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Posted on June 14, 2017

Media Release

VCC brings home medals in baking and hairdressing

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VCC's four Skills Canada B.C. provincial competition gold medal winners were in in Winnipeg, MB May 31 - June 3 to represent British Columbia at the Skills Canada National Competition (SCNC). 

Congratulations to all of the students who competed, as well as the Baking & Pastry Arts and Hair Design faculty who support their tireless journey to success. 200 medals were awarded to the top students and apprentices in the country including Courtney Edwards who won bronze in hairdressing and Angela Wu who brought home gold for the second year in a row in baking.

 

Full competition results here. For photos of the weekend event, visit the Skills Canada Flickr page.

Baking 

Gold - Angela Wu, VCC

Shoshawna Patel, New Westminster Secondary (ACE-IT) 

 

Hairdressing

Bronze - Courtney Edwards, Samuel Robertson Technical (ACE-IT)

Kai Khuan Teoh, VCC

 

The 2018 Skills Canada National Competition will be held at the Edmonton EXPO Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, June 3 to 6.

SCNC is the only national multi-trade and technology event of its kind for young students and apprentices in the country.