Driving Investment
To increase employers’ understanding of the benefits and importance of investing in workplace essential skills and language training, AWES ran an employer-awareness campaign, and provided professional development to essential skills practitioners to increase capacity for workplace essential skills training in…
Read moreWorkplace Essential Skills Training in the Construction Sector
Medicine Hat Construction Association recognized a need for essential skills development in their supervisory level employees and contracted AWES to create training solutions. In partnership with Medicine Hat College, AWES developed a suite of training for the construction sector that…
Read moreBuilding a Skilled Workforce with the Alberta Council of Disabilities Services (ACDS)
Disability service providers and members of the Alberta Council of Disability Services (ACDS) work with staff and clients who have diverse physical and mental abilities, and various cultural and language backgrounds. ACDS identified a need in its member organizations for…
Read moreBridge to Project Management
Many skilled immigrants in Canada look for opportunities to apply their experience and training to the Canadian workplace. This project was designed to support immigrant workers’ advancement through training. Forty-two immigrant workers were given training on the language and essential…
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