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Welcome to Women's Network PEI. You'll find lots of information on our site about our current projects, Trade HERizons and Girls Unlimited. You can also find information about our referral service, past projects, fundraisers, board and staff as well.

Visitor's Notice

To find out more about Trade HERizons please click on the Trade HERizons tab on the menu above, or click on the links below if you...

  • are an interested woman wanting to explore a career in trades or technology
  • are an employer who wants to support women in trades and technology 
  • want to be a mentor to women in trades and technology
  • want to make a referral to Trade HERizons

Girls Conference

Do you know any young girls between the ages of 10 and 12 who could benefit from increased self esteem and the ability to make value-based decisions in a complex world? 

We’d like to invite your 10-12 year old girls to a fun-filled engaging day of empowerment. We will have programming that focuses on key health and social issues for girls. 

    When: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 (PD Day)

    Time:  8:45am – 4:00pm

    Where:  The Murphy Community Centre in Charlottetown

The day’s programming will address key health and social issues facing our girls today.  Activities will focus on:

  • Media Literacy and Ad-busting
  • Creating Your Own Personal Style
  • Wholistic Nutrition
  • Healthy Self Image
  • Visual Arts
  • Zumba Fitness
  • And more!

    Cost:  $15.00/person (includes two healthy snacks and a nutritious, delicious lunch!)

    How:  Register through Christine Clements, a volunteer Board  member for WNPEI, at  c.clements@bellaliant.net.

Please provide the child’s full name, address, age, and school. You will receive an email confirming your registration has been received.

Participants must be registered before Friday, January 27.

There is limited space, so registration will be on a first come first serve basis. Email Christine as soon as possible to book a spot!

Trade HERizons graduates achieve success at Holland College during 2010-2011 academic year

Congratulations to our 2010 Trade HERizons participants on completing a successful year in their respective programs at Holland College.

Front row (kneeling left to right): Shasta Brennan graduated from the Carpentry program and is employed with a local construction company; Sarah Nuesch finished her first year of the Welding Fabrication program and is working with a local welding business. Back row (left to right): Lynn Bradley graduated from the Correctional Officer program; Kim Arsenault upgraded in the Adult Education program, has been accepted to the Bioscience Technology program and is working with a local bioscience company; Wanda Ellsworth completed her first year of the Computer Information Systems (CIS) program and is working with the college’s Computer Services Department this summer.

Videos - Women and Employers in Trades

Click on the links below to see videos of women working in the trades and what trades employers say about women in the trades.

Looking for Research Interviewees

A PhD student with the Faculty of Health Science, School of Nursing at Dalhousie University is doing research that looks at women with children becoming lesbian headed stepfamilies. If you are interested in being interviewed for this research, please contact: Tracey Rickards by calling collect at (506) 4716401, or by email: srickar1@unb.ca. For more info, please see this research project's  llletter of Introducation-Information (134,5 kB).

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News & Events

Feeding the need

2011-12-17 17:41
CBC PEI reporter Kerry Campbell reports that CBC's Turkey Drive wrapped up Friday, and again people on PEI have p roved how generous they can be, but some advocates say charity should not be the only response to those in need. Women's Network PEI, part of the PEI Working Group for a Livable...
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A female Engineer in Training

2011-12-01 11:26
by Heidi Riley of the Employment Journey Darrel Fisher, P.Eng., Branch Manager and Holly Barret, Engineer in Training, both of exp Services Inc. “Women hold eight to 10 percent of the trades and technology jobs in Canada,” says Darrell Fisher, P.Eng., Branch Manager, exp Services Inc. “It...
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Welding student finds a trade that will provide for her family while she practises her art

2011-11-28 09:50
By Sara Underwood - Holland College Blog Making a major change in your life can be a scary thing, even when you know it’s for the best. Sometimes it’s fear that keeps us stuck in a rut that we know we need to get out of, sometimes it’s not knowing how to find a way out. For many young...
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PEI Election - 2011: People Living in Poverty, Absent and Vulnerable

2011-09-29 12:17
This powerful statement on poverty issues in the PEI Provincial Election campaign comes from the PEI Working Group for a Livable Income. Women's Network PEI is a long-time active member of this coalition of organizations. The meaning of the expression, “forbidden history, hidden...
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Women are entering careers in trades & technology

2011-09-27 15:08
by Heidi Riley of the Employment Journey Grant Smith, Manager of Mr. Plumber in Charlottetown, supervised Carrie MacDonald as she began the process of Apprenticeship in the  plumbing trade this summer. Trade HERizons, a program coordinated by Women’s Network PEI, helps women explore...
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Federal government announces funding for women’s programs

2011-08-31 13:57
Egmont MP Gail Shea, second left, announced federal funding for two women’s programs Tuesday in O’Leary. Discussing the Adventure Group’s Women Moving Forward to Economic Stability and the Recruitment of Women into Non-Traditional Work projects, are, from left, Roxanne Carter-Thompson of...
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Making the grade

2011-06-23 14:26
By Jim Day of The Guardian Gwyn Davies, left, vice chair of the P.E.I. Advisory Council on the Status of Women, and advisory council researcher Jane Ledwell look over the 2011 P.E.I. Equality Report Card. Released Tuesday, the report card assesses the province's progress towards women's equality...
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P.E.I. gets B- in women's equality report card

2011-06-22 14:23
The PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women recently released its 2011 Equality Report Card. Reporter Stephanie VanKampen from CBC PEI was on hand to interview women involved with this report. This article aired on CBC News: Compass on June 22, 2011 and runs from...
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Hilroy Diaries 2 Fundraiser

2011-05-30 09:39
Do you have a last will and testament you wrote at age 13? How about a love poem to Steven B. (cutest boy in grade 5)? Mortify yourself at the “Hilroy Diaries: Sharing the moving, the odd and the awesomely funny writings from childhood” Women’s Network PEI is holding a fundraising event on...
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Women in non-traditional trades and technology: raising awareness

2011-03-25 16:55
by Gloria Welton of the Employment Journey   Carrie MacDonald and her children Kailyn and Emma-Leigh check out the “Imagine All You Can Be” cut-out dolls. They were developed by the Trade HERizons program to help children realize that careers in trades and technology are definitely possible...
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