Projects funded through the Skills for Success Program

This project is developing, testing and evaluating a digital skills training model to increase the employability of Indigenous people. The target is members of the Edmonton/Treaty 6 area and Yellowhead Tribal Council First Nation communities of Alberta. The project is focusing on sectors such as business, finance and administration and natural and applied sciences.

KKETS is testing a culturally appropriate literacy and essential skills (LES) program. The goals is to help Indigenous clients overcome barriers to participating in LES training. The proposed program will be available online for communities or individuals with internet access. It could also be a stand-alone program for communities or individuals without internet access.

This project is testing a new, flexible model to improve environmental professionals' essential skills. The proposed model will focus on jobs related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

This work will improve career progression of employed experts through targeted essential skills training. The project will also provide essential skills training in Indigenous communities with a focus on environmental field work, such as monitoring.

The project is improving and piloting Mining Essentials: A Work Readiness Training Program for Indigenous Peoples. The goal is to ensure it remains current, relevant and meets mining industry requirements to increase potential source of labour for the mining industry. The project is also piloting a new National Essential and Work Readiness Skills Training Program for youth, women, immigrants and official language minority communities

This project is producing an essential skills training web-portal for small and medium-sized businesses. It will aim to create training solutions for their business needs. It will develop content for thinking skills to help employee in the manufacturing industry to adapt and succeed at work.

FESA is replicating a previously developed workplace essential skills training approach to support Indigenous people to improve their skills. It will help participants to prepare for jobs in the tourism and hospitality industry in:

• British Columbia
• Alberta
• Saskatchewan
• Ontario

LearnSphere tested a program to integrate essential skills into management and procurement of small and medium sized businesses in Atlantic Canada, Quebec and British Columbia. All jurisdictions will be able to adapt the resources and tools developed to respond to the needs for small and medium sized businesses using their own trainers.

The goal is to address employment gaps between Metis and other residents of Manitoba. This will be done through customized Literacy and Essential Skills (LES) training in remote, rural and northern locations. It is developing a mobile LES program to increase access to training in these communities. It will help participants find employment.

This project is expanding an existing successful training programs. It aims to develop a training model for the whole food processing industry. This work will create a tool for employers and help job-seekers and employees to find and keep jobs in the food manufacturing industry.

This project is testing the effect of embedding essential skills into the Navigating the Canadian IT (NaviCanIT). It will help newcomers who are IT professionals find and keep jobs, or progress in their careers.

This project is testing a training program that will provide employability skills, cultural resiliency and essential skills training together with practical workplace activities. It will provide participants with certifications such as food safety, first aid and first host, and work placements in the retail, tourism, entertainment, hospitality and financial sectors.

This project is testing an innovative LES training approach on reserve. The goal is to help First Nations members of the Maskwacis region in Alberta. Training is focusing on Indigenous people from the 4 local First Nations communities to help them find and keep good jobs in the trades, hospitality, and services sectors. The goal of this project is to build partnerships with social enterprises.

This project is testing an instructor-led approach of literacy and essential skills training that is based on successful strategies for reading and document use skills. It aims to help apprentices and pre-apprentices succeed in training and exams. The approach includes train-the-trainer for instructors.

ACCESS will work with Indigenous Skills and Employment Training agreement holders to build their capacity to deliver a tested and successful essential skills training called Essential Skills for Aboriginal Futures (ESAF). This project is being tested in Indigenous communities across Canada. It aims to address essential skills challenges in Indigenous communities through ESAF approach.

COFA is an organization based in Ontario. It is partnering with official languages minority communities (OLMC) service providers in other provinces and territories to expand an existing online learning platform across Canada. It will help individuals to learn independently or as part of a distance instructor-led learning program. The new Official Languages Action Plan for 2018 to 2023 includes workplace essential skills. This project will support this plan.

COFA is testing an essential skills French language program in the tourism industry. Successful participants will gain hands on experience through job shadowing and employment opportunities.

