Category: Trucking Workforce
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Women’s Leadership Accord
In the trucking and logistics industry, the proportion of women in the industry is at 16 per cent, overwhelmingly outnumbered by men. This week’s blog post covers Trucking HR Canada’s latest webinar, which covered their Women’s Leadership Accord, which is one of their many efforts in helping ease the gender gap in the trucking industry.
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Charting the Path to Net Zero for Canada’s Class 8 Long-Haul Freight
Class 8 long-haul trucks represent the highest greenhouse gas emitting segment of Canada’s medium and heavy-duty vehicle sector. This week’s blog by Cedric Smith, Pollution Probe, covers how Canada should chart its path to net-zero in the transportation sector.
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Inside Language and Translation Support
This week’s blog is a conversation between Jane Jazrawy, Marie-France Dunn, and Kristen Hernandez about the importance of language and translation in the trucking industry for CarriersEdge’s “Inside Webinar Series.”
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Inspiring Inclusion, Empowering Excellence in the Workplace
Patience, understanding, and out-of-the-box thinking are the three qualities that Karen Moloney, our Terminal Manager, brings to her job every day. This week’s blog from the Erb Group details Karen’s journey of empowering excellence in the trucking industry.
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Truck Driving, Reimagined: Addressing Canada’s Driver Shortage Crisis
Canada is experiencing a major shortage of qualified truck drivers who are capable of transporting the goods that sustain our nation’s economy – a deficit that’s expected to increase by another 17% over the remainder of the decade. This week’s blog from Thierry Quagliata and Truck World discusses Canada’s driver shortage crisis.
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Driving Efficiency: Women at GreatWest Kenworth
This week’s blog from GreatWest Kenworth is a dive into the day in the life of Krista, one of their parts technicians in Red Deer, Alberta. Read more about this Jill of all trades’ typical day.
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Strive to Drive
Over the course of history, little girls and the transportation industry have not typically co-existed. This week’s blog from Hannah MacDonald-Dannecker and Better Together Group discusses coming to the Trucking Industry and how we can strive to bring the next generation of girls into the trucking industry.
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Empowering Women in Trucking: Stories from CHET Grads
This week’s blog post is all about empowering women in trucking. Read through stories from CHET graduates to see these women have made their mark in a traditionally male-dominated industry.
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Teething on Transportation: Bridging the Gap Between Stereotypes and Reality
From an outsider’s perspective, the transportation industry can appear intimidating. But, from the inside, the industry holds a world of dedication, hard work, and passion. This week’s blog post explores bridging the gap between stereotypes and reality with Hannah MacDonald from Better Together Group of Companies.
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Canada’s Trucking Industry Needs Thousands of Drivers
Canada’s trucking industry is looking for new immigrants to fill truck-driving jobs. This week’s blog post from New Canadian Media talks about the need to bring in these new drivers to fill countless vacancies.
