Pembina Trails School Division announces addition of a vocational wing at Pembina Trails Collegiate

Pembina Trails School Division is pleased to announce the addition of a vocational wing at Pembina Trails Collegiate (PTC) which will provide the students at Pembina Trails schools with their first ‘in-house’ vocational programs in addition to the Technical Vocation Education (TVE) program that is already being offered at PTC. 

“The addition of the vocational wing is an important step forward for the Pembina Trails community and an incredible opportunity for our students to begin working towards a career in a skilled trade. Thanks to the partnership with the Province of Manitoba and the City of Winnipeg, supported by federal ICIP funding (Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program), our school division can now offer students in-house vocational programs.  As well as the indoor spaces, the outdoor vocational work yard allows space for larger construction technology projects.  Culinary and pastry arts will also have access to garden spaces to supplement their programming with homegrown herbs and vegetables,” says Tim Johnson, Chair of the Pembina Trails Board of Trustees.  

“The addition will provide access to programming that will allow 120 students to access vocational programming (machining, welding, culinary arts, pastry arts) in the high school, and hundreds of other students to access high school credits in technology education, which includes human ecology and industrial arts programs.” 

The vocational wing is scheduled to open in September 2026.

Details of Pembina Trails Collegiate’s soon-to-be vocational wing:

• The indoor space will cover 16,700 square foot (or 1,551.5 square metres)
• For the following vocational courses, the catchment is the entire division: Machining, Welding, Culinary Arts, and Pastry Arts.
• PTC’s vocational wing will also offer classes in Technology Education and Human Ecology.