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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Virtual: Foundational Math
May 1-31, 2025
Learn at your own pace, plus get access to optional virtual math boot camps! Complete this course between: May 1-31, 2025.
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Virtual: Foundational Math
June 1-30, 2025
Learn at your own pace, plus get access to optional virtual math boot camps! Complete this course between: May 1-31, 2025.
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Virtual: Career Exploration Workshop
June 4-6, 2025
Webinar series: 3 days, focused on career exploration, self-assessment, goal setting and more.
Times per time zone (Daily):
CST/MST 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
EST 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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In-Person: Money Talks Workshop (Sarnia)
June 10, 2025
Join us for a fundamental overview of money, including how money works, relationships we have with money and realistic hacks and approaches to managing money.
EST 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
The Inn of the Good Shepherd – 115 John Street, Sarnia, ON, N7T 2Z1
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Online: Building a Trades Ready Resume
June 18, 2025
Join us for a workshop that provides a fundamental understanding of the role resumes play in the recruitment process and tools to create a quality resume.
MST/CST 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
EST 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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In-Person: Building a Resilient Mindset (Sarnia)
June 19, 2025
Gain tools for inner resilience, self-regulation, boundary management as well as learn skills for interpersonal communications.
EST 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Lambton Works Employment Services – 162 Lochiel Street, Sarnia, ON, N7T 7W5
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Online: Trade Up to the Trades
July 23, 2025
Spend 2 hours exploring foundational trade knowledge, discovering industry pathways, understanding real-world expectations and rewards, and gaining insight into current trends, entry requirements, and apprenticeship opportunities.
MST/CST 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
EST 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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Online: Career Exploration Workshop
August 12, 2025
Webinar series: 3 days, focused on career exploration, self-assessment, goal setting and more.
MST/CST 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
EST 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM