Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy - Women in the Skilled Trades Initiative

Under the Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy (CAS) framework, funding programs are designed to encourage Canadians to explore, prepare for, participate and succeed in apprenticeships and careers in the skilled trades. It supports Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) apprenticeship initiatives and programs and helps addressing ongoing challenges across apprenticeship systems. The Women in Skilled Trades Initiative focuses on funding projects that recruit, retain, and help women apprentices succeed in the 39 eligible Red Seals trades found predominately in the construction and manufacturing sectors. This funding process builds on the results of the Apprenticeship Service program which helps small and medium-sized employers hire first-year apprentices in the same 39 Red Seal trades. Eligible organizations can apply for up to $3,000,000 for a project that is up to 48 months in duration.

The funder is seeking applications for projects that aim to recruit, retain and help exclusively women apprentices succeed in 1 of the 39 eligible Red Seal trades by (but not limited to): creating partnerships with women’s groups, community colleges, unions or employers to recruit women, organizing women-led events as an outreach tool to help attract women to the trades industry, offering mentorship by female role models, women-in-the-skilled-trades networks, and opportunities to share success stories, and are designed to create a welcoming space where women can feel comfortable and safe in the training and work sites.

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