News Release: 07/07/2020
July 07, 2020
Toronto 51st Annual Apprentice Awards
Each year the Toronto Local Joint Apprenticeship Committee hosts an awards dinner to recognise graduates of the night school program and the winners of the Toronto Sheet Metal Apprentice Competition.
Those that have completed their apprenticeship and have obtained the Sheet Metal Worker Certificate of Qualification are also recognised. Of this group, the Allan Defoe Memorial Award is presented to the journey-person that achieved the highest averaged mark in combination of all 3 phases of night school and all 3 phases of day school.
2020 marks the 51st anniversary of the awards but unfortunately due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 competition and the awards dinner were cancelled.
The night school program for 2019-20 had 77 graduates of the Phase 1 program; 38 graduates of the Phase program and 25 graduates of the Phase 3 program. The apprentices that placed 1st and 2nd in their class are recognised with a cash prize award. The graduates of the Phase 3 program are also recognised for successfully completing the night school program which is one of the significant milestones required of the apprenticeship training.
The Toronto LJAC is pleased to recognise the following top apprentices in their night school classes:
| Phase 1 - First Place | Phase 1 - Second Place |
| Patrick Bennett | Jessica Burkley |
| Malcolm Cartwright | Brandon Dawe |
| Isaac Dobos | Mark Hardy Jr. |
| Luis Guedes | Joseph Mitchell |
| Gregory Keenan | Charlotte Nott |
| Michael Muto | Thomas Paul |
| Brad Smith | Larazo Reyes |
| Phase 2 - First Place | Phase 2 - Second Place |
| Jonathon Gomes | Antonio Iezzi |
| Cuyler Lau | Trevor Peeters |
| Hayman Nsaif | Ryan R. St.Pierre |
| Phase 3 - First Place | Phase 3 - Second Place |
| Shaun Laroche | Brandon Mol |
| Sawyer Smyth | Calvin Spencer |
The following are graduates of the night school program:
| Phase 3 Graduates | |
| Matthew Baranyai | Blake Boyd |
| Devin Burnie | Guido Fabio Colagiacomo |
| Ryan Conium | Daralyn Crawford |
| Justin Edmonstone | Brandon Hayes |
| Gary W. Ingleston | Craig Jamieson |
| Thomas Kalenberg | Shaun Laroche |
| Brandon Mol | Justin Parsons |
| Matthew Parsons | Cole Punkari |
| Jordan Ribeiro | Jacobb Sheridan |
| Sawyer Smyth | Calvin Spencer |
| Lionel Sykes | Steven Vitorino |
| Michael Wall | Matt Wendel |
New journey-persons are:
| Tyler Anderson | Shaun Attard |
| Michael Boyd | Danton Brinovic |
| Kole Clement | Ryan Conium |
| Derek Dalziel | Jason Durante |
| Bradley Evans | Jose Gallegos |
| Kevin Gorrill | Ryan Henderson |
| Cole Hoare | Daen Hoare |
| Aadil Khan | Brandon Link |
| Callum Lynch | Iman Majelan |
| Parminder Makh | William Malone |
| Michael Miller | Ryan Moczerad |
| Norrin Murle | Steven Pazder |
| Derek Percival | Joseph Phillips |
| Vi Phung | Shane Quirk |
| Elliot Ram | Evan Shepley |
| Joe Snow | Gary Sowden |
| Joseph Sparks | Colin St.Amant |
| Gregory Vaillancourt | Mitchell Vigna |
| Tyler Walsh | Bryan Whyte |
The Allan Defoe Memorial Award is presented to:
| Danton Brinovic |
The Toronto Local Joint Apprenticeship Committee congratulates all the apprentices for their achievements!
