Agreement Number:
1511037
Agreement Value:
$1,891,931.00
Agreement Date:
May 15, 2019 - May 11, 2024
Description:
The Union Training and Innovation Program supports investments in training equipment and materials for unions as well as in innovative approaches to improve apprenticeship outcomes, including improving the participation and success of key groups such as women and Indigenous people. The streams have the following specific objectives: Stream 1 (equipment) will increase investment in training equipment and materials for higher quality training, leading to a more skilled and productive trade workforce.Stream 2 (innovation in apprenticeship) will support innovation and enhanced partnerships to address long-standing and complex challenges that limit apprenticeship outcomes.Stream 3 (Women in Construction Fund [WCF] will support projects that expand or replicate successful models to encourage more women to participate and succeed in apprenticeship and the skilled trades.Stream 4 (Trades Exploration and Experience Program) will support projects that encourage Canadians to explore, prepare for, participate and succeed in apprenticeship and skilled trades careers. This stream is limited to participants who are not registered apprentices.
Organization:
Employment and Social Development Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcome of the Union Training and Innovation Program is for individuals to progress through their training and experience improved labour market outcomes in the trades. To achieve this, the program will help to support the following outcomes: Individuals have the improved skills to succeed in the trades; Members of key groups, including Indigenous people and women, explore, prepare for, participate and succeed in apprenticeship and skilled trades careers;Individuals progress through apprenticeship training; and,Individuals experience improved labour market outcomes in the Red Seal trades.
Location:
Edmonton, Alberta, CA T5V1C6
Reference Number:
141-2019-2020-Q1-34509
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
839144672RP0001
Recipient's Operating Name:
Trade Winds to Success Training Society
Recipient's Legal Name:
Trade Winds to Success Training Society
Program:
SDPP-Children and Families - Grants
Program Purpose:
The UTIP’s objective is to improve the quality of training in the trades to better support a skilled, inclusive, certified and productive trades workforce. It also aims to address barriers that prevent key groups, such as women and Indigenous people, from succeeding in the trades.