Creating job opportunities for Canadians - Over 8,000 Canadians to benefit from job training, work experience in new projects across Canada

GATINEAU, QC, April 15, 2016 /CNW/ - The Honourable MaryAnn Mihychuk, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, announced today 198 new training projects aimed at helping thousands of Canadians get the skills needed to overcome barriers to employment and join the middle class.

The funding, which totals $65 million, will be provided to organizations across the country for projects to help under-represented groups, such as Indigenous people, youth, and people with disabilities, build their skills and prepare for the workforce of the future.

Many of the projects will provide instruction in to develop or enhance skills, such as workplace safety, as well as offer hands‑on experience in a job category of interest, such as a skilled trade, retail, hospitality, the food industry or business services. Examples of projects include:

• Up to 50 Indigenous youth in Calgary will improve their financial literacy and workplace skills. They will attend workshops to develop their computer skills, take courses on life management and receive certificates in first aid. This will be followed by months of work experience in the not-for-profit sector, retail, food industry or trades.
• Eight youth in Plum Point, Newfoundland and Labrador will participate in employment skills workshops on topics such as teamwork and First Aid/CPR. Participants will also gain work experience in industries such as fishing, forestry and tourism.
• In Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, up to 48 youth will participate in workshops to upgrade employment skills, such as teamwork and workplace communication. They will also have the opportunity to gain work experience in industries common to the region, including agriculture and retail.

More lists of approved grants and contributions projects will be publically released periodically.   

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"These collaborative partnerships between community organizations and our government are helping Canadians who face extra challenges to employment. These projects will certainly help individual Canadians gain the skills, abilities and work experience they need to find and maintain good employment, and they will also help strengthen and grow Canada's middle class."
– The Honourable MaryAnn Mihychuk, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour

Quick Facts

• Funding for these projects will be provided through the following programs: Skills Link; Career Focus; Summer Work Experience; Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities; Adult Learning, Literacy and Essential Skills Program; and Flexibility and Innovation in Apprenticeship Technical Training. For example:
  • A total of 164 projects will support programs and services that provide youth with job skills workshops, hands‑on experience and career development.
  • Twenty-eight projects will help people with disabilities prepare for the workforce or self-employment through job skills workshops and hands-on experience.
• Budget 2016 includes new investments in job creation and workforce development, including:
  • $165 Million in new funding for the Youth Employment Strategy to help young people gain the skills, abilities and experience they need to find and maintain good employment
  • Doubling funding in the Canada Summer Job program to hire up to 70,000 youth this summer

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Backgrounder

Youth

Each year, the Government invests more than $330 million through its Youth Employment Strategy to help young Canadians gain the skills and work experience they need to start their careers and contribute to the economy.

Budget 2016 builds on the $330 million and has announced an additional $165.4 million in 2016–2017 to:

• create new green jobs for youth;
• increase the number of youth who access the Skills Link program, which helps young Canadians overcome barriers to employment; and
• support employment opportunities in the heritage sector under the Young Canada Works program.

Since 2005, over 772,000 young Canadians have received the skills upgrading they need to enter the labour market through the Government of Canada's youth employment programs. These programs help youth between the ages of 15 and 30 get the information and gain the skills and work experience they need to succeed in the workplace.

Earlier this year, the Government announced an additional $339 million for the Canada Summer Jobs program, to be delivered over three years, starting in 2016–2017.

Skills Link helps youth facing barriers to employment—including single parents, youth with disabilities, young newcomers and youth in rural and remote areas—to develop the skills and gain the experience needed to find a job or return to school. Skills Link has helped over 230,000 youth since 2005.

Career Focus helps post-secondary graduates transition to the labour market through paid internships and helps provide youth with the information and experience they need to make informed career decisions, find a job and/or pursue advanced studies. The Career Focus initiative has helped over 37,000 youth acquire skills needed to join the job market since 2005.

Summer Work Experience provides wage subsidies to employers to create summer employment for secondary and post-secondary students. The Summer Work Experience program includes Canada Summer Jobs. The Canada Summer Jobs program provides funding to not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers and small businesses with 50 or fewer employees to create summer job opportunities for young people aged 15 to 30 who are full-time students intending to return to their studies in the next school year. Since 2005, Summer Work Experience has helped over 505,000 students.

