the real job market.

The WorldSkills competition will also be a good opportunity for young people to think not only about a career in the skilled trades, but how the environment could play a greater role in where they end up working if they decide to pursue a career in the trades.

In 2008, there were 530,000 jobs in Canada related to the environment, a number that is predicted to grow by 8.8 per cent in the next five years, according to ECO data.

The Alberta Federation of Labour, Greenpeace and the Sierra Club of Canada issued a joint report this year called, Green Jobs: It's Time to Build Alberta's Future, which showed the trend toward developing more sustainable energy sources could provide jobs for electricians, computer and electrical engineers, ironis partly owned by third-party companies and is in the middle of raising an investment round.



Sonder’s own keyboard is due for release later this year, with preorders at US$199.

Serra-Martins and his twin brother, Felipe, participated in the Genesis startup program at the University of Sydney’s business school last year with the concept for dynamic, affordable keyboards.

They were later awarded a grant from the New South Wales state government, as well as the people’s choice award at the 2016 Good Design Australia awards.