INFORMATION SOURCES:

• Module content drawn from "Air Barriers for Insulators - A Guided Training Program", compiled by Building Knowledge Canada (2019), Toby Smith
• Videos from Construction Instruction Building Science
• Water Resistive Barriers - Fine Home Building Home Building Cyclopedia, retrieved from Fine Homebuilding.com, Nov 12, 2019
• Weather Barriers - What They Do and How to Install Them (August 2016) by Mike Reynolds. Retrieved from ecohome.net, Nov 12, 2019.
• Keeping the Heat In - Natural Resources Canada publication

FURTHER TRAINING and INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS:

• Building Knowledge Canada - Excellent resources and many training opportunities.
• Net Zero Builder Training - Canadian Home Builders' Association
• Passive House Training - Passive House Canada
• PHIUS Builder Training - PHIUS (Passive House United States)
• Canadian Association of Home and Property Inspectors (CAHPI) - The Canadian Association of Home & Property Inspectors^® (CAHPI^®) is a national non-profit association, whose mission is to promote and develop the home inspection profession. CAHPI is considered the voice of Canada's "home inspection industry".

The following list provides basic information and links to post-secondary and professional institutions that offer training and/or degree programs in Building Science / Building Envelopes:

• BCBEC (British Columbia Building Envelope Council) - Building Science Education(comprehensive list of building science programs and training).
  
• Ryerson University - Architectural Science: Graduate program in Building Science - ARC-203 Campus bldg (Church Street) 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5B 2K3, Phone: 416-979-5000
• Algonquin College - Bachelor of Building Science (Honours) (Co-op) - Ottawa Campus, 385 Woodroffe Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA, K2G 1V8, Phone: 613-727-4723
• University of Toronto - Building Science Practice Certificate, School of Continuing Studies - 158 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5S 2V8, Phone: 416-978-2400
• BCIT (British Columbia Institute of Technology) - Solution Builder and Designer - 3700 Willingdon Ave., Burnaby, British Columbia, CANADA, V5G 3H2
• Building Science Specialist Board of Canada - Building Science Specialist -Building Science Specialist Board of Canada (BSSB) 2800 - 14th Ave., Suite 210, Markham, Ontario, CANADA L3R 0E4, Tel: 416-491-2886
• Building Knowledge Canada - Building Science Training & Facilitation
• Athabasca University (Online) - Applied Studies 470: Building Envelope and Assemblies

INDIGENOUS TRAINING & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

• Indigenous Skills Employment Training Strategy (ISETS) The ISET Program provides funding to Indigenous service delivery organizations that design and deliver job training services to First Nations, Inuit, Métis and urban/non affiliated Indigenous people in their communities.
• Buildforce Indigenous Trades Opportunities - Learn more about the great organizations and programs that focus specifically on helping Indigenous people to get into an apprenticeship and succeed in the trades.
• Indigenous Skills, Employment, Apprenticeship and Development (ISEAD) ISEAD is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing the number of Indigenous people in the trades in Ontario.
• Canadian Union of Skilled Workers (CUSW) - CUSW is a proudly independent, democratic union based on membership engagement, fairness and participation from the ground up.
• Keepers of the Circle - Urban Indigenous Hub operated by the Temiskaming Native Women's Support Group, a non-profit organization established in 1997 to support the cultural, social, and economic equity of Indigenous women and the wellness of their families and communities.

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