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SUMMARY
The authors engaged the perspectives of SME employers and mentors to understand how to further recruit and integrate underrepresented (e_g, females, ethnic minorities/newcomers to Canada, Indigenous persons) and disadvantaged persons (e_g, persons with disabilities) in the construction trades industry. Both themes can be used interchangeably given that the intrinsic (e_g, apprentice ratios, unionized labor, wages, disability) and extrinsic (e_g, apprentice age, gender perceptions, pre-apprentice education and diversity) factors that influence the outcome of increasing engagement are interrelated. There was widespread openness amongst the SME employers to willingly hire those from underrepresented groups . . .
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