eHub for Hospitality
Project Need Alberta’s hospitality sector is one of the province’s largest employers of newcomers — hotels, restaurants, cafés, and resorts are often the first place newcomers gain Canadian work experience. Yet the sector is facing serious challenges that affect both…
Read moreStrengthening Industry Capacity to Support Newcomers
Project Need With a growing influx of newcomers to Alberta, industries like construction, manufacturing, and hospitality are seeing an increased demand for accessible and effective safety training. Many newcomers encounter language, skills, and cultural barriers, which make it challenging to…
Read moreEmploy Ability
AWES, in collaboration with SRDC and ODEN, is developing an innovative employer-focused training program designed to help employer's capacity to recruit and retain people with disabilities. Hiring this underutilized talent pool will help employers adapt to labour market challenges and…
Read morePhase 1 Research: Unifying ESL Curriculum in Alberta
AWES in collaboration with The Social Research and Demonstration (SRDC) conducted research on the feasibility of a unified ESL curriculum in Alberta for provincially funded programs along with the current adoption of the Skills for Success framework.
Read moreInnovating ESL: Integrating Skills for Success
Innovating ESL: Integrating Skills for Success is an online professional development course for ESL instructors in Alberta which introduces a new approach to language learning that integrates Skills for Success and contextualizes instruction to the needs of newcomers seeking work
Read moreGuided Pathways: Integrating Skills for Success
About the project The Guided Pathways project, led by AWES, transformed career development practices across Canada by teaching Career Development Practitioners (CDPs) how to integrate Skills for Success (SFS) into employment counseling. Running from 2019 to 2024, the project was…
Read moreNeeds Assessment for Alberta Food Producers Association
AWES conducted a sector-wide needs assessment in the food processing industry to identify essential skills needs and evaluate the effects of future trends on skill requirements. Representatives from 83 companies in 22 Alberta communities were interviewed to inform AWES’ recommendations…
Read moreSurveying the Construction Sector
The Construction Owners Association of Alberta (COAA) retained AWES for a needs assessment of the construction industry in Alberta to identify the skills required for success in construction occupations. The assessment revealed that reading, record keeping, report writing, numeracy, continuous…
Read moreEnvironmental Scan: Workplace Language, Literacy and Essential Skills Programs in Alberta
AWES conducted an environmental scan of workplace language, literacy, and essential skills programs in Alberta to determine the scope of available services and better support workers who rely on these programs to develop essential skills for the workplace. A total…
Read moreForging Links
AWES delivered essential skills workshops to practitioners, instructors, and tutors in rural Alberta communities to teach them how to use essential skills in lessons to minimize the distance between classroom learning and the realities of the workplace so learners are…
Read moreAll Weather Windows
AWES worked with All Weather Windows to target organization-specific training needs including intercultural communication, presentation delivery, and giving engaging and effective safety talks. Employees received fully customized workplace essential skills training that included visual safety posters, communication strategies for team…
Read morePockar Masonry
Canadian-born and English as an Additional Language (EAL) workers at Pockar Masonry received integrated training to respond to needs identified by AWES in an essential skills assessment. The targeted workplace essential skills training focused on communication, document use, computer skills,…
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