People with disabilities

The Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities assists Canadians with disabilities to prepare for, obtain and keep employment, or become self-employed, to help them participate fully in the workforce and increase their independence. The program emphasises work experience for youth with disabilities, that the involvement of both employers and community organizations in in the design and delivery of projects and hands-on work experience. The Government provides $40 million annually to the Opportunities Fund and has helped 40,000 people with disabilities across Canada since 2005.

Adults and apprentices

The Adult Learning, Literacy and Essential Skills Program, under the Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES), supports the development, assessment and broad dissemination of tools and best practices to allow Canadians to improve their essential skills to better prepare for, get and keep a job, and adapt and succeed at work. OLES efforts ultimately aim to support job seekers, workers, as well as those at greater risk of experiencing low literacy skills, such as adult Canadians with lower educational attainment, Indigenous people, Official Language Minority Communities (OLMCs) and newcomers.

Since 2010, OLES has worked with over 5,000 organizations, such as provincial and territorial governments, post-secondary education institutions, training service providers and employers to help improve the essential skills of adult Canadians, including almost 200 grant and contribution projects.

The Flexibility and Innovation in Apprenticeship Technical Training pilot project funds third-party organizations, such as community colleges, industry trainers and union training centres, to test innovative and flexible approaches to improve access to apprenticeship training and increase completion rates. The pilot project also seeks to raise the level of employer engagement in technical training for apprentices and increase the overall efficiency of apprenticeship training systems.

Alberta

Projects approved for funding in Alberta¸ November 4, 2015, to March 31, 2016

Constituency	Program	Organization Name	ESDC Funding
Battle River–Crowfoot	Youth – Skills Link	Flagstaff Family & Community Services	$224,906
Calgary Centre	Youth – Career Focus	Bow Valley College	$471,061
Calgary Centre	Youth – Skills Link	Bow Valley College	$212,819
Calgary Centre	Youth – Skills Link	Calgary Women's Immigrant Association	$410,772
Calgary Forest Lawn	Youth – Skills Link	RIEL Institute	$663,951
Calgary Skyview	Youth – Skills Link	Autism Calgary Association	$409,000
Calgary Skyview	Opportunities Fund	Symmetry Solutions	$265,897
Edmonton Centre	Youth – Skills Link	Employabilities Society of Alberta	$497,324
Edmonton Centre	Opportunities Fund	McBride Career Group	$220,226
Edmonton Centre	Opportunities Fund	McBride Career Group	$180,175
Edmonton Centre	Youth – Skills Link	McBride Career Group	$931,993
Edmonton Centre	Youth – Skills Link	YOUCAN	$873,850
Edmonton Griesbach	Youth – Career Focus	Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers	$150,895
Grande Prairie–Mackenzie	Opportunities Fund	R. Work Group	$413,510
Red Deer–Lacombe	Youth – Career Focus	Career Assistance Network	$115,149
Red Deer–Mountain View	Flexibility and Innovation in Apprenticeship Technical Training	Red Deer College	$1,448,814
			$7,490,342 TOTAL

British Columbia

Projects approved for funding in British Columbia, November 4, 2015, to March 31, 2016

Constituency	Program	Organization Name	ESDC Funding
Cariboo–Prince George	Youth – Skills Link	Alexis Creek First Nation	$81,429
Courtenay–Alberni	Youth – Skills Link	Comox Valley Art Gallery	$161,078
Cowichan–Malahat–Langford	Youth – Skills Link	Cowichan Green Community Society	$64,209
Kamloops–Thompson–Cariboo	Youth – Skills Link	Cariboo Family Enrichment Centre	$112,810
Kamloops–Thompson–Cariboo	Youth – Skills Link	L.T.D. Consulting	$280,211
Kelowna–Lake Country	Youth – Career Focus	Bowman Employment Services Inc.	$500,000
Kelowna–Lake Country	Youth – Career Focus	Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association	$119,232
Kelowna–Lake Country	Youth – Skills Link	YMCA of Okanagan	$239,797
Nanaimo–Ladysmith	Youth – Skills Link	Nanaimo Foodshare Society	$209,606
Nanaimo–Ladysmith	Youth – Skills Link	Nanaimo Youth Services Association	$361,775
North Okanagan–Shuswap	Youth – Skills Link	Community Futures North Okanagan	$278,942
Prince George–Peace River–Northern Rockies	Opportunities Fund (Regional)	Kopar Administration Ltd.	$435,063
Prince George–Peace River–Northern Rockies	Youth – Career Focus	Kopar Administration Ltd.	$199,916
Prince George–Peace River–Northern Rockies	Youth – Skills Link	Kopar Administration Ltd.	$101,542
Saanich–Gulf Islands	Youth – Career Focus	Beacon Community Services	$573,269
Saanich–Gulf Islands	Youth – Skills Link	Beacon Community Services	$425,785
Skeena–Bulkley Valley	Youth – Skills Link	Terrace & District Community Services Society	$70,778
Vancouver Granville	Youth – Career Focus	Société de développement économique de la Colombie-Britannique	$312,222
Vancouver Kingsway	Opportunities Fund	BC Centre for Ability	$1,489,049
Vancouver Kingsway	Opportunities Fund (Regional)	BC Centre for Ability	$474,075
Vancouver Kingsway	Youth – Career Focus	YMCA of Greater Vancouver	$465,338
			$6,956,126 TOTAL

