MITT's Skills Manitoba 2017 Medal Winners

Originally posted: June 02, 2017

Celebrating MITT students who brought home the gold … the silver … and the bronze at Skills MB competition

Some of the students, and their instructors, who represented MITT at the 2017 Skills MB competition. From left: Melinda Vandenberg, Hairstyling Instructor, Najla Walizada, Deven Tagle, Mary Elliott, Hairstyling Instructor, Brooke McIntosh, Mike Williams, Industrial Mechanic/Millwright Instructor, Tobi Winkler, Rick Martin, Acting Vice-President, Academic and Dean of Business, Technology and Innovation, Sudeep Ghotra, Ken Nemez, Electrical Instructor

A celebratory lunch was held in honour of students who competed on behalf of MITT in the 2017 Skills Manitoba event. This year, MITT won 15 medals (four gold, six silver, and five bronze) and swept three categories. Three of MITT’s four gold medalists Kelvin Michaud, Najla Walizada, and Tobi Winkler are currently representing the province on the national stage at the Skills Canada National Competition (May 31 – June 3), right here in Winnipeg. We wish our competitors the best and hope the hometown crowd helps root them on to victory.  

MITT Medalists

Electronics Post-Secondary:  Heart Infinity (G); Simon Teitsma (S); Daniel McInnes (B)

Electronics Secondary:  Kelvin Michaud (G); Sudeep Ghotra (S)

Hairstyling Post-Secondary:  Najla Walizada (G); Deven Tagle (S); Sherianne Penner (B)

Hairstyling Secondary:  *Kyra Wiebe (S); *MITT High School student

Industrial Mechanic/Millwright Post-Secondary:  Tobias Winkler (G); Bain de Koning (S); Jesse McLeod (B)

IT Network Post Secondary:  Austin Peters (B)