Student off to Skills Canada nationals

A local student is taking her passion for fashion design to the next level of Skills Canada.
Carissa Greer, a Grade 12 student at St. Joseph Catholic High school, recently won first place in the fashion technology category at the Provincial Skills Canada Competition on May 13 and 14 in Edmonton.
As a gold medal winner, Greer qualifies for the Skills Canada National Competition from May 27-30, as part of Team Alberta.
"I'm looking forward to just being there," said Greer. "Being able to say that I'm top 10 in the country is pretty amazing."
While this is her first year competing in nationals, Greer has been participating regional and provincial in Skills Canada competitions since Grade 9.
The competitions test students studying skilled trades and technology.
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"There's so many businesses that support it so it's really great to get the trades known in Alberta and across the country. It's just a really great way to build your trade and get experience in the field."
Karen Gorman, Greer's fashion teacher at St. Joseph Catholic High school, encouraged Greer to take part in Skills Canada.
"It helps them to work with the adrenaline rushing and pumping to see what they really do know," said Gorman.
"It pushes them to their best potential."
Greer's winning design in the provincial competition was a mid-season denim jacket with a featured cape, a welt pocket and flared sleeves.
The jacket took Greer 14 hours to make in the competition, including 11 hours of sewing.
"They send you the pattern previous, so I kind of go in with a design in mind and then I draft the jacket and everything there," said Greer.
To prepare for the all of the competitions, including nationals, Greer creates projects using new sewing techniques.
"I'm always looking for things to up the ante with difficulty and stuff, because they really love that too, how well you can execute a difficult technique," said Greer. "I love designing and being able to think of something then make it and have it in real life," said Greer.
Other local winners in the Provincial Skills Canada Competition were Darci Peterson.from Beaverlodge Regional High school, who won gold in junior hairstyling, Morgan Winter from St. Joseph Catholic High schoool, with a silver for IT-Software Solutions for Business Level 1, and Jamie Cote, from Peace Wapiti Academy, who won third place in outdoor power and recreation equipment.
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