Online Challenges Series
Skills Canada BC is hosting a series of online challenges that students that do from home or at school. Use social media to explore the world of skilled trades and technology through a series of online challenges!
To join in on the fun and enter for a challenge:
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Follow us on our Twitter and Facebook pages.
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Read the rules and guidelines below for the challenge you would like to participate in.
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Remember to use hashtag #SkillsBC and #OnlineChallenges, #SkillsAtHome, or #SkillsAtHome.
Schedule for the Series of Online Challenges
| Challenge | Rules and Guidelines | Prize | Challenge Sponsors |
Launch Date | Deadline to Enter | Winners |
| #15 Gingerbread Challenge |
Scope | $100 e-gift card per category | Shoshawna Blair | Pastry Chef Pastry Chef and Owner of Shoshawna’s Cakes & Pastries | 2017 SCBC Provincials Winner – Baking | 3 December 2020 | 2 January 2021 6:00 pm |
TBA |
| #14 Animation Challenge |
Scope | $100 e-gift card per category | Official Sponsor and Judge: Patty Chomseng | SCNC 2013 Gold Medalist in 3D Animation | Lead Lighter & Compositor at ICON Creative Studio Disney’s Pixar’s Monsters At Work | 23 November 2020 | 6 January 2021 6:00 pm |
TBA |
| #13 Architecture Paper Tower Challenge |
Scope | $100 e-gift card per category | Michelle Skelly | Program Manager | 2 November 2020 | 16 November 2020 6:00 pm |
TBA |
| #12 Kite Challenge |
Scope | $100 e-gift card per category | Official Sponsor and Judge: Jamie Maxwell | Manager of Competitions at Skills Canada BC | 24 September 2020 | 19 October 2020 6:00 pm |
Grades K-4: Sidharth Sandhu | Connaught Heights Elementary; Grades 5 – 8: Liath de Leon | Alcuin College; Grades 9 – 12: Jaspreet Gill | Tamanawis Secondary Click to View Entries |
| #11 Video Production Challenge |
Scope | $100 e-gift card per category | Ashneet Lalli and Sonia Khurana | Skills Canada 2019 National Gold Medalists in TV/Video Production | 1 August 2020 | 31 August 2020 6:00 pm |
Sohyun Kim | Abbotsford Senior Secondary; Elyse Meville | Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary Click to View Entries |
| #10 Summer Photography Challenge |
Scope | $75 e-gift card per category | Marshall Lu | Former Skills Canada Competitor and Co-founder at Circles Video | 15 July 2020 | 31 July 2020 6:00 pm |
Mitali Sharma (“Summer Joys”) | Reynolds Secondary; Yasmine Nijjar (“Adapting To Change”) | Guildford Park Secondary Click to View Entries |
| #9 Fruit/Vegetable Art |
Scope | $50 e-gift card | Gina Main | Former Secondary Teacher | SD 39 – Home Economics and Chris Kelly | Former Elementary Teacher | SD 45 – Home Economics | 05 June 2020 | 19 June 2020 5:00 pm |
Soren Illes (Grade 1) | Springwood Elementary; Kairi Alatrash (Grade 8) | Walnut Grove Secondary Click to View Entries |
| #8 Fashion Technology |
Scope | $50 e-gift card | Nina Ho | NTC Fashion Technology | WorldSkills Team Canada 2009, 2013, 2015 | Fashion Technology Trainer | 29 May 2020 | 19 June 2020 5:00 pm |
Emily Heese | Dover Bay Secondary; Serena Kealy | Earl Marriott Secondary; Gracie Smith | Phil & Jennie Gaglardi Academy |
| #7 Wacky Hairstyling |
Scope | $50 e-gift card | Nadia Moore | Red Seal Hairstylist and Gary Franceschini | Red Seal Hairstylist |
22 May 2020 | 5 June 2020 5:00 pm |
Sophia Moss | Riverside College in Mission Click to View Entry |
| #6 Top Chef Challenge |
Scope | $25 e-gift card | Leah Patitucci | WorldSkills 2019 | Culinary Arts | 15 May 2020 | 29 May 2020 12:00 pm |
Thomas Brownie (K-8) | Laronde Elementary; Joanne Hong (Grades 9-12) | Burnaby South Secondary School; Roy Cho (Post-Secondary) | Vancouver Community College Click to View Entries |
| #5 Bird Feeder Challenge |
Scope | $25 e-gift card | Shoshawna Blair | Skills Canada BC National Alumni Representative | Pastry Chef | 15 May 2020 | 22 May 2020 5:00 pm |
Samantha McCarthy | Hudson’s Hope Elementary and Lily Wang | Westview Secondary Click to View Entries |
| #4 Manicure Challenge |
Scope | $25 e-gift card | Louise Dannhauer | Aesthetics Chair NTC and Lucy Griffith | (Past) Aesthetics NTC Chair | 08 May 2020 | 15 May 2020 5:00 pm |
Dina Shummia Alcuin College Click to View Entry |
| #3 Baking Challenge |
Scope | $50 e-gift card | Clarissa Roque | WorldSkills Team Canada 2019 | Patisserie and Confectionery | 01 May 2020 | 8 May 2020 5:00 pm |
Sophia Kanamori Phil & Jennie Gaglardi Academy Click to View Entry |
| #2 COVID-19 Graphic Design Challenge |
Scope | $50 e-gift card | Joseph Thoong | Skills BC 2019 | Graphic Design | WorldSkills Competitor | 01 May 2020 | 8 May 2020 5:00 pm |
Jennifer Leong Emily Carr University Click to View Entry |
| #1 Trades and Tech TikTok Challenge |
Scope | $50 e-gift card | Skills Canada BC | 24 April 2020 | 8 May 2020 |
Coral Lamay |