Manitoba

Projects approved for funding in Manitoba, November 4, 2015, to March 31, 2016

Constituency	Program	Organization Name	ESDC Funding
Churchill–Keewatinook Aski	Youth – Skills Link	Boys & Girls Club of Thompson	$293,304
Saint Boniface–Saint Vital	Opportunities Fund	Economic Development Council for Manitoba Bilingual Municipalities (CDEM)	$55,098
Saint Boniface–Saint Vital	Youth – Skills Link	Frontier School division	$367,228
Saint Boniface–Saint Vital	Youth – Skills Link	The Barbara Mitchell Family Resources Centre	$170,943
Selkirk–Interlake–Eastman	Opportunities Fund	AIM for Work	$105,891
Winnipeg Centre	Opportunities Fund	Learning Disabilities Association of Manitoba Inc.	$90,590
Winnipeg Centre	Opportunities Fund	Reaching E-Quality Employment Services	$167,564
			$1,250,618 TOTAL

New Brunswick

Projects approved for funding in New Brunswick, November 4, 2015, to March 31, 2016

Constituency	Program	Organization Name	ESDC Funding
Fredericton	Youth – Skills Link	John Howard Society of Fredericton Inc.	$99,378
Madawaska–Restigouche	Youth – Skills Link	Resnet Inc.	$146,709
Madawaska–Restigouche	Youth – Career Focus	Restigouche CBDC	$408,617
Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe	Youth – Skills Link	John Howard Society of Southeastern New Brunswick Inc.	$94,649
Saint John–Rothesay	Youth – Skills Link	John Howard Society of New Brunswick, Saint John Branch Inc.	$108,121
Saint John–Rothesay	Youth – Skills Link	John Howard Society of New Brunswick, Saint John Branch Inc.	$108,121
			$965,595 TOTAL

Newfoundland and Labrador

Projects approved for funding in Newfoundland and Labrador, November 4, 2015, to March 31, 2016

Constituency	Program	Organization Name	ESDC Funding
Avalon	Youth – Skills Link	Mariner Resource Opportunities Network Inc.	$90,911
Bonavista–Burin–Trinity	Youth – Skills Link	Smallwood Crescent Community Centre Inc.	$111,887
Coast of Bays–Central–Notre Dame	Youth – Skills Link	YMCA of Exploits Valley	$63,171
Long Range Mountains	Youth – Career Focus	College of the North Atlantic	$514,156
Long Range Mountains	Youth – Skills Link	St. Barbe Development Association	$107,863
St. John's East	Youth – Partners in Promoting Summer Employment	Community Sector Council	$1,000,000
St. John's East	Opportunities Fund	Easter Seals Newfoundland & Labrador	$598,133
St. John's East	Youth – Skills Link	Easter Seals Newfoundland & Labrador	$119,293
St. John's East	Youth – Skills Link	Murphy Centre	$120,929
St. John's South–Mount Pearl	Youth – Skills Link	John Howard Society of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.	$118,721
			$2,845,064 TOTAL

Northwest Territories

Projects approved for funding in Northwest Territories, November 4, 2015, to March 31, 2016

Constituency	Program	Organization Name		ESDC Funding
Northwest Territories	Youth – Skills Link	Mine Training Society		$293,461
				$293,461 TOTAL

