Save the Date | Mentorship Momentum: Women Advancing the Trades

Join us for Mentorship Momentum, an inspiring evening dedicated to advancing women in skilled trades through connection, conversation, and shared experience. This event brings together industry leaders, mentors, alumni, faculty, and apprentices to foster meaningful mentorship and build momentum for the future of the trades.

Featured keynote speaker: Hilary Peach

Author of Thick Skin and a respected voice in the skilled trades community, Hilary Peach will deliver a powerful keynote, “Thick Skin, Strong Hands: Thriving as a Woman in the Trades,” sharing insights on resilience, belonging, and navigating bias.

Event highlights include:

• Keynote address and reading from Thick Skin
• Interactive Q&A with the audience
• Mentor–mentee speed networking to spark lasting connections
• Book signing with Hilary Peach

Event details:

📅 Monday, March 16, 2026
🕓 4:30 – 8:00 PM
📍 CA121 East Aldred Event Space, Main Campus, SAIT

Light refreshments will be provided. Celebrate mentorship, resilience, and the growing impact of women in trades—together, we are building strength and breaking barriers. This event is offered as part of SAIT’s Women in Skilled Trades Retention Program. Open to: All SAIT's Apprentices, pre-apprenticeship students, alumni, industry partners (employers), faculty, and instructors.

For more information, contact belonging@sait.ca.

The Women in Skilled Trades Retention Program is partially funded by the Government of Canada’s Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy.

Win lunch with Hilary Peach! 🍽️✨

Three lucky women apprentices will score an exclusive lunch with Hilary Peach, author of Thick Skin and a leading voice in the skilled trades, during SAIT's Mentorship Momentum event on Monday, March 16.

Share your story by submitting a 1 – 2 minute video answering the following questions:

• What does mentorship mean to you, and how has it shaped your learning journey so far?
• If you could learn one thing from Hilary, what would it be — and why?
• How do you see mentorship helping you achieve your career goals in the skilled trades?

This is your chance to connect, learn and gain insight from someone passionate about lifting others.

📅 Deadline: Friday, Feb. 20, 2026
📹 Video specifications: Can be filmed on your phone. 1 – 2 minutes in length (max 1 GB, MP4 or MOV)
📧 Submit: Send your submission here

🎯 Open to SAIT women apprentices in these programs:

• Bricklayer
• Cabinetmaker
• Carpenter
• Electrician
• Gasfitter
• Insulator
• Ironworker
• Plumber
• Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
• Roofer
• Sheet Metal Worker
• Mobile Crane
• Steamfitter
• Pipefitter
• Welder
• Machinist.

Please review the contest rules and regulations before submitting.