Women In Work Boots Digital Magazine (1)

voluMe 1 fall 2013 FIND MEANINGFUL WORK h t l a he ess: n k t i R o f w l & hysica qual p sn’t e doe sical phy ness fit Ryan MuRphy is not a Man NATURAL BUILDING the iMpoRtance of tax planning  letteR fRoM the editoR contents in our website and THROUGH SHARING THE STORIES OF OTHER WOMEN WORKING IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY OR WITH A CRAFT, WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL FIND WHAT YOU NEED TO GET TO WORK OR TELL ANOTHER WOMAN ABOUT WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED. 3 T 6 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR JILL DRADER 7 8 12 16 20 10 EDUCATION INSTITUTES IN WESTERN CANADA MOXIE TRADES BY MARISSA MCTASNEY, WORK WEAR FOR WOMEN A LETTER FROM OKANAGAN COLLEGE’S NANCY DARLING KATE BRAID: AUTHOR, SPEAKER, JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER. RYAN MURPHY CONSTRUCTION Q&A WITH LARA AND KAREN NATURAL BUILDING WITH CARLY SLADE AND HEATHER NOAKES WOMEN OF THE BUILDING TRADES UNIONS WITH JAMIE MCMILLAN eight years in was so enamored and interested in 23 4 hese words were spoken to me only months ago by an amazing Journeyman Plumber/ SMART TRUCKING WITH CATHERINE MACMILLAN 24 MEANINGFUL WORK WITH ALLA GUELBER 27 FEEL THINK DO WITH JANE COOPER 28 THE ‘T’ COVER LETTER WITH DEBBIE MASTEL 30 MONEY, TAXES, AND ORGANIZATION WITH KRISTA ZEIDLER 32 PHYSICAL WORK DOESN’T EQUAL PHYSICAL FITNESS WITH JARI LOVE 34 in other NUTRITIONAL SNACK IDEAS FOR YOUR TOOLBOX FROM SARAH REMMER were built Jill Drader _____________________________ womeninworkboots and tell us what you like and want we are still so happy to be able to help and support  4 WOMEN IN WORK BOOTS | MAGAZINE MAGAZINE | WOMEN IN WORK BOOTS 5 10 institutes EDUCATIONAL 5. woMen buIldIng futures for trades training for women heRe aRe 10 places to staRt youR ReseaRch to find the pRogRaM that’s Right foR you in westeRn canada. 6. trade wInds to success socIety aboriginals 7. northern alberta InstItute of technology pre-employment and pre-apprenticeship programs 8 access Is the aborIgInal coMMunIty career eMployMent servIce socIety operating around the becoming a Master 1. southern alberta InstItute of technology 2. saskatchewan InstItute of applIed scIence and technology (sIast) Instructor women In trades exploratory course 9. unIons Do you have a program that you want others to know about? 4. MoMentuM Immigrants and/or aboriginals 3. Industry traInIng authorIty (Ita) 10. okanagan college gateway to the building trades for women www.facebook.com/ woMenInworkboots  6 WOMEN IN WORK BOOTS | MAGAZINE MOXIE tRades MAGAZINE | WOMEN IN WORK BOOTS 7 MaRissa Mctasney OWNER AND CREATOR IS FROM ONTARIO, WHERE SHE RUNS HER BUSINESS AS THE CHIEF WORK BOOT WEARER. SHE CREATED THE FIRST PINK WORK BOOT FOR WOMEN AND HAS SINCE GROWN HER LINE. FIND HER ONLINE AT MoxietRades.coM A LETTER FROM... okanagan college’s nancy daRling brItIsh coluMbIa Is leadIng canada wIth theIr trades prograMs for woMen, organIzatIons and assocIatIons, and onlIne support network through woMen In trades traInIng (wItt) facebook page. JoIn theIr conversatIons! nancy darlIng, an adMInIstrator wIth the trades and apprentIceshIp departMent of okanagan college, shares the successes and upcoMIng opportunItIes for woMen In brItIsh coluMbIa. I aMelia lotus dani betsy xtReMe  8 WOMEN IN WORK BOOTS | MAGAZINE MAGAZINE | WOMEN IN WORK BOOTS 9 PIONEER kate bRaid R E D A S E A L C A R P E N T E R When speaking about being a he hired a woman they would speed up to TITLE HERE “Here’s the point I’m trying to make, and I especially want to address trainers, employers and the government people here: Women can do this work.” Wermentum volutpat, neque nisl rhoncus nisi, ac vulputate libero diam vitae justo.  10 WOMEN IN WORK BOOTS | MAGAZINE MAGAZINE | WOMEN IN WORK BOOTS 11 Look at Ed over there. Sixty if he’s a day and the man looks more graceful than a goddamned crane. Nails hum for him. Walls rise all around him like some Eastern palace. Ed knows. Those little lines of steel can talk, story is tell you what kind of wood you’re dealing with, how thick and whether it’s wet or dry. You feed ‘em to your hammer like this. Are you right handed? Hammer in the right, nails in the left. Don’t look! roll them like cigarettes. a problem on their hands when a woman or Place them one at a time fast, right where your hammer is waiting, poised at the top “With the help of good foremen and forewomen, site managers and owners, we will one day see a lot more women, and First Nations, and people of color, share in these deeply rewarding careers. of the next swing to give them a love tap or two. Got the rhythm, kid, you got it now? You’ve got to love a job that’s got this much rhythm, this much swing.” Turning Left to the Ladies just rolling her eyes at the right moment was ” was working on the Patterson addition to “ . Lesson One: Nails. WRITTEN BY JENNIFER SINTIME  12 WOMEN IN WORK BOOTS | MAGAZINE MAGAZINE | WOMEN IN WORK BOOTS 13 RYAN MURPHY is not a Man RYAN MURPHY CONSTRUCTION INC., A CALGARY, ALBERTA BASED CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, WOULD FOOL MOST OF THOSE WHO WOULD ASSUME THAT IT IS MALE OWNED AND OPERATED. A CLEVER ILLUSION, KAREN RYAN AND LARA MURPHY HAVE FOUND A WITTY WAY TO PLACE THEMSELVES INTO WHAT MANY WOULD CLAIM AS A MALE-DOMINATED INDUSTRY. FORTUNATELY, KAREN AND LARA HAVE TAKEN THE MASCULINE IMAGE OF CONSTRUCTION AND, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, OWNED IT. A nyone hearing your company’s name for Murphy” is a man. what made you choose this name, and do you think it helps to attract the business of those who may be skeptical about working with a construction company owned by women? MORE INSIDE Laura Murphy & Karen Ryan Left to right.  14 WOMEN IN WORK BOOTS | MAGAZINE MAGAZINE | WOMEN IN WORK BOOTS 15 what made you guys decide to get into business together? what do each of you love most about your job? what kind of work do you guys specialize in; and, of the services you offer, what are the majority of contracts you take? you are taking on is something that you not only what are the biggest challenges you’ve faced? what are some of the challenges you have had to face being women in the construction industry? past summer was taking on a summer student she opened our eyes to the many possibilities what have you learned as female entrepreneurs in the construction industry? what demographic do the majority of your customers belong to, and why do you think this is? what would you say to any women interested in starting their own business in a male dominated industry, like construction? __________________  NATURAL BUILDING handmade. HEATHER NOAKES it seems that the jump to working with CARLY SLADE Y Calgarians Carly Slade of and Heather Noakes of share how they built businesses after their Bachelor Of Fine Arts Degrees.