| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
The Enabling Accessibility Fund is a federal Grants and Contributions program which supports community-based projects across Canada aimed at improving accessibility in public facilities and in workplaces.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
As the federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for labour, we have a shared priority of ensuring health and safety in the workplace. Our governments have worked together diligently in recent years, taking significant steps to ensure the safety and health of workers and to address the challenges of modern workplaces. But there is still more work to be done.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
The Youth Employment Strategy (YES) is the Government of Canada’s commitment to help youth make a successful transition to the workplace. YES helps youth between the ages of 15 and 30 get the information and gain the skills, job experience and abilities they need to make a successful transition to the workforce. YES includes Skills Link, Career Focus and Summer Work Experience and is delivered by 11 federal departments.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Evolving workplaces and our changing society were at the heart of today’s meeting of federal, provincial and territorial ministers of labour, chaired by the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Canada’s Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development will visit l’Association des locataires Père-Lelièvre to talk about seniors issues.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
The Canada Student Loans Program helps to make post-secondary education more affordable for students from low- and middle-income families by providing supports to students with financial need through grants, loans and repayment assistance measures.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Innovation is changing how we live and work, bringing with it new challenges and new opportunities for working Canadians. When more Canadians can afford to go back to school to upgrade their skills or even pursue a new career path, our middle class becomes stronger and more resilient. That’s why, today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, launched Skills Boost, a new plan to give adult learners the support they need to succeed in the workforce.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, will host a meeting of the federal–provincial/territorial ministers responsible for labour.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
Launched in 1997, the Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities (OF) was designed to fill a gap in federal supports for Canadians with disabilities who are not eligible for the Employment Insurance program or training support. The program is intended to assist Canadians with disabilities prepare for, obtain and maintain employment or self-employment.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Honourable Kent Hehr, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, today announced that the Government of Canada is now accepting project proposals from organizations interested in receiving funding through the Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities.
