Surrey students win 11 medals at Skills Canada BC Competition
Students from three Surrey secondary schools are medallists from this year’s Skills Canada BC Competition, a provincial contest that challenges youth on their skills in a variety of trades.
Students from Fraser Heights, École Salish and Semiahmoo secondary schools took top spots in 10 different categories, from baking and photography to electronics and graphic design. Held April 15 at the Tradex in Abbotsford, the 32nd annual event sees students from around the province compete in trades-related competitions.
Fraser Heights Secondary boasted the most winners with nine, including three gold medallists in two categories, across baking, electronics, graphic design, mechanical CAD, photography and public speaking. Returning students from last year's competition included Jay Tang and Maisy Tao, who took gold as a team in 2D animation, and Nicky Nguyen, who received silver in web design and development.
Semiahmoo Secondary’s Peyton Zhu took silver in fashion technology while École Salish Secondary’s Zach Ansley placed third in cabinetmaking.
Out of the district’s 11 medallists, the gold medallists will move on to compete at the Skills Canada National Competition in Toronto at the end of May:
2D Animation
- Gold: Jay Tang & Maisy Tao – Fraser Heights Secondary
Baking
- Bronze: Joanne Chen – Fraser Heights Secondary
Cabinetmaking
- Bronze: Zach Ansley – Salish Secondary
Electronics
- Bronze: Mackenzie Orso – Fraser Heights Secondary
Fashion Technology
- Silver: Peyton Zhu – Semiahmoo Secondary
Graphic Design
- Gold: Ryan Wang – Fraser Heights Secondary
- Silver: Tudor Pricope – Fraser Heights Secondary
Mechanical CAD
- Bronze: Kazunori Tsunoda – Fraser Heights Secondary
Photography
- Silver: Harmonics Pu – Fraser Heights Secondary
Public Speaking
- Bronze: Yuvraj Mander – Fraser Heights Secondary
Web Design and Development
- Silver: Nicky Nguyen – Fraser Heights Secondary
Congratulations to all of our medallists!
