KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
(New: Contact for information about Virtual Keynotes)
Dr. Jon Callegher, Executive Director of Job Talks, is an award-winning Skilled Trades researcher and marketing expert. Drawing on extensive research, he delivers engaging and thought-provoking keynotes to industry associations throughout the United States and Canada.
A dynamic and highly energetic presenter, Jon will captivate your audience with compelling insights and encourage reflection and inquiry. His expertise ensures that participants leave with actionable ideas and a renewed focus on workforce recruitment and retention.
Keynotes are based on Job Talks research and can be customized based on your conference theme.
Jon has a Ph.D in Sociology from the University of Waterloo. He has appeared on radio and TV, sharing his research on the Skilled Trades, the Construction Industry and others areas of work. Contact for booking info.
RECENT EVENTS
International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators and Allied Workers | 2024 Canada-USA Meeting of Elected Officers, Vancouver, BC | Vancouver Island Construction Association (VICA) Annual Conference 2024 | Fairmont Empress, Victoria, BC. | Roofers Union 30th Annual Convention | Tropicana, Las Vegas, 2023 "How Attract and Retain Young People to the Roofing Industry" |
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BC Construction Safety Alliance, Health & Safety Conference | Vancouver, 2023. Photo Credit: @kasselmancreative | Brantford Brant Chamber of Commerce | Brantford, ON, 2023, "How to Attract and Retain Youth to the Skilled Trades" | Upper Grand District School Board | Virtual Parent Night Keynote, 2023 |
Thames Valley District School Board + London District Catholic School Board, London, ON, 2023 | Parent Evening Keynote | Concrete Ontario Annual Convention | Toronto, 2023, "How to Attract and Retain Youth to the Construction Industry" | Host and Moderator, Women in Trades Event | Toronto Catholic District School Board, 2023 |
Keynote Address to International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Executive Council | Miami, Florida, 2023 | Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board Parent Night | Virtual Keynote, 2023 | YRDSB Grade 7/8 Virtual Keynote to 100+ classrooms (3,000+ students) | York Region, ON 2023 |
6th Annual Women In Manufacturing Success Forum | Keynote Speaker, 2023 | Ontario Sewer and Watermain Construction Association 50th Annual Conference | 2023 Keynote | Opening Keynote "How to Attract and Retain Young People to the Skilled Trades" IFEBP Institute for Apprenticeship, Training and Ed. Annual Meeting | San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2023 |
District School Board of Niagara | Parent Night Keynote and Panel Moderation, 2023 | IFEBP Institute for Apprenticeship, Training and Ed. Annual Meeting | San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2023 | Moderator, "Crushing Barriers to the Skilled Trades" with TV Host Sebastian Clovis, Top Chef Siobhan Detkavich & RBC Olympian Sam Effah | Skills Canada, 2022 |
5 Great Great Reasons for Career in the Trades | Virtual Keynote, 2022 | LCDSB Parent Night | Virtual Keynote 2021 | TDSB Parent Night w/ Jamie McMillan, Toronto, ON | 2020 Keynote |
Job Talks Construction Video Launch | Toronto, ON | 2020 Keynote | Ontario Road Builders' Association Annual Convention | Toronto, ON | 2020 | ORBA Hiring Ahead of the Curve Panel | Toronto, ON | 2020 |
Canadian Kitchen Cabinet Association Annual Conference | Calgary, Alberta | 2019 Keynote | Fanshawe SCWI Breakfast Forum | London, ON | 2019 Keynote | IFEBP Canadian Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA | 2019 |
YouthConnect 2019 Panel, CivicAction | Toronto, ON | Toronto District School Board Experiential Learning PD Day, Toronto, ON | 2019 Keynote | Retaining Employees in the Skilled Trades - Report Launch, Toronto, ON | 2019 |
School-College Work Initiative Annual Symposium, Toronto, ON | 2019 Keynote | Parent Night for Durham District School Board, Durham, ON | 2019 Keynote | Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning Canada (CEWIL) National Conference, Montreal, QC | 2018 Keynote |
Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) National Conference, Victoria, BC | 2018 | OCEA Spring Conference, Toronto, ON | 2018 | Ontario Cooperative Education Association Spring Conference, Toronto, ON | 2018 |
STEP to Construction Annual Stakeholder Meeting, Toronto, ON | 2019 | Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Forum Annual Symposium, Thunder Bay, ON | 2018 Keynote | Retaining Employees in the Skilled Trades (REST) Stakeholders Meeting, Toronto, ON | 2018 |
Host: Social Innovation Panel, George Brown College Applied Research Day | 2018 | Announcement: Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) National Conference, Victoria, BC | 2018 | Luncheon Keynote: Conference Board of Canada 5th Skills and Postsecondary National Conference, Toronto, ON | 2017 |