her age, perhaps. 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