| Employment and Social Development Canada
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The Sustainable Jobs Training Fund will support a series of training projects that will help workers upgrade or gain new skills for jobs in the low-carbon economy. The Fund will allocate up to $99.1 million for projects from 2024 to 2028. Projects will range from $8 million to $15 million each, with agreements to start in 2024.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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Canada’s workforce is leading the transition toward a greener and more sustainable future. The Government of Canada is taking action to ensure that workers and employers in all regions of Canada have the skills and resources to thrive in the economy of today and tomorrow.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, Randy Boissonnault, will be making an important virtual announcement on the new Sustainable Jobs Training Fund. He will be sharing new updates regarding the Fund and next steps.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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A strong economy and healthy communities are created when everyone has a real and fair chance to succeed. When First Nations, Inuit and Métis are supported, not only are they developing their own skills and competencies, they are also helping their communities, now and into the future.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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The Skills and Partnership Fund 2022 call for proposals ran from February 28 to May 9, 2022, and sought applications from Indigenous organizations for partnership-based projects with a focus on five priority sectors: the green economy; information and communications technology; infrastructure; the blue economy; and the Indigenous public sector.
Fort McKay First Nation received an Addition to Reserve lands, which included oil sands deposits, as part of a 2004 Treaty Land Entitlement Settlement Agreement.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, Randy Boissonnault, will be in Vancouver, British Columbia, to announce funding for 24 projects through the Skills and Partnership Fund to support skills training for Indigenous people across Canada.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, Randy Boissonnault, will be in Surrey to announce support to help women explore, prepare for, and succeed in the skilled trades.