Promoting Climate Literacy in the Skilled Construction Trades: An Innovative Project of the Canadian Building Trades’ Union

Abstract

Presentation Overview: Advancing Climate Literacy in Building Trades’ Training Object of the project: promoting climate literacy in the trades’ training system How the project was established The project team: Canadian Buildings Trade Union (CBTU) Climate and Industry Research Team ( CIRT) SkillPlan Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) CBTU Advisory Committee Research findings: English Canada, Quebec, US and Europe Curriculum development process Next steps in the project: rolling out the climate curriculum Acknowledgement: Funding for the project has been provided by the Federal Government’s Union Training and Innovation Program (UTIP)