Prime Minister announces support for students serving their communities and opportunities to gain paid work experience
Press Release June 25, 2020 Post-secondary students and recent graduates are facing unique and unprecedented challenges because of COVID-19. There are fewer jobs, and many co-op, internship, and community service…
New report outlines structural barriers and opportunities for Indigenous Peoples
Press Release TORONTO, June 25, 2020 – A new report – Mapping the Landscape: Indigenous Skills Training and Jobs in Canada – from the Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business (CCAB)…
Ontario Makes Historic Investment in Public Education
Press Release Every School Board to Receive Funding Increase to Ensure Student Success June 19, 2020 TORONTO – Today, the Ontario government announced that it is investing $736 million more…
Saskatoon co-op focused on supporting marginalized youth receives multi-year grant
Press Release GUELPH, ON, June 18, 2020 – Saskatoon’s Core Neighbourhood Youth Co-op (CNYC) received some great news today; The Co-operators is providing $90,000; a $30,000 Co-operators Community Funds grant…
Future Skills Centre announces $37 million investment for innovative and responsive solutions to Canada’s evolving labour market
Press Release TORONTO (June 8, 2020) — Today Future Skills Centre (FSC) is greenlighting 30 projects as part of a $37-million investment to provide essential solutions to support Canadians transitioning…
Government of Canada announces funding for the social and economic inclusion of persons with disabilities
Press Release From: Employment and Social Development Canada June 1, 2020 Gatineau, Quebec Employment and Social Development Canada Canadians across the country are feeling the economic impacts of COVID-19. In…
U of Victoria: Sociologist wins national prize for reducing inequity and stigma
Press Release May 26, 2020 From advocating for the recognition of Indigenous and non-Indigenous midwives, to working with street-involved youth, to empowering sex workers to become their own health advocates,…
Prince Rupert Port Authority Invests in Laptops for Lax Kw’alaams Students
Press Release MAY 14, 2020 PRINCE RUPERT, BRITISH COLUMBIA – Students at Coast Tsimshian Academy (CTA) in the community of Lax Kw’alaams have received 100 new laptop computers to help…
Staples Canada supports local school communities with technology to power online education
Press Release RICHMOND HILL, ON, April 28, 2020 – Due to COVID-19, classrooms across Canada have made the challenging transition to online learning. Providing students with the technology they need…
NORDIK Institute: Growth for Sault Ste. Marie’s Future: A Review of the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot
Press Release Northern Ontarians have spent most of the 21st century concerned about our region’s declining population, which due to a combination of outmigration and declining birth rates has either…
