Practical by design
Training planned around tools, vehicles, repair procedures and real-world production expectations.
About Elite Auto
Industry experience, built into education.
A proposed skilled-trades college rooted in more than four decades of collision-repair experience and a belief that the best way to learn the trade is to work alongside people who know it.
APPROVAL PENDINGProposed 310B program. Admissions are not open. Teaching and enrolment begin only after all required approvals.
Mario Menna’s storyA personal commitment.
A personal commitment.
A chance for young people.
Without Mario Menna’s vision and personal investment, this proposed college would not be taking shape.
As the owner of Elite Auto Collision, Mario is putting his own money into developing a place where young people can discover a trade, build practical skills and learn alongside experienced professionals.
For more than 30 years, Mario has advocated learning on the job—developing skills through practice alongside experienced professionals.
His motivation is to offer a positive path to young people who may not yet see an opportunity for themselves: a place to belong, people who will guide them and meaningful work to grow toward.
The college is still in development. Community support can help make the need for this kind of opportunity heard.
Stand behind the visionOur foundation
From working collision centre to training ground.
Elite Auto Collision has served the Toronto community for more than 40 years. The proposed college builds on that operating experience to help address a challenge felt across the industry: too few new technicians entering and completing the trade.
Our vision is a focused learning environment where technical instruction, professional standards and daily shop practice reinforce one another—giving learners a clearer path from first skill to confident employment.
Experience that transfers
Mentorship informed by Red Seal professionals with decades in collision repair.
Education leadership
Instructional planning shaped by Ontario teaching experience and learner-centred practice.
A smaller cohort
A planned 12-person cohort model designed for attention, feedback and accountability.
Leadership
Built by educators and industry professionals.
The proposed leadership team brings together collision-repair ownership, Red Seal trade expertise and Ontario education experience. That mix is intended to keep training technically relevant, accessible and connected to employer needs.
Mario MennaCEO · Elite Auto Collision
Experienced Red Seal professionalsProposed instructional team
Built inside the industry
A college shaped by the realities of today’s collision shop.
Real training environmentPlanned inside an operating collision-repair facility, with professional equipment and authentic workflows.
Mentorship that mattersLearn from Red Seal professionals with decades of experience repairing vehicles and guiding technicians.
Support for every learnerEducation leadership informed by Ontario teaching experience, accessibility and differentiated instruction.
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