Title:
Youth Competing to Win in the Skilled Trades (Regional)
Agreement Number:
17308917
Agreement Value:
$28,747,273.00
Agreement Date:
Oct 1, 2020 - Sep 30, 2026
Description:
The overarching objective of the Union Training and Innovation Program aims to strengthen apprenticeship training systems to better support a skilled, inclusive, certified and productive trades workforce by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of training provided. .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..
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 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. .
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:
141-2020-2021-Q2-01323
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
130320559RR0001
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Amendment Date
May 14, 2025
Recipient's Operating Name:
Skills Compétences Canada
Recipient's Legal Name:
Skills/Compétences Canada Corporation
Federal Riding Name:
Ottawa Centre
Federal Riding Number:
35075
Program:
CAS - Skilled Trades Awareness & Readiness
Program Purpose:
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 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.