| Employment and Social Development Canada | speeches
As Canada’s first ever Minister for Persons with Disabilities, it is an honour for me to represent Canada at this 10th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, will hold a media teleconference from Geneva, Switzerland.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, will deliver remarks at the 10th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
The Global Talent Stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a program that provides innovative firms in Canada with a faster way to hire highly skilled foreign talent when Canadians or permanent residents are not available.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The development of Canada’s early learning and child care systems is one of the best investments that governments can make to strengthen Canada’s society and economy.
| 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
A strong middle class and a growing economy will increasingly depend on Canada’s young people getting the education, skills development and experience they’ll need to succeed. That means making sure that students get access to paid work experience right at the start of their working lives.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, and the Honourable Doug Currie, Prince Edward Island Minister of Education, Early Learning and Culture, will co-chair a meeting of Federal–Provincial/Territorial Ministers responsible for Early Learning and Child Care in Ottawa.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, will make an announcement about summer job opportunities for students in Canada.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
Community organizations in Canada are turning to innovative approaches to better serve those most in need and respond to increasing funding pressures. Innovation in the community sector takes various forms, whether it be not-for-profit service delivery organizations developing new interventions that better respond to users’ needs, or forging new partnerships with investors and funders to unlock new sources of capital.