Nova Scotia

Projects approved for funding in Nova Scotia, November 4, 2015, to March 31, 2016

Constituency	Program	Organization Name	ESDC Funding
Halifax	Youth – Skills Link	Halifax Young Women's Christian Association	$252,431
Halifax	Youth – Skills Link	Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia	$262,261
Halifax	Youth – Skills Link	Phoenix Youth Programs	$162,283
Halifax West	Youth – Skills Link	MetroWorks Employment Association	$313,770
Sydney–Victoria	Youth – Skills Link	Employability Partnership	$133,830
			$1,124,575 TOTAL

Nunavut

Projects approved for funding in Nunavut, November 4, 2015, to March 31, 2016

Constituency	Program	Organization Name	ESDC Funding
Nunavut	Adult Learning, Literacy and Essential Skills Program	Nunavut Literacy Council	$790,516
			$790,516 TOTAL

Ontario

Projects approved for funding in Ontario, November 4, 2015, to March 31, 2016

Constituency	Program	Organization Name	ESDC Funding
Bay of Quinte	Youth – Career Focus	Community Employment Services	$241,257
Bay of Quinte	Youth – Skills Link	Community Employment Services	$158,660
Beaches–East York	Youth – Skills Link	The Neighbourhood Group Community Services	$408,598
Brantford–Brant	Opportunities Fund	L. Tara Hooper and Associates Inc.	$114,491
Burlington	Youth – Career Focus	Burlington Economic Development Corporation (BEDC)	$117,000
Cambridge	Youth – Skills Link	Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin	$416,254
Don Valley East	Youth – Career Focus	Owlware Ltd.	$125,296
Don Valley East	Youth – Career Focus	Tribute	$179,901
Don Valley North	Youth Career Focus	Boys and Girls Club of Canada	$615,716
Don Valley West	Opportunities Fund	March of Dimes Canada	$586,398
Dufferin–Caledon	Youth – Skills Link	Caledon Community Services	$365,616
Durham	Youth – Skills Link	Interconnection Research International Ltd.	$472,909
Eglinton–Lawrence	Opportunities Fund	The Career Foundation	$343,543
Etobicoke North	Youth – Career Focus	Alte-Rego Corporation	$175,968
Hamilton Centre	Youth – Skills Link	YWCA Hamilton	$229,637
Humber River–Black Creek	Youth – Career Focus	Computer Methods International Corp.	$177,840
Huron–Bruce	Opportunities Fund	Community Living Walkerton and District	$103,944
Kenora	Youth – Skills Link	Sachigo Lake First Nation	$38,880
Kingston and the Islands	Youth – Skills Link	Girls Inc. Limestone	$485,083
Kingston and the Islands	Opportunities Fund	Keys Job Centre	$393,828
Kingston and the Islands	Youth – Career Focus	Keys Job Centre	$415,478
Kingston and the Islands	Youth – Skills Link	Keys Job Centre	$163,217
Kitchener Centre	Youth – Career Focus	Buildscale Inc.	$169,285
Kitchener Centre	Youth – Skills Link	Ray of Hope	$368,465
Kitchener Centre	Youth – Skills Link	The Working Centre	$243,183
Leeds–Grenville–Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes	Youth – Career Focus	St. Lawrence College	$340,167
Leeds–Grenville–Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes	Youth – Skills Link	St. Lawrence College	$310,910
London North Centre	Youth – Skills Link	ATN Access Inc.	$341,509
London North Centre	Youth – Skills Link	Leads Employment Services	$517,020
Markham–Unionville	Youth – Skills Link	360ºKIDS	$401,911
Mississauga Centre	Youth – Skills Link	Centre for Education & Training	$423,926
Mississauga Centre	Youth – Skills Link	Centre for Education & Training	$419,750
Mississauga Centre	Youth – Skills Link	Centre for Education & Training	$401,888
Mississauga Centre	Opportunities Fund	Coalition for Persons with Disabilities	$414,993
Mississauga Centre	Opportunities Fund	Coalition for Persons with Disabilities	$332,535
Mississauga Centre	Youth – Skills Link	Collège Boréal	$276,151
Mississauga–Malton	Youth – Career Focus	Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME)	$456,041
Mississauga–Malton	Youth – Career Focus	Madan Chartered Accountant	$154,172
Nepean	Youth – Skills Link	Operation Come Home	$310,384
