Skilling UP
In 2013 AWES was invited by the Government of Canada’s Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES) to join a five-year national study on the return on investment of workplace essential skills training. A new performance-based, social finance model never…
Read morePartnerships for Workplace Inclusion
Newcomers to Alberta often receive segmented learning which can create barriers to integration. This project broke down learning silos and created more seamless pathways from the classroom to employment. With NorQuest College’s Colbourne Institute for Inclusive Leadership (CIIL), AWES introduced…
Read moreAggregate Hauling Safety
After a driver fatality that resulted in an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Creative Sentencing initiative, AWES received funding to create training content for the aggregate hauling industry that is more accessible to English as a Second Language (ESL) workers…
Read moreGuided Pathways: Integrating essential skills
Guided Pathways is a fully funded national project that is equipping career practitioners with practical tools to integrate Skills for Success into practice to better assess clients’ skills and match clients to job opportunities that align with their skills strengths.…
Read moreESL Research
ESL programs in Alberta are essential to the successful integration of newcomers into the workforce and their communities. To support newcomers on their journey from the classroom to the workplace, AWES and the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) partnered…
Read moreInnovating ESL: Integrating Skills for Success
Due to constantly changing workplace demands, language instructors are often expected to include content related to employment in their lessons, even if it is outside of the scope of what is typically covered in an ESL classroom. To support language…
Read moreWomen First: Building Skills for Success
AWES was invited to partner on the Women’s Employment Readiness Pilot (WERP), an innovative multi-provincial project aiming to empower women to unlock their potential and reduce barriers to employment that women may face when entering or re-entering the workforce by…
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