Women’s Employment Readiness pilot program

Description

The Women’s Employment Readiness (WER) pilot program will fund organizations to provide and test pre-employment and skills development supports for women. Projects will also include working with employers to reduce barriers to employing women.

We will fund organizations that will: test pre-employment and skills development supports. These supports include foundational and transferable skills training (including literacy and essential skills or the Skills for Success Model) and wrap-around supports. Projects serve 1 or more of the 4 identified target groups; racialized women and/or Indigenous women; women with disabilities; women from the LGBTQ2 community; women with prolonged detachment from the labour force; test models to improve workplace inclusivity, where an employer is included in the project. For 1 or more of the target groups, projects would work with employers to improve: access to employment, or retention in the workplace.