labour peaked at between 7,000 and 8,000,
and among MacGregor’s proudest accom-
plishments is the introduction of more
women to jobs in trades and the oil indus-
try in particular. NWR has partnered with
Women Building Futures (WBF), an Alber-
ta trades training organization for women,
to recruit, train and apprentice women in
the construction and maintenance of the
refinery. So far, about 50 women have
been hired to fill roles at the refinery, Mac-
Gregor said.
“We had the idea that we could work
with Women Building Futures and get
a lot more women into the trades here,
rather than bringing people in from other
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