TORONTO — The Ontario government is expanding the province’s integrated employment services to three more regions to help connect jobseekers, including those on social assistance and people with disabilities, secure rewarding careers. The final expansion of the province’s Employment Services Transformation (EST) to Toronto, Northeast and Northwest Ontario will ensure service system managers (SSM) bring integrated, streamlined and outcomes-oriented employment services to …
OTTAWA — The Ontario government is investing over $4 million through the Skills Development Fund (SDF) to upgrade a SMART Local 47 training centre for sheet metal workers and expand their training curriculum to include French-language materials, enabling them to train more than 500 additional workers over the next five years. With this expanded curriculum, the Gloucester training centre becomes the first in …
TERRACE BAY — The Ontario government is investing nearly $280,000 in a new action centre to help the over 330 workers impacted by layoffs at AV Terrace Bay. The new action centre will connect the Northern Ontarian workers with services and training they need to find new jobs in the same sector or further their careers in others. “Our government stands with …
VAUGHAN — The Ontario government is investing over $26 million to build a new training centre at LiUNA 183’s skilled trades training campus in Vaughan. This investment comes from the province’s new $224 million Skills Development Fund (SDF) Capital Stream, which was announced by Premier Doug Ford in June 2023 and which will support the training of more than one million workers across …
ST CATHARINES — The Ontario government is investing $10 million through the Skills Development Fund (SDF) Training Stream with Ontario Shipyards Inc. to train and upskill workers for careers in the shipbuilding and repair sector. This is part of the government’s up to $1.4 billion investment through the SDF to partner with employers, labour unions and other local organizations to connect …
TORONTO — The Ontario government is investing $1 million through the Skills Development Fund (SDF) to provide training to Francophone Ontarians who are survivors of domestic and/or family abuse and connect these women with employers in the skilled trades. “A career in the skilled trades is more than a high-paying job – it offers people the chance to build a better life for …
New agreement will help improve mobility to fill gaps in the skilled labour market HALIFAX — The governments of Ontario and Nova Scotia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to improve interprovincial mobility for skilled tradespeople, including post-journeyperson certification. Ontario is seeking new ways to improve the labour supply and create the opportunity for qualified skilled tradespeople to become certified in …
THUNDER BAY — The Ontario government is investing nearly $17 million through the Skills Development Fund (SDF) to train over 36,000 workers in the North for in-demand careers in mining, construction, energy and forestry and build new training facilities. With this investment, the province is partnering with First Nations, labour unions, local employers and community organizations to tackle labour shortages in the North …
TORONTO — The Ontario government’s Skills Development Fund (SDF) Training Stream opens today, with up to an additional $260 million available, the biggest funding round since the Fund launched in 2021. Building on the success of the previous four rounds, the fifth round will help tackle Ontario’s labour shortage by connecting jobseekers with employers, allowing them to begin rewarding careers in in-demand sectors such …
RICHMOND HILL — The Ontario government is investing nearly $700,000 in a project that will provide free training to over 200 journeypersons and apprentices in the heat and frost insulating trades to help them land in-demand jobs in well-paying sectors and meet the needs of local employers. “This training will help participants upgrade their job skills and prepare for well-paying jobs in …