Newmarket–Aurora	Youth – Career Focus	Brain Power Studio Inc.	$159,944
Newmarket–Aurora	Youth – Skills Link	Job Skills	$444,480
Nipissing–Timiskaming	Youth – Skills Link	YES Employment Services Inc. (Nipissing)	$214,662
Northumberland–Peterborough South	Opportunities Fund	Community Living West Northumberland	$98,635
Northumberland–Peterborough South	Youth – Career Focus	Northumberland Community Legal Centre	$159,544
Ottawa Centre	Youth – Career Focus	Canadian Apparel Federation	$267,079
Ottawa Centre	Youth – Career Focus	Canadian Media Producers Association	$156,704
Ottawa Centre	Youth – Skills Link	Causeway Work Centre	$240,479
Ottawa Centre	Youth – Career Focus	Cultural Human Resource Council	$196,759
Ottawa South	Flexibility and Innovation in Apprenticeship Technical Training	Canadian Apprenticeship Forum	$774,398
Perth–Wellington	Youth – Skills Link	Partners in Employment	$323,645
Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke	Youth – Skills Link	Algonquin College in the Ottawa Valley (Pembroke Campus)	$307,900
Sarnia–Lambton	Youth – Skills Link	YMCA of Sarnia-Lambton	$196,717
Sault Ste. Marie	Youth – Skills Link	Sault Ste. Marie YMCA	$294,115
Scarborough North	Youth – Skills Link	Tropicana Community Services	$369,896
Scarborough Southwest	Youth – Skills Link	West Scarborough Neighbourhood Community Centre	$483,985
Scarborough Southwest	Youth – Skills Link	West Scarborough Neighbourhood Community Centre	$414,229
Scarborough–Guildwood	Youth – Skills Link	Boys and Girls Club of East Scarborough	$455,442
Simcoe North	Youth – Skills Link	La Clé	$335,540
Spadina–Fort York	Youth – Career Focus	Addictive Mobility	$142,384
Spadina–Fort York	Opportunities Fund	Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work	$452,887
Spadina–Fort York	Youth – Skills Link	Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work	$343,389
Spadina–Fort York	Youth – Skills Link	Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work	$340,065
Spadina–Fort York	Youth – Skills Link	Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work	$316,360
Spadina–Fort York	Youth – Skills Link	Canadian Training Institute	$495,342
Spadina–Fort York	Youth – Skills Link	Canadian Training Institute	$489,990
Spadina–Fort York	Youth – Career Focus	Toronto Community & Culture Centre	$144,705
St. Catharines	Youth – Skills Link	John Howard Society of Niagara	$447,009
Stormont–Dundas–South Glengarry	Flexibility and Innovation in Apprenticeship Technical Training	Operating Engineers Training Institute	$1,500,000
Sudbury	Flexibility and Innovation in Apprenticeship Technical Training	Collège Boréal	$1,373,343
Sudbury	Youth – Career Focus	Collège Boréal	$328,144
Sudbury	Youth – Skills Link	March of Dimes Canada	$420,792
Sudbury	Youth – Skills Link	Sudbury Action Centre for Youth	$115,930
Thunder Bay–Superior North	Youth – Skills Link	1490261 Ontario Inc.	$104,798
Thunder Bay–Superior North	Youth – Career Focus	Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment and Training Services (KKETS)	$487,195
Thunder Bay–Superior North	Youth – Skills Link	March of Dimes Canada	$425,021
Timmins–James Bay	Opportunities Fund (Regional)	Apitisawin Employment & Training Ltd.	$132,330
Toronto Centre	Youth – Career Focus	Workinculture	$238,991
Toronto–Danforth	Youth – Skills Link	Classroom Connections	$490,871
Toronto–St. Paul's	Opportunities Fund	Geneva Centre for Autism	$216,886
Toronto–St. Paul's	Youth – Skills Link	YMCA of GTA–Peel Employment & Community	$468,640
University–Rosedale	Youth – Career Focus	Functional Imperative	$154,039
Willowdale	Youth – Career Focus	The Learning Partnership	$250,035
Windsor West	Youth – Skills Link	The Windsor-Essex County Family Young Men's Christian Association	$421,621
			$28,406,724 TOTAL

Prince Edward Island

Projects approved for funding in Prince Edward Island, November 4, 2015, to March 31, 2016