This project is testing an innovative training approach that is integrating essential skills into mentorship in the construction trades. The goal is to improve skills and completion of training, and performance on the job for apprentices and journeypersons.

The project aims to increase participation of refugees, focussing on refugee women in the local workforce. The project is testing an employment-first training approach for refugees with multiple barriers. It will provide customized, on-the-job essential skills training, and employability skills training. It will also engage with employers to employ participants.

The SRDC is partnering with youth training providers to identify and test proven approaches in essential skills and employment programs for vulnerable youth. The results of this project will inform future programs in the department that aim improve access to the training and supports needed to succeed. It will include measuring client progress towards employment goals.

The project is testing a training approach that looks at cultural factors to improve essential skills, worker confidence, and workplace cultural skills. The goal is to improve employment outcomes for disadvantaged populations. The approach is also expanding the Aboriginal Women in Mining program to all demographics, and in 3 new sectors: security, transportation and forestry.

This project is testing a new framework to standardize essential skills (ES) training for practitioners. The framework will be flexible and will allow customization to meet the needs of practitioners. It will make sure ES practitioner training is uniform across Canada, which will ensure similar approaches for learners in essential skills training.

The goal of this project is to increase knowledge and awareness of effective essential skills training for displaced workers. It aims to promote promising approaches in essential skills and improve employment outcomes for workers who have lost their jobs.

The goal of this project is to enhance employment counsellors’ knowledge of essential skills resources and effective program delivery. This project will test a robust training program for employment counselling organizations in several regions.

This project is testing ways to improve the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada program to support entry to the labour market. The project is improving language training programs with a focus on employment outcomes.

The goal of this project is to test a classroom and work placement training program that prepares participants for current and future job opportunities. It aims to support completion of apprenticeship training as well as progression to post-secondary education. The project focuses on the hospitality, tourism or construction trades.

The goal of this project is to expand a proven essential skills program. It will also create and validate a new training program focused on employer training needs and employee performance. The custom, performance-based funding approach will target small-and medium-sized businesses in key manufacturing sub-sectors.

This project aims to address workforce challenges in the fishing industry. It will develop and test of a job specific, mixed approach to essential skills training.

The goal of this project is to offer Information Communication and Technology training to job seekers and workers. It will help participants improve their technical skills and essential skills needed for entry-level positions.

The goal of this project is to support essential skills and career advancement of vulnerable women, for example Indigenous, youth, mature workers and immigrants. The project will tests life skills coach and leadership training (in other words, train-the-trainer) and the Building Sustainable Futures approach with existing and new partners. It will also test the existing LinksToJobs employer engagement framework in a minimum of 8 sites across Canada.

This project aims to test a workplace essential skills certification for individuals with low essential and employability skills. The goal is to address the shortage of skilled workers in PEI by increasing employer integration of essential skills in workplaces. The program also aims to offer a reputable certification that employers recognize and trust.

The goal of this project is to develop a blended online and in-classroom program for essential skills needed in the bio-economy sector. The program is focusing on human resources managers and job seekers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

The goal of this project is to expand a proven essential skills assessment and learning strategist training approach. The project aims to support registered apprentices to successfully complete training and obtain trade certification.

The goal of this project is to develop and test a new training approach that will integrate essential skills into Manitoba’s employment services.

The goal of this project is to expand a successful essential skills program in the workplace. It aims to test new essential skills introductory workshops for workplaces with Canadian Labour Congress in Newfoundland and Labrador. The goal is improve the essential skills of participants, focusing on underserved groups such as women, Indigenous peoples and newcomers.

The goal of this project is to create and test an essential skills training program for rural and remote communities. It aims to address challenges of job seekers and workers in small, rural and remote communities, especially in northern regions.

The goal of this project is to create a national literacy and essential skills organization for anglophone and francophone OLMCs. It aims to address the needs of these communities, and bring together stakeholders in family and community literacy. It will support social inclusion, basic skills training for employment.

The goal of this project is to help newcomers who are skilled tradespeople improve their skills and prepare for employment in trades. The project will assess essential skills levels, provide language training specific to a trade, and work experience.

The goal of this project is to test a new training approach targeting all 9 essential skills, and technical skills. The goal is to improve employability of Indigenous workers for construction-related careers in the energy sector. The project will train and certify service providers in order to improve their capacity to deliver job-specific essential skills programs.

This project extends the Virtual Learning Strategy 1 project by increasing participation from 6 to 12 jurisdictions. The goals of the project are to:

• develop and carry out sustainability plans in each jurisdiction
• conduct research on jobs, and
• adapt the current tools to the Skills for Success Model

This project is supporting community-based service providers. These service providers focus on pilot projects and research initiatives. The project also creates a Governance Committee for adopting the Skills for Success Model in Quebec.

This project aims to improve awareness of and proficiency in the Skills for Success (SFS). It targets youth in skilled trades and technology careers to improve their outcomes. The project will adapt and create learning and skills competition materials based on the SFS model. The project will also increase national awareness of SFS and trades and technology careers through partnership engagement.

This project is creating a toolkit to support Information Technology professionals in the workplace which will involve:

• developing training curricula for Information Technology leaders and their employees, and
• creating an online platform to improve employees' social-emotional skills

This will give employers the ability to customize the toolkit to jobs in the technology sector.

This project is piloting training modules for 5 of the Skills for Success in the 3 territories. The skills are adaptability, problem-solving, collaboration, innovation and creativity, and communication. The project will also pilot 2 social enterprise initiatives and build a large social enterprise that:

• provides training and employment opportunities for participants
• meets a northern need, and
• provides resources to literacy councils

This project is expanding the New Brunswick Virtual Learning Strategist program. The project will integrate the Learning Disabilities Online Risk Indicator into Workplace Learning Prince Edward Island's services by:

• expanding the model from the apprenticeship sector to other sectors, and
• targeting 60 clients with learning disabilities seeking positions in various sectors

The project will enable employers to understand learning disabilities and accommodate these needs in the workplace.

This project is testing essential skills training with Small and Medium-sized enterprises in 10 regions. This will include developing an engagement strategy, an organizational performance measurement framework, a toolbox, and best practices.

This project is updating Career and Vocational Evaluation (CVE) Inc.'s Career Exploration Program training and testing tools. The project will:

• adapt the tools to the Skills for Success (SFS) Model, and
• support 200 persons with disabilities with career exploration training

The project will also increase employers’ awareness of the SFS Model through webinars, conferences, and contacts.

This project supports 250 participants by developing and piloting:

• a self-assessment process, and
• tools for identifying and using Skills for Success across various career pathways

The project enhanced the capacity of practitioners and facilitators to:

• help clients with their skills development, and
• connect them to future career goals

This project is exploring supports for learning disabilities. The supports will increase pre-apprentices' and apprentices' success both on the job and in technical training. The project will develop an enhanced model and integrate screening tools into SkillPlan's technology platform and technical training. The project will offer tutoring and supports to 300 pre-apprentices and apprentices.

This project is building on the Digital Nova Scotia Skills for Hire program. It will expand the program to other provinces such as Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. The project offers training and supports to 1,500 participants to enhance their foundational and transferable skills. The goals are to:

• enhance the workforce and labour market potential of each province, and
• offer new technology sector employment opportunities to participants throughout the region

This project will also support the Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) and digital industry in general. The project will address labour market demands by supplying the sector with new, diverse talent.

This project will offer a comprehensive plan for pan-Canadian solutions on workforce challenges of Canadian workers and employers. The project will focus on the social-emotional skills within the Skills for Success (SFS) Model, offering training to 500 learners, and 120 facilitators. The goals of the project are to:

• develop and test workplace training to support the SFS Model, and
• develop certified trainers at the professional level

This project will update assessments and training resources to align with the Skills for Success (SFS) Model. The Test of Workplace Essential Skills assessment will include writing and digital skills. The training resources will include reading, numeracy, writing, and digital skills. All training materials will be available to the public as an open educational resource (OER).

