Kitchener, ON – On Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, as part of Skilled Trades Awareness Week, Skills Canada – Ontario, Colleges Ontario, OCAS and CON*NECT presented a reception in Toronto at The Sutton Place Hotel in honour of the seven Ontario students representing Canada at the World Skills Competition in 2009. Competitors were introduced to the members of the Ontario Legislature earlier in the morning.

Two of the seven students are St. Clair College – Thames Campus Mechatronics graduates. Andrew Marcolin (Wallaceburg) and Jamie Feenstra (Wyoming) will represent Team Canada at the World Skills Competition in Calgary in 2009. Both Jamie and Andrew have, for the past two years, taken the Gold Medal at the Canadian Skills Competition and the Ontario Skills Competition.