Federal government announces $3.7M investment to help Sask. workers upskill and train
by CM Staff
This project will develop a skills-based assessment tool that can measure the skill levels of Saskatchewan residents and help employers make informed decisions around hiring and skills training.
Hiring more women will help close the skills gap in manufacturing. PHOTO: Fotolia
REGINA — On Aug. 10, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Carla Qualtrough, and Saskatchewan’s Minister of Immigration and Career Training, Jeremy Harrison highlighted the Canada-Saskatchewan agreement to provide over $3.7 million in funding under the Skills for Success program. This project will develop a skills-based assessment tool that can measure the skill levels of Saskatchewan residents and help employers make informed decisions around hiring and skills training. This funding will also support the development of training and assessment resources to be housed online where they will be available to instructors, practitioners and tutors free of charge. Approximately 2,500 participants are expected to benefit from this funding, with a specific focus on Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, women and newcomers.
The Skills for Success program focuses on nine foundational and transferable skills that Canadians need to participate, adapt and thrive in learning, work and life. They include foundational skills like writing, reading and numeracy, and socio-emotional skills – the human skills required for effective social interaction, such as collaboration, communication, problem solving, adaptability, and creativity and innovation.
In addition, the Skills for Success program is helping address Canada’s immediate and long-term training needs, particularly for under-represented groups in the labour market, including Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities and racialized Canadians. The projects funded by the Skills for Success program will contribute to an estimated 90,000 skills training opportunities, helping deliver on the Government’s commitment to create 500,000 new training and work opportunities for Canadians.
“Working in partnership with the Government of Saskatchewan, our federal government is equipping thousands of workers across the province with the foundational and transferable skills they need to adapt to, and succeed in, the changing labour market. By helping women, Indigenous peoples, and other marginalized Canadians start or shift their careers, we’ll continue to create a strong, skilled and resilient workforce in Saskatchewan,” said Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Carla Qualtrough.
