Ian Campbell

Sometimes it can be hard to look past the current downturn that is impacting our industry, with all the bad news about layoffs out West and the delay in industry coming back on line in Central Canada, and the times can seem somewhat bleak. But I’ve found that although the economy has stalled...

For the past couple of years the CWB Group has been running Canada’s only welding focused conference—CanWeld—with a fair bit of success I must add. This yearly event has turned out to be a destination for some in the industry and those looking to make connections within it....

Even when there are many candidates for a position, it can be difficult to get a real handle on someone’s true skills and knowledge.

In the past I’ve alluded to work that was being undertaken at the CWB Group to address some of the issues around welder training and recruiting. As some of you may have noticed, this work—in the form of the CWB Institute’s Acorn—has now been officially released. So you might...

Sometimes change can be difficult. This is a phrase that has been rattling around in my head for the past year as my team and I moved forward with what by all accounts is a major change—namely Acorn. As you may have already read, Acorn is an education program developed to address the...