Constituency	Program	Organization Name	ESDC Funding
Cardigan	Youth – Skills Link	Harmony Training Centre	$100,107
Charlottetown	Youth – Partners in Promoting Summer Employment	Department of Workforce and Advanced Learning (Skills PEI Division)	$125,250
Charlottetown	Youth – Skills Link	The Adventure Group Inc.	$180,782
Charlottetown	Youth – Skills Link	The Construction Association of Prince Edward Island	$233,634
Egmont	Youth – Skills Link	East Prince Youth Development Centre Inc.	$113,184
			$752,957 TOTAL

Quebec

Projects approved for funding in Quebec, November 4, 2015, to March 31, 2016

Constituency	Program	Organization Name	ESDC Funding
Abitibi–Témiscamingue	Youth – Skills Link	Mouvement de la relève d'Amos-Région	128,080
Beauport–Côte-de-Beaupré–Île d'Orléans–Charlevoix	Opportunities Fund	Les Services de main d'œuvre à l'appui Inc.	$125,857
Bécancour–Nicolet–Saurel	Youth – Career Focus	Carrefour jeunesse-emploi de Pierre-de-Saurel	$157,505
Dorval–Lachine–LaSalle	Youth – Skills Link	Carrefour jeunesse-emploi Lasalle	$211,960
Gaspésie–Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine	Youth – Skills Link	Carrefour jeunesse-emploi des Îles	$170,408
Gaspésie–Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine	Youth – Career Focus	Société d'aide au développement de la collectivité de baie-des-chaleurs	$483,437
Hochelaga	Youth – Skills Link	Accès-Travail de Montréal	$328,422
Hochelaga	Opportunities Funds (Regional)	Collection Innova	$78,814
Hochelaga	Youth – Career Focus	Comité sectoriel de main-d'œuvre en aérospatiale	$3,980,193
Honoré–Mercier	Youth – Career Focus	Comité sectoriel de main-d'œuvre des communications graphiques du Québec	$165,367
Hull–Aylmer	Youth – Skills Link	ACPEO	127,200
Laval–Les Îles	Youth – Skills Link	Carrefour d'intercultures de Laval	$199,161
Manicouagan	Youth – Skills Link	Centre emersion (Manicouagan) Inc.	$193,443
Mirabel	Youth – Skills Link	Carrefour jeunesse-emploi de Mirabel	339,428
Montmagny–L'Islet–Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup	Youth – Skills Link	Carrefour jeunesse-emploi de la MRC de Montmagny	$163,347
Mount Royal	Youth – Skills Link	La ligue des noirs du Québec	$346,447
Papineau	Youth – Skills Link	Groupe orientation emploi	$286,498
Portneuf–Jacques-Cartier	Youth – Skills Link	Vallée jeuness Québec	$93,386
Richmond–Arthabaska	Youth – Skills Link	Carrefour jeunesse-emploi du Comté de Richmond	$155,698
Richmond–Arthabaska	Youth – Skills Link	Prise Inc.	$177,418
Rimouski-Neigette–Témiscouata–Les Basques	Youth – Career Focus	Carrefour jeunesse-emploi Rimouski-Neigette	$157,150
Saint-Jean	Youth – Skills Link	La Maison des Jeunes Le Dôme Inc.	$574,090
Sherbrooke	Youth – Career Focus	Action Interculturelles de développement et d'éducation (AIDE) Inc.	$330,473
Sherbrooke	Youth – Skills Link	Action Interculturelles de développement et d'éducation (AIDE) Inc.	$548,746
Thérèse-De Blainville	Youth – Skills Link	Carrefour jeunesse-emploi Thérèse-de-Blainville	$166,732
Thérèse-De Blainville	Youth – Career Focus	Chambre de commerce et d'industrie Thérèse-de-Blainville	$333,046
Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest–Île-des-sœurs	Youth – Career Focus	Fondation ressources-jeunesse	$58,302
Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest–Île-des-sœurs	Youth – Skills Link	Pro-Vert Sud-Ouest	$280,186
Vimy	Youth – Skills Link	Dimension travail	$158,604
			$10,519,398 TOTAL

Saskatchewan

Projects approved for funding in Saskatchewan, November 4, 2015, to March 31, 2016

Constituency	Program	Organization Name	ESDC Funding