This project is an updated version of the 'lndigenous Essential Skills Journey, Planting the Seeds for Growth' workshop. The project will focus on the Skills for Success (SFS) Model from an Indigenous perspective. The objectives of the project are to:

• create a training tool for practitioners, and
• inform training services for Indigenous persons

The project will also offer tools and resources to help Indigenous learners build skills using the SFS Model.

This project will take place at colleges and institutes across Canada. It aims to help Canadians better prepare for the labour market using the Skills for Success (SFS) Model. The project will create:

• an SFS training database, and
• upskilling programs to make it easier for Canadians looking to gain skills or improve their careers

This project will:

• expand the proven Change it Up (CIU) Facilitator Training, and
• share the CIU program and resources with facilitators and service providers

The project will develop a companion assessment tool to report on transferable skills on a national scale.

The project will develop and deliver training resources in literacy, numeracy, and digital skills to support adult learners. The training will help improve the capacity for teaching these skills and is available for:

• participants
• United for Literacy (Frontier College) staff, and
• community organizations

This project will deliver micro-credential training workshops for social-emotional skills such as adaptability, collaboration, and communication. This will address skills gaps and barriers faced by newcomers. The project seeks to increase awareness and knowledge of Canadian workplace skills.

This project builds on the UP Skills for Work (US4W) program to increase the literacy skills of adult learners. The project will create learning resources, assessment tools, and learning opportunities for adults across Canada in reading and writing. This in turn will help them better prepare for, get, and keep employment.

This project will develop assessment and training resources to support transferable and sector-based Skills for Success (SFS) programming. The project will include:

• targeted training to address participant and employer needs
• customized assessments and training for under-represented groups

This project will give digital skills supports and services to persons with disabilities. This will help them prepare for and access job opportunities. Hubs for the project will be in: Moncton, New Brunswick, Regina, Saskatchewan, and Burnaby, British Columbia. Virtual services will be available across Canada.

The program will support persons with disabilities in developing skills for the workplace. It will include a variety of trainings, such as: e-learning, peer-to-peer learning, one-on-one coaching, and networking. The project will provide in-person training in: Ottawa, Vancouver, Edmonton, Moncton, and Halifax. Virtual training is available for participants in remote areas.

This project aims to meet the growing demand for technological skills in the workplace. The project goals are:

• developing a training program for digital skills, and
• supporting the capacity of partners to work with vulnerable and under-served women and gender diverse participants

This project will offer online training and assessment tools to help under-represented groups improve foundational and transferable skills. The project focuses on 6 skills from the Skills for Success (SFS) Model:

• digital skills
• communication
• collaboration
• problem-solving
• creativity and innovation, and
• adaptability

This project aims to support youth ages 18-29 to return to the workforce after the pandemic. The project will offer training and assessments using the Skills for Success (SFS) Model. The project will use an equity lens to help underrepresented groups with the following:

• entering the workforce
• succeeding at work, and
• creating and leading their own businesses

The project aims to reintegrate women into the labour market in French and English-speaking communities across Canada. The project will offer pre-employment skills training to help participants enter a professional career, including in entreneurship.

The project will offer training to prepare Francophone newcomers for employment. The training will include:

• essential skills such as creativity and innovation, problem-solving, communication, and adaptability, and
• coaching and train-the-trainer modules

The project aims to help people in Francophone minority communities prepare for, return to, and keep employment. The project will develop assessment tools and training resources for the following skills:

• numeracy
• communication
• reading
• writing
• adaptability
• creativity and innovation, and
• collaboration

This project will offer training to individuals that need job skills as well as to skills training practitioners and employers. It will also focus on leader education and workplace readiness.

