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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Tiobista Tsegay, a grade 5 student from Hampstead School, learns to soldering with her fellow students at Winnipeg Construction Association?s Construction Education Centre Thursday. The event was to provide female students with the opportunity to explore careers in the construction trades and STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) through interactive demonstrations with women role models and featured eight hands-on activities facilitated by tradeswomen and women in areas such as carpentry, electrical, virtual reality simulations, plumbing, pipefitting, ironwork, sciences and engineering. It was hosted by Manitoba Women in Construction (MWC) and Manitoba Status of Women and open to grades 5 & 6 girls. Standup photo April 19, 2018