| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Kent Hehr, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, will participate in the launch of the Hire for Talent Campaign. The Hire for Talent campaign aims to make small businesses more aware of and confident about hiring people with disabilities.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
Today marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a day that highlights poverty around the world. From the loss of human potential to the high cost of hunger and social isolation, poverty affects us all. It has many faces and especially targets the most vulnerable in our communities, like single-parent families, older single adults, people with disabilities and recent immigrants. First Nations, Inuit and Métis are also at particular risk, and poverty can pass from one generation to another, trapping children in the same cycles of poverty as their parents. In total, in Canada, more than 3 million people live in poverty, with many having to make difficult choices for their families, such as deciding whether to buy healthy food or pay rent, or whether to stay in school or drop out to help an ailing family member.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
The Innovative Solutions to Homelessness funding stream is delivered nationally and supports the development of the best innovative approaches to reducing homelessness.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Far too many young people face homelessness in Canada, including over 25,000 youth who used shelters in 2014. This is why the Government of Canada is supporting the development of new and innovative approaches to reducing youth homelessness through the Homelessness Partnering Strategy’s (HPS) Innovative Solutions to Homelessness funding stream, which is delivered nationally.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
Led by the Council of Atlantic Premiers (CAP), the Atlantic Apprenticeship Harmonization Project is designed to standardize the requirements for apprentices in 16 trades across Atlantic Canada. It will also increase the efficiency of the apprenticeship system across the Atlantic region.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
To grow our economy and strengthen the middle class, Atlantic Canadians must have access to the skills training they need to find and keep good, well-paying jobs in Atlantic Canada.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador will announce training and employment opportunities for Atlantic Canadians.
| 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
Giving Canadian youth the tools they need to find and keep good jobs will help grow the middle class and strengthen our economy.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
All Canadians deserve a real and fair chance to succeed. On this International Day of the Girl, as Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, I would like to reiterate how proud I am to be part of a government that is taking concrete steps to foster gender equity and strengthen the place of women and girls in our society. When all Canadians are able to reach their full potential, the country benefits.
