Title:
Engaging youth in the skilled trades through competitions and career exploration
Agreement Number:
018782664
Agreement Value:
$27,508,560.00
Agreement Date:
Dec 8, 2022 - Nov 30, 2027
Description:
The funding provides supports to projects that focuses on career exploration opportunities to support well-informed career decisions in the skilled trades, skilled training to help participants prepare for success in the skilled trades, and work experience to offer hands-on job experience and connections to employers. The program focuses on groups that face barriers entering the trades, like youth, women, Indigenous people, newcomers, persons with disabilities, members of racialized communities.
Organization:
Employment and Social Development Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes of the Skilled Trades Awareness and Readiness program are:
• Participants have increased their awareness and intend to pursue apprenticeship or a career in the trade.
• Participants have increased their skills and intend to pursue apprenticeship or a career in the skilled trades.
• Participants have gained work experience and intend to pursue apprenticeship or a career in the skilled trades.
Location:
Ottawa, Ontario, CA K1P6E6
Reference Number:
141-2022-2023-Q3-00101
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
130320559RR0001
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Amendment Date
Jul 4, 2024
Recipient's Legal Name:
Skills / Competences Canada
Program:
CAS - Skilled Trades Awareness & Readiness
Program Purpose:
The Skilled Trades Awareness and Readiness (STAR) program under the Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy provides funding to eligible organizations to provide Canadians, including equity-deserving groups, with opportunities to build awareness of the trades as good quality careers, to provide opportunities to explore the trades, and provide individuals with the skills and supports they need to pursue a career in the skilled trades.