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EducationTradesTechnology23TuesdayApril232013ByRENEFRANCOEUROver60studentsgatheredtoshowofftheirtradeandtechnologyskillsatthe15thTerritorialSkillsCompetitioninYellowknifelastTuesday.Highschoolandpost-secondaryschoolstudentswentheadtoheadinvari-oustradecontestssuchasbakingcarpentryelectricalwiringhairstylingweldingandplumbingatfourvenuesacrossthecapital.GoldmedalistsineacheventadvancetotheSkillsCanadaNationalCompetitioninVancouveronJune5-8.AlmostallofthisyearsrstplacewinnershailfromYellowknifewithafewex-ceptions.LukeTerryofIn-uvikwongoldinthework-placesafetyeventforpostsecondarystudentswhileFortSimpsonsKiyanaBet-sakaalsotookhomeagoldingraphicdesignforsec-ondarystudentsfollowedcloselybyherclassmateEthanMoreau-Betsaka.ThemostpopulareventisusuallyphotographySkillsCanadaNWTexecutivedi-rectorJanFullertonsaidbutthisyearthecookingcontestboastedthehighestnumberofparticipants.Theheavyequipmenteventalsomadeamarkinthisyearscompe-titionasithadnotbeenrunforanumbersofyearsduetolowregistration.Itwasagoodfairlystan-dardturnoutFullertonsaid.WhilethebulkofparticipantswerefromYellowknife42therewerealsofourstudentsfromWhatielevenfromtheBeaufortDeltaregiontwofromFortSimpsonandsevenfromtheSouthSlave.Lastyeartherewere74registrants.StudentsfromGametiunfortunatelycouldnotat-tendduetotheirwintercamphappeningonthesameday.Theywouldhavebrought12additionalcompetitorsFul-lertonsaid.Werelookingtomakeplansnowtoensurethatwedontdoublebookwithanimportantschooleventnextyear...Wewanttoseeover-allparticipationincreased.SkillsCanadaNWTwillbesendingasurveyouttoschoolsacrosstheterritorylaterthisyeartogaugehowtheycanrecruitmorepartici-pantsFullertonsaid.Thesurveyasksthingslikewhatbarriersareinter-feringwithskillscompeti-tionswhatcanwedobetterhowdotheyrateourcommu-nicationstrategiesoriftheterritorialsdateneedstobechangedthingslikethat.LowregistrationnumbersfortheNWTsSouthregionalcompetitioninFebruaryledtoacancellationoftheeventthisyear.Studentsinthisregion-theTlichoSouthSlaveandDehchoareas-coulddirectlyregisterfortheter-ritorialcompetitionbutnotmanyofthemdidFuller-tonnoted.Thelevelofcompetitionisdifferentsosomefelttheirskillswerereadyforaregionalcompetitionbutnottheterrito-rialone.Thatsoneofthead-vantagesoftheregionaleventsitgivesthemachancetotestthemselvesinaslightlymorerelaxedmorelocalizedcontextandthentheycanfeelmorecondentaboutterritorials.Fullertonplanstoalsodi-rectlyengagewithschoolsinthesouthernregionsandhavetheregionalcompetitionsnumbersbackupfornextyear.TerritorialSkillsreadyNorthernstudentsfornationalsThewinnersinthecookingeventareallsmilesfromthepo-dium.LefttorightLinaXiaowonsilverSamanthaButttookhomethegoldandOliviaWilliamswonbronze.PhotoscourtesyofDaveBroshaEileenJonessnapsonacameralenstoshootforthepho-tographycontest.TechChairDarcySinclairgetshishandsdirtyintheheavyequipmentcontestwithcompetitorsinthebackground.KeshkiLalondespritzesherdummyslocksinthehairstylingcompetition.Lalondewongold.SiyathSokofYellowknifetrieshishandatrewiringduringtheelectricalevent.DaltonAtwellcranksopenasmallengine.SparksyasAntonioLewisshowsoffhisweldingskills.Aspiringcarpenterstakeprecisemeasurementstomaketheper-fectcut.