Kyla Anderson

Review of YWCA Saskatoon

I attended the Women's Trade Journey program and d...

I attended the Women's Trade Journey program and dropped out after a month. The program has an amazing instructor Albert, but financially I feel like the program doesn't care about single living people. They don't give enough money for a liveable wage and the school is full time. They only give more money out to people with kids. The first two weeks was things I've already learned in high school and I felt that was a waste of my time. ie)Basic math, how to make a resume/portfolio, ect. But I guess that's what you expect from a program designed for people that didn't graduate high school. Some things that we were watching I felt like was a waste of time and just not productive at all. After a couple more weeks into the program I finally got hands on experience building log sheds. Group work is hard when no one is following instructions and measurements can be inaccurate and wrong. I feel like this program is way too lax as people come and go as they please and there's no punishment for it at all. It's very distracting and I feel like it's disrespectful to the instructor. I appreciate the idea of appealing to women in the trade industry because the lack of gender. The government is pretty desperate to add people into the trade work force as literally anyone can get accepted into the program including immigrants with "passable" English skills. The interview set ups start about 35 people in a board room and 3 people including myself showed up... A great thing about this program is that everything is free, your tools, PPE, ect. Even get a free 6 month pass in the gym. The gym instructors are amazing by the way very accommodating and just fun to be around. I'd recommend this program to anyone that wants to try something new but expect to pick up a part time job if you're single, or if this is something you really want to try. They teach Carpentry, Electrician, and Pluming. Your job placements will be within the last two weeks of your course. Hope this review helped anyone wanting to give this a try.