Stories | CWB Welding Foundation

Building Awareness and Supporting Skills Development

We partner with secondary and post-secondary schools and community organizations to host Mind Over Metal camps that introduce welding to youth across Canada. Financial support from industry associations and corporate partners enables us to offer an exciting and enriching experience that broadens campers' exposure to future career opportunities.

MANS celebrates Mind Over Metal Welding Camp in Newsletter

Watch the video produced from the inaugural Mind Over Metal Camp at MANS!

CWB Welding Foundation 2019 Skills Support

CWB Welding Foundation is pleased to share our support for the 2019 Skills competitions!

CWB Welding Foundation: Supporting the Eastern Marine Industry

This is an amazing initiative, brought to life through truly groundbreaking partnerships. We are proud to work side by side with Irving Shipbuilding Inc., Unifor, NSCC, the Province of Nova Scotia and the CWB Welding Foundation to improve opportunities for women in the shipbuilding industry. - Doreen Parsons, CEO Women Unlimited

Nicole LeClair the Welder

#WomenofSteel Article on the Nicole LeClair Welding Bursary Award

CWB Welding Foundation hosts Halton District School Board Safety Training Day

Welding and transportation instructors attended the annual safety training session to educate instructors on best practice in their classrooms.

Alicia the Welder

#WomenofSteel Interview with Alicia Butty

Barbie the Welder

#WomenofSteel interview with Barbie Parsons

MANS Welding Shop- Update

It has been a little over a month since the grand opening of the new CWB Welding Foundation Welding Shop near Maskwacis, Alberta, and students are excitedly anticipating the welding program start in mid-November.

Getting Candid with Lincoln Electric

#WomenofSteel interview with Laura Newell

Atelier La Coulée- Art and Metal In Fusion

#WomenofSteeel Highlights with Maude Lauzière Dumas and Nina Dubois

Welding: A Family Affair

In the four years of CWB Welding Foundation Mind over Metal camps, students have found interest in the camps for a variety of reasons. However, sometimes there is a story so unique it must be shared.

2018 CWB Association Welding Educators Conference

On April 24th to 26th, the 7th annual CWB Association Welding Educators conference was held at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Calgary, Alberta.

Stelco becomes the first National Steel Sponsor for Mind Over Metal Camps

Stelco has supplied the required steel for over 80 CWB Welding Foundation Mind Over Metal (MOM) Camps that will run throughout Canada in 2018/19.

LNG Canada Supports B.C. Mind Over Metal Camps

LNG Canada’s commitment to provide support for the 2018/19 Mind Over Metal camps has allowed CWB Welding Foundation to offer 15 camps in British Columbia this year.