This project will:

• integrate the Skills for Success Model into the Foundational Digital Skills Initiative (FDSI)
• develop training resources for targeted skills, and
• give skills training and job placement opportunities

This project will:

• offer free online training to enable Canadians to meet the demands of employers
• improve skills for women and Indigenous people
• educate Canadians on workplace challenges and opportunities, and
• raise awareness about free training resources

This project will design and promote training tools on an educational and interactive web platform. The tools will improve employability knowledge for people with attention deficit with or without hyperactivity (ADD/ADHD).

This project gives Northwest Territories (NWT) residents essential skills for work and learning. It partners with Aurora College and NWT Literacy Council to integrate essential skills into vocational training and workplace learning. It supports NWT's economic recovery, including sectoral demands.

This project will develop resources that align with the Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum Framework (OALCF). The project will:

• meet the cultural and linguistic needs of Deaf, Indigenous and Francophone learners using the Skills for Success, and
• improve digital delivery of the Ontario Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) services to support learner transitions to employment

This project will develop a Skills for Success (SFS) based assessment tool that will:

• measure skills gains for all 9 SFS, and
• help training providers and employers to measure skill improvements for employability at a participant and system level

This project aims to help Albertans gain digital literacy skills to succeed in the job market. The project will create a digital literacy program for Albertans of all ages and skill levels.

This project will create a career exploration program using the Skills for Success. The project will:

• be available to Newfoundland and Labrador residents, and
• work with industry partners to create training models and other resources

Learners will gain practical knowledge to get jobs in emerging industries.

This project will support Manitobans at all skill levels to improve their foundational and transferable skills. The province will develop modules and resources that use the Skills for Success. The project will:

• offer funding to service providers for foundational skills programming resources to meet on-the-job skill demands, and
• deliver demand-led training programs by collaborating with the manufacturing sector and construction sector

This project will develop and expand an existing training program to include the Skills for Success Model. It will help Prince Edward Island residents improve their foundational and transferable skills and connect unemployed participants to employment. The project will also offer mentorship and placements in the health sector.

This project will expand and ehance the Virtual Learning Strategy (VLS) program. The project will include the following:

• long-term VLS Train-the-Trainer Service Delivery Model, and
• technology platform that pilots Skills for Success and learning disability supports

The project will offer a national training framework for online psychoeducational evaluations.

This project will improve labour market outcomes for under-represented people in Yukon's labour market. The project will:

• increase the availability of services, tools, and training resources to measure and develop Skills for Success
• offer opportunities for in-demand jobs, and
• include First Nations principles

This project will help the Government of British Columbia expand their Pathways to Engagement and Employment Readiness (PEERS) program. The project will design and carry out training to support participants at risk of or experiencing homelessness. The project will also:

• improve participants’ foundational and transferable skills, and
• help participants to meet on-the-job demands through peer employment and supports

This project aims to support Manitobans in improving foundational and transferable skills for better employment opportunities. The project will:

• update the Nurse Re-entry Program with the Skills for Success Model to help registered and internationally educated nurses, and
• update the Adult Literacy Program to include numeracy and digital skills, providing online portfolio guides for showcasing skills

This project will create an interactive Skills for Success training model for persons with disabilities. The project will focus on skills such as:

• adaptability
• creativity
• problem-solving
• communication
• collaboration, and
• digital skills

The project will:

• offer wraparound services and discuss barriers to training and work-related issues
• guide small to medium-sized employers on integrating Persons with Disabilities, and
• offer virtual training that is accessible nationwide at no cost, with in-person activities taking place in British Columbia and Alberta

This project aims to:

• develop and promote online training tools, and
• prepare rural Canadian adults for the labour market

The project will adjust training materials already offered online to align with the Skills for Success Model.

This project will train 80 members of the deaf and Hard of Hearing (HOH) community across Canada. The project will help participants improve their foundational and transferable skills through Mohawk College's micro-credential program. The project will also offer job placements to bridge the skills gap between employers’ and participants’ needs.

This project is creating free online tools to improve the foundational and transferable skills of 56 persons with disabilities. The training resources will include:

• 20 Employment Skills Training videos for participants and employees
• Job Skills for Success Manual, and
• 5 Workforce Educational videos for employers and employment agencies

This project is providing industry-specific training to 18 participants to improve their foundational and transferable skills. The project will meet current and future requirements in the aviation industry. This includes Skills for Success training such as:

• digital skills
• social-emotional skills, and
• problem-solving

This project is creating an online learning program on safety issues for driver services in the Canadian gig economy. The project will offer training to 5,000 workers to improve their foundational and social-emotional skills, such as:

• collaboration
• communication
• problem-solving
• adaptability, and
• creativity and innovation

This project aims to deliver a challenge-based model for social-emotional and digital skills. Participants will build these skills by solving real world business problems. The project will support 100 participants and will focus on:

• women
• racialized Canadians, and
• newcomers

The project will create toolkits for employers and career developers on the Skills for Success (SFS) Model.

This project will create interactive resources and offer sector-specific training. The project will support 60 racialized Canadians within the manufacturing industry to improve:

• digital skills
• communication
• problem-solving, and
• other social-emotional skills

These tools will be accessible and available for employers and workers to support the retention and progression of employees.

This project will offer skills training to 300 young individuals (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous people and People of Colour (QTBIPOC) who lack access to post-secondary education or employment. The project will focus on launching careers in the arts. Training will also be available to organizations to help them work with QTBIPOC artists.

This project offers supports on foundational and transferable skills for women and gender diverse people. The project will help participants to explore career options and opportunities in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. It will also increase employer awareness of local talent to build a more inclusive workforce in the ICT sector.

This project will develop and deliver online training modules to participants to improve:

• communication
• collaboration
• adaptability
• creativity and innovation, and
• digital skills

The project will also deliver equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) training to small to medium-size enterprises (SMEs).

The project will bridge the gap between training and employment for African Nova Scotians in the construction trades. The project offers training and professional mentoring to 24 racialized individuals to join the construction industry.

This project is providing foundational and transferable skills training to 106 older participants. The project will feature the Skills for Success (SFS) Model in a 4-week hybrid program. The project will target racialized groups and focus on 6 SFS skills:

• digital
• collaboration
• adaptability
• creativity and innovation
• communication, and
• problem-solving

The project will also support assessments for writing, numeracy and reading.

This project is providing skills training to 35 participants with a focus on racialized groups across the Kootenay region. The project will develop foundational and transferable skills, including social-emotional skills, and will use equine assisted learning. The Greater Trail Skills Centre will collaborate with equine facilities, Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy, and employers.

This project will:

• develop and deliver a micro-credentialing program, and
• offer wraparound supports and a practicum placement to 24 racialized and immigrant women

This will help them develop foundational and transferable skills and forge connections to the Canadian workforce. The project will also enhance employer knowledge of how to support diversity and inclusion within their organization.

The project will offer:

• foundational and transferable skills training
• job placements in an apprenticeship trade
• skills assessments, and
• entry-level carpentry training

This project will benefit 30 racialized people in New Brunswick

AccessNow will partner with CNIB Foundation and Toronto Metropolitan University on this project. The project will develop innovative ways to help persons with disabilities to find and keep jobs. The project will carry out the following:

• give entrepreneurial and experiential learning opportunities
• test the impact of these learning opportunities on transferable skills, and
• improve essential skills for success, targeting areas like digital accessibility and self-identification

Imagine Canada will partner with Blueprint, Digital Governance Council, and several community service organizations on this project. It is a research project that will study the Skills for Success (SFS) Model to upskill the non-profit sector’s workforce.

The project will document promising practices that use the Skills for Success in holistic models. The project will collaborate with Indigenous partners to:

• develop measures of success reflecting Indigenous lived experiences
• improve employment preparation, and
• address apprenticeship labour market issues impacting various trades and regions

This project will use a community action research model. The project will explore how the pandemic affected the skills levels of underrepresented groups. This includes:

• measuring the pandemic's impact on skills levels for the 9 Skills for Success
• creating an Open Data Portal to share insights, and
• hosting Bounce Back Solution Summits to increase skill-building capacity among young workers, service providers, and employers

Social Research and Demonstration Corporation and Mentor Canada will partner in this project. The organizations will collaborate to improve racialized young people's access to employment and community-based mentoring opportunities. The project aims to investigate and co-design effective ways to strengthen their skills and support career pathways. This includes:

• producing knowledge on how mentoring enhances Skills for Success and impacts on labour market outcomes, and
• creating a hub for employers, mentoring organizations, and youth to access employment-focused mentoring resources

This project will work with training practitioners, and review research and literature to:

• find current practices
• mobilize professionals, and
• upgrade training practitioners' skills to teach social-emotional skills

The project will investigate employment outcomes and social-emotional skill development in people with disabilities. Participants will come from projects by:

• Canadian Council for Rehabilitation and Work
• Youth the Future, and
• Women's Employment Readiness program

Project goals include:

• assessing the impact of skill development programs on employability outcomes
• raising awareness among key stakeholders, and
• integrating research findings in adult programming

This project will collect data on underrepresented employees in rural regions of British Columbia such as:

• Indigenous people, and
• Persons with diverse abilities

The project seeks to understand how foundational and transferable skills can support job maintenance for both employees and employers. This includes:

• using the Skills for Success model to bridge the employer-employee disconnect, and
• finding ways to better support underrepresented employees to succeed in their jobs

This project aims to develop resources for newcomers to Canada. The resources will help build foundational and transferable skills in the Canadian workforce. The project will:

• integrate soft skills with core components of English language skills, and
• cover topics that are relevant to the English language in a Canadian workplace context

The project goal is to adapt resources and deliver training programs to build capacity for:

• Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math (STEAM), and
• digital skills that align with the Skills for Success Model

The project aims to create supportive work environments and to focus on:

• women
• underemployed youth, and
• employers

The project goal is to design and start a skills enhancement and employment readiness program. The program will support individuals to improve their foundational and transferable skills by developing assessment tools and training resources. The project is partnering with employers and employer associations in British Columbia's most in-demand sectors including:

• retail
• hospitality and tourism
• financial, and
• building construction

This project aims to help underrepresented groups improve their skills and succeed at work in the hospitality industry. The project will help food services and accommodation businesses in Ontario to adopt the Skills for Success Model.

This project will update and develop online tools, assessments and training resources that align with the Skills for Success Model. It includes the following goals:

• support 1,200 food industry workers
• help 1,000 employers to improve their hiring practices, and
• offer training opportunities to 3,000 participants

The project will help participants improve foundational and transferable skills to be better prepared for on-the-job demands.

This project will expand the Future Skills Innovation Network (FUSION) skill development curricular library by:

• creating 6 new training modules for skills that are in line with the Skills for Success Model, and
• pilot one innovative skill-development tool at each partner university (Carleton, Calgary, Saskatchewan, Concordia, and Memorial)

This project will develop the foundational and technical skills of newcomers in Alberta to improve:

• job readiness
• work placement
• job retention, and
• success in the workplace

Through training, newcomers and members of racialized groups will prepare for the needs and requirements of Alberta’s job market. Participants will have the opportunity to prepare for and finish the entrance exam for Alberta’s apprenticeship programs.

This project will increase the number and diversity of workers qualified to work in the environmental sector. The project will offer employers access to skilled talent through a dynamic training series for foundational and transferable skills.

This project will help employers to adopt the Skills for Success model in multiple industries. The project will offer skills training to front-line workers, Human Resources and supervisory staff in:

• construction
• manufacturing, and
• tourism