Team/Équipe Sudbury – Powered by Manitoulin Transport wins 16 medals at Skills Ontario – May 8

SUDBURY – It was the best year ever at Skills Ontario for Team/Équipe Sudbury – Powered by Manitoulin Transport.

Skills Ontario was held this week in Toronto. It is Canada’s largest skilled trades competition. Each year, more than 2,400 elementary, secondary, and post-secondary students vie for medals in dozens of categories.

This year, members of Team/Équipe Sudbury won 16 medals: 3 gold, 6 silver, and 7 bronze. A team member also won the Award of Excellence for the top-ranking competitor representing a college.

The full team included 160 students and teachers from Cambrian College, Collège BoréaI, Rainbow District School Board, Sudbury Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon, and Conseil scolaire du Grand Nord.

“What an incredible year for Team/Équipe Sudbury, as this is the most medals we have ever won at a single Skills Ontario competition,” says Renee Scott, Cambrian’s Director of Marketing, Recruitment and Student Success and the chief organizer of Team/Équipe Sudbury. “It really speaks to the skill and dedication of our students and their teachers who prepared them so well for this year’s event. It shows that students in Sudbury can compete with the best in the province.”

Last year, Team/Equipe Sudbury earned seven medals including two gold, two silver, and three bronze.

Cambrian students have been competing at Skills Ontario since 2005. Including this year’s winners, Cambrian has won a total of 77 medals: 27 gold, 22 silver, and 28 bronze.

To learn more about Skills Ontario, visit: https://www.skillsontario.com.

Team/Équipe Sudbury – Powered by Manitoulin Transport, had its best showing ever at Skills Ontario, held this week in Toronto. Students won a total of 16 medals (three gold, six silver, seven bronze) and one Award of Excellence for the top-ranking student representing a college.  

Here is the full list of medal winners from this year’s Skills Ontario competition:

Gold medals

Carpentry (team of two): Corbin Best, Anders Watson, Rainbow District School Board

IT Network Systems: Evan Patrick Provost, Cambrian College

Workplace Safety: Esoha Aibangbee, Rainbow District School Board

Silver medals

3D Character Animation (team of two): Matt Boarder, Jeremy Wafer, Rainbow District School Board

Additive Manufacturing: Simon Paille, Cambrian College

Coding: John Liao, Rainbow District School Board

Electrical Installations: Kyle Beaulieu, Cambrian College

Heavy Equipment Service: Owen Fox, Rainbow District School Board

Powerline (team of two): Bryson Smith, Kolton Stewart, Cambrian College

Bronze medals

Additive Manufacturing: Eric Clement, Cambrian College

Cabinetmaking: Hudson Cassidy, Rainbow District School Board

Heating Systems Technician: Cody Campbell, Rainbow District School Board

Heavy Equipment Service: Mason Norman, Cambrian College

Home and Team Building (team of four):

Carter Barron, Josh Hayes, Brody Mabbott, Hayden Walsh, Sudbury Catholic District School Board

Mechanical CAD: Mackenna Kay, Cambrian College

Welding: Alex Lebeau, Collège Boréal

Award of Excellence: top-ranking competitor representing a college

Evan Patrick Provost, Cambrian College