YAST

 

PEI & New Brunswick

 

YAST in Prince Edward Islands

 

Youth Ability in Skilled Trades

 

Prince Edward Island has been limited in terms of heavy industry and manufacturing throughout the past century. However, exploration for natural gases beneath the province has resulted in the discovery of a large quantity of gas in recent years which will lead to a growing number of jobs in the skilled trades sector on the island.

 

Pipelining will soon become a high demand field on the island and will be joined by already popular industries such as fishery and agriculture.

 

YAST aims to inform youths with disabilities that P.E.I. is a desirable location for skilled labour in Canada.

 

 

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Slide show: This slideshow displays many different images of youth with disabilities working in a wide variety of skilled trades. Some of these trades include Culinary arts window washing blacksmith farming and bicycle repair.

of a young man with sunglasses is fusing two pieces of glass together with glue outside on a summer day.
of a female carpenter crafting a violin out of wood in an indoor work-shop

Youth with disabilities are currently underrepresented in the Canadian workforce and face more physical and social barriers to employment than "able-bodied" youth