| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
The Women in the Skilled Trades Initiative focuses on funding projects that recruit, retain, and help women apprentices succeed in the 39 eligible Red Seals trades found predominately in the construction and manufacturing sectors.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
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 | backgrounders
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.
| 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 | 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.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) recently hit a major milestone when it reached one million seniors who have been deemed eligible for dental care coverage, helping to ease financial barriers to accessing dental care.
| 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 | news releases
Canadians deserve to age with dignity. That comes down to the dignity of choice, to affordability, and to good health. Because health isn’t just about years in one’s life, it’s about quality of life.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Minister of Labour, Seamus O’Regan Jr., will visit Algoma Steel in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, to tour the plant and meet with workers.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Minister of Citizens’ Services, Terry Beech, will announce in Burnaby British Columbia, a major milestone for the Canadian Dental Care Plan.
