Podcasts
Below are podcasts from the 2009 YWET Conference. Click the link to listen to the podcast or right click and 'save as' to download the mp3 podcast file.
1. Carpentry.mp3
Workshop: Carpentry
A workshop on carpentry is going to mean lots of well-fed birds, or squirrels in the Yukon this winter. Hear what the girls have to say about taking the course by listening to this podcast.
Workshop: Cooking
What’s cooking at the Yukon Women Exploring Trades conference? Tune in to this podcast to hear what the young women got from working in a professional kitchen.
Workshop: Touch of Glass
The young women at Yukon Women Exploring Trades conference worked with glass artist Jeanine Baker to come up with creations all their own. Hear their impressions here in both French and English.
Workshop: Painting
Some things are more difficult that they appear, but that didn’t stop the young women at the Yukon Women Exploring Trades Conference from learning how to do things right the first time. Hear from the participants at a painting workshop in this podcast.
Workshop: Sheet metal
Every young woman who joined the sheet metal workshop got a chance to create at the Yukon Women Exploring Trades conference. With this podcast, you can listen to what the girls had to say about their experience in the sheet metal shop.
Workshop: Waterworks
There were no tears to be seen at this workshop, as the Yukon Women Exploring Trades conference got participants soldering, painting, sanding and joining. What were they making? Tune in to this podcast to find out.
Workshop: Welding
There was plenty of heavy metal around, but not the musical kind as the young women at the Yukon Women Exploring Trades conference got right into welding. Hear their impressions of the course by listening to this podcast.
Workshop: Aviation
Yukon women are flying high, especially the girls who attended the aviation workshop at Yukon Women Exploring Trades talk about what they’re learning through YWITT. Listen to their impressions by tuning in to this podcast.
Interview: Engineer Ching Gettman Speaks About Women In Trades
Ching Gettman’s career as an engineer is a success story by any measure. Hear her talk about her experience being a woman in a non-traditional job and what she wants to see in the future as more and more young women choose to become tradespeople.
Interview: Hiphop Artist Eekwol
Eekwol brought her hiphop from Saskatchewan to Whitehorse for the Yukon Women Exploring Trades conference. Her music is designed to inspire and support achievement and self-esteem. In this interview, she talks about why she does it the way she does it.
Interview: Kate White, Chef
Kate White is a chef who has worked around the world, and knows first-hand how to succeed in a non-traditional job. In this podcast she offers advice to young women entering the trades and talks about why they’re going to be great in their jobs.