On May 1-3, 2023, Skills Ontario hosted the annual Skills Ontario Competition at the Toronto Congress Centre.
The Waterloo Catholic District School Board was well represented over the three-day event through participation in the Elementary Young Women’s Conference (73 students), the Secondary Young Women’s Conference (36 students), the First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Student Conference (9 students) and the Career Exploration Showcase (39 students).
Forty students represented the Waterloo Catholic District School Board with tremendous efforts in the following contests — including 4 Gold Medal winners:
GOLD MEDAL WINNERS
For the full results of the 2023 Skills Ontario Competition visit:
https://www.skillsontario.com/skills-ontario-competition#Results
COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS
Contest |
Student Name |
Student School |
2D Character Animation (Team of 2) | Ethan Austin and Virginia Khella | St. Mary’s HS |
Architecture & Design | James Sayles | Monsignor Doyle CSS |
Auto Service Technology | James Whyte | St. Benedict CSS |
Auto Service Technology | Logan Bradbury | St. Benedict CSS |
Baking | Jade Medeiros | Monsignor Doyle CSS |
Cabinetmaking | Luke De Sousa | Monsignor Doyle CSS |
Carpentry (Team of 2) | Tate Drinkwater and Lucas Sousa | Monsignor Doyle CSS |
Carpentry (Team of 2) | David Chmiel and Martin Cekan | Monsignor Doyle CSS |
Culinary Arts | Nathan Rivas Perez | St. Benedict CSS |
Culinary Arts | Jordan Lacroix | St. Benedict CSS |
Culinary Arts | Isaiah Salazar | St. Mary’s HS |
Electrical Installations | Eddy Ferrede | St. David CSS |
Electrical Installations | Grady Bunker | Resurrection CSS |
Graphic design- Presentation | Sam Gonzalez | St. Mary’s HS |
Hairstyling | Thalia Lopez | St. Mary’s HS |
Hairstyling | Katelyn Deguire | St. Benedict CSS |
Hairstyling | Phoenix Leung | St. Benedict CSS |
Horticulture & Landscape (Team of 2) | Robby Hoch and Ethan Bauman | Resurrection CSS |
Job Interview | Paige Spehar | St. Mary’s HS |
Job Interview | David Barrios Rozo | St. Mary’s HS |
Job Skill Demonstration | Callum Tiernan | St. Mary’s HS |
Landscape Design | Reilynn Schutz | Resurrection CSS |
Outdoor Powered Equipment | Abby Bilyea | St. Benedict CSS |
Plumbing | Mason Garrett | St. David CSS |
Precision Machining | Marcos Quintanilla | St. Mary’s HS |
Prepared Speech | Grace Nakazi | Monsignor Doyle CSS |
Prepared Speech | Allison – Hannah Berwick | Resurrection CSS |
Restaurant Service | Vanessa Hlavac | St. Mary’s HS |
Robotics (Team 4) | Michael Talbot, Jed Villapando, Luqman Khan, Rayon Fowler | St. Benedict CSS |
Robotics (Team 4) | Caleb Chan, Ryan Guo, Philip Ozog, Benedict Buencamino | St. Mary’s HS |
Each year the Skills Ontario Competition medal is designed by a student through entry in the Pin & Medal Design Contest.
The 2023 medal design was created by WCDSB’s own Reese Lombardi, a Monsignor Doyle student who was awarded a $500 cash prize, and was presented with a framed version of the gold medal with her design at the Skills Ontario Competition Closing Ceremonies.
The 2023 Skills Canada National Competition will be held from May 24-27, 2023 at the RBC Convention Center in Winnipeg, MB.
Two Monsignor Doyle CSS students will be representing WCDSB on Team Ontario at #SCNC2023!
Join us in cheering on Luke De Sousa (below left) and Grace Nakazi (below right) as they compete against Canada’s best.
To view the live streamed opening ceremonies, select contests, and closing ceremonies, tune in to the Skills Canada Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@SkillsCompetencesCanada
Thank-you to all the WCDSB Teachers/Student Advisors who assisted in this year’s success: Christine Byrne, Leonard Bumbacco, Abel Chaves, Greg Cinti, Tara Clinton, Neil Calhoun, Joe Dietrich, Gabe Dutto, Ken Hodgins, Grace Lastella, Lynn McKellar, Julie McNab, Michelle Porowski, Michael Reitz, Paul Sanders, and Solange Saraiva for preparing our WCDSB Team for the 2023 Skills Ontario Competition.
An extended show of gratitude goes to our Community-Partner Advisors, who prepared competitors in: Electrical Installations (Peter Caesar, IBEW Local 804), Plumbing (Dan Twomey, UA Local 527), and Prepared Speech (Alyssa “Twist” Light).
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