Nine NAIT students take home medals at national Skills Canada event

(Edmonton) All 9 NAIT student competitors earned medals – 2 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze – at the 2021 Skills Canada National Competition, which took place May 25 to 30.  

GOLD:

• Dorien Lozeau, Car Painting 
• Dillon Stor, Steamfitter/Pipefitter 

SILVER: 

• Chris Antoniollo, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning 
• Peter Estephan, IT Network Systems 
• Warren Ference, CNC Machining 
• Maxwell Fisher, Autobody Repair 
• Hizaarah Rossenally, Baking 

BRONZE: 

• Corbin St. Jean, Automobile Technology 
• Aidan Victoor, Carpentry 

 
Students completed their competition tasks within shops and labs on NAIT’s campuses in front of an in-person proctor. Competitors were assessed for their accuracy, precision, and quality of performance for their respective trades. The assessment benchmark is set to the acceptable industry standard for each trade. 

Gold medal winners from the 2021 event are eligible to compete at the 2022 Skills Canada National Competition in Vancouver for a chance to secure their placement on WorldSkills Team Canada for the next WorldSkills Competition, which is tentatively booked for the fall of 2022 in Shanghai, China. 

The 9 NAIT students competed in the national event after taking home top honors at the provincial competition in March. Results from this year’s event were announced at the Skills Canada virtual awards ceremony on Tuesday, June 15. 

  Learn More   

• Skills Canada National Competition news release 
• About Skills Canada Competitions 
• In pictures: NAIT students put skills to test at Skills Canada-Alberta competition 
• 2021 Provincial Skills Canada Alberta Competition video 

Quotes 

Matt Lindberg, Dean, School of Skilled Trades, NAIT  

Dorien Lozeau, 3rd year Autobody Technician student and 2021 Skills Canada National Competition gold medallist (car painting) 

Warren Ference, 3rd year CNC Machinist apprentice and 2021 Skills Canada National Competition silver medallist (CNC machining)