{"id":34674,"date":"2026-03-15T16:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/caf-launches-national-youth-apprenticeship-council\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T16:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:17:12","slug":"caf-launches-national-youth-apprenticeship-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/caf-launches-national-youth-apprenticeship-council\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF launches National Youth Apprenticeship Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2013 The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF) has announced a new national <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/us.cisionone.cision.com\/c\/eJwszEtqLCEUgOHV6MzCd-nAQXOhRncPjR6PKel6Re1AZ_WhQ6bfD38O0oHmlmIQ86ykUkpIuobCE9cOMpSUvNAJtRLczhrVXLzVnNZgfRJWexGNieUuFLdGOcWF4VoQzXvN-KifbI91w9aZMb44Dd5k9oD120zvQLewjnF1om5ELkQuEAsrEKezfRC5NOwYG6xELq_zOVYWr6vhMSpgX-vF4HweUDcmiVzojrlG1nDD2JHVHH7h_gdE3aSW8-xpC__rkTu-pn_nhkRzOI8-2hMGnMeBMCY4d9pHQ9zfmyScd1xGlrItTAvlmJcuMXTOGuMAVIz0K8ifAAAA__8Anmaa\" target=\"_blank\">Youth Apprenticeship Council<\/a> has been established to bring youth leadership directly into decisions shaping Canada\u2019s skilled trades and apprenticeship system.<\/p>\n<p>According to a relrease, the inaugural council includes 11 young apprenticeship leaders representing regions from the Yukon to British Columbia to Newfoundland and Labrador. Members include current apprentices working across diverse trades and industries.<\/p>\n<p>The genesis of the council is to ensure youth perspectives are formally integrated into research, policy discussions and sector leadership conversations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoung apprentices experience the system in real time,\u201d said France Daviault, CAF CEO, in a statement. \u201cThey understand where it works and where it breaks down. This council ensures their perspective informs national dialogue and system improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Youth Apprenticeship Council will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify barriers affecting youth recruitment, retention and completion<\/li>\n<li>Contribute to research and national consultations<\/li>\n<li>Serve as regional ambassadors within their sectors<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen connections between youth, employers, educators and decision-makers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over the coming weeks, CAF will share more information about its structure, mandate and development opportunities will also be shared, the release notes.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural members can be <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/caf-fca.org\/research\/youth-apprenticeship-council-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">seen here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/labour\/2026\/03\/caf-launches-national-youth-apprenticeship-council\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] OTTAWA \u2013 The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF) has announced a new national Youth Apprenticeship Council has been established to &#8230; <a title=\"CAF launches National Youth Apprenticeship Council\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/caf-launches-national-youth-apprenticeship-council\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about CAF launches National Youth Apprenticeship Council\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1037],"tags":[357,295],"class_list":["post-34674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-commercial-news","tag-blog","tag-technology","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}