Readiness Workshops
Learn more about your interests, how to set goals, and build confidence to begin your new journey.
We offer a series of free, online and in-person workshops that provide an opportunity for you to plan and prepare for your new career path.
Foundational Math: Refresh or upgrade your math skills with confidence. This workshop will prepare program applicants to complete the math self-assessment portion of our application process. It’s self-paced and self-directed, with access to an instructor to answer your questions and support your learning.
Tools for Success – Career Exploration: Explore potential careers in construction, trades and driving. Participants complete self-assessment and goal setting activities, and receive information on WBF programming and employment prospects once training is completed.
Tools for Success – Personal Development: Launch or recharge your personal, social, and professional potential. We explore mental, spiritual, emotional and physical wellbeing. Participants complete a self-assessment to help them determine their next steps.
Tools for Success – Money Solutions: This workshop provides the tools and resources to plan spending and develop savings habits with a goal of creating financial stability. Participants learn to take control of their money by building a spending plan based on their goals to attend training.
Register for an Upcoming Workshop
If you don’t already have a myWBF portal login, you will need to create one to register.
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In-Person: Tools for Success - Personal Development
April 14, 2025
Engage in programming designed to unlock your personal, social, and professional potential. Plus, enjoy a provided lunch!
CST 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Regina Public Library – 2311 12th Ave, Regina, SK, S4P 2M1
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Virtual: Tools for Success - Toolbox Talk
April 15, 2025
Spend two hours learning about common tools and their uses, understanding the importance of PPE, and mastering measurement within the inch.
Times per time zone:
CST/MST 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
EST 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Virtual: Tools for Success - Trade Up to the Trades
April 16, 2025
Explore trade basics, industry breakdowns, realities and rewards, requirements, and trends in just two hours. Plus, get insights into Pre-apprenticeship and Apprenticeship opportunities.
Times per time zone:
CST/MST 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
EST 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
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Virtual: Tools for Success - Money Talks Workshop
April 16, 2025
Spend two hours gaining a fundamental overview of money, including how it works, our relationships with it, and practical hacks and approaches to managing it.
Times per time zone:
CST/MST 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
EST 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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In-Person: Tools for Success - Trade up to the Trades
April 24, 2025
Learn about the opportunities, rewards and risks that a career in the skilled trades offers.
MST 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Paul First Nation Community, P.O. Box 63 Duffield, AB, T0E 0N0
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Virtual: Tools for Success - Career Exploration
April 29, 30 and May 1, 2025
Webinar series: 3 days, focused on career exploration, self-assessment, goal setting and more.
Times per time zone:
CST/MST 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
EST 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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Virtual: Tools for Success - Foundational Math (E-Learn 56)
May 1, 2025
Online math review of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions, and measurement.
Times per time zone:
CST/MST 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM
EST 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM
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Virtual: Tools for Success - Personal Development, Workshop Series
May 13-15, 2025
Join this 3-day workshop series to develop tools for resilience, enhance communication skills, and implement strategies for strengthening healthy practices.
Times per time zone:
CST/MST 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Each Day)
EST 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Each Day)