Paint us proud!
²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓÆµ students earned 20 medals at the annual B.C. Skills Competition in Abbotsford on April 17: eight gold, seven silver and five bronze.
All the gold medallists will represent B.C. at the Skills Canada national competition at BC Place in June. They will compete against college and high school students from across the country.
VCC's 2013 B.C. Skills winners:
Architectural CAD (drafting)
Gold: Meghan McDonell, ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓÆµvia Vancouver
Automotive collision repair
Silver: Steven Dardengo, ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓÆµvia Victoria
Bronze: Philip Laffin, ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓÆµvia Nanaimo
High school automotive collision repair
Gold: Kurtis Gordey, A L Fortune Secondary, Enderby
Silver: Cesar Busine, Sir Charles Tupper Secondary, Vancouver
Bronze: Kyle Steven, Mark R. Isfeld Senior Secondary, Courtenay
Automotive service technician
Gold: Keith Stonehouse, ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓÆµvia Chilliwack
High school auto refinishing
Gold: Adam Sliacky, South Delta Secondary
Silver: Brenden Papps, Moscrop Secondary, Burnaby
Bronze: Donald Urquhart, Panorama Ridge Secondary, Surrey
Culinary arts
Bronze: Lyndsay Jones, VCC
Baking
Gold: Georgine Chung, VCC
Silver: Kate Lo, VCC
High school baking
Silver: Crystal Tan, Lord Byng Secondary, Vancouver
Hair design
Gold: Michelle Macasling, VCC
Silver: Katy Au, ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓÆµvia Richmond
High school hair design
Gold: Rachelle Garcia, Samuel Robertson Secondary, Maple Ridge
Esthetics
Gold: Ashlie Mackie, ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓÆµvia Vancouver
Silver: Eun ju Oh, ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓÆµvia Coquitlam
Bronze: Linda Dooley, ²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓÆµvia Delta
²ÝÁñ¶ÌÊÓÆµpartners with several high schools in Metro Vancouver to offer trades training at the post-secondary level. By the time a student graduates from high school, they are skilled and ready to enter the workforce or able to continue their studies in college.