Strengthening 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…
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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 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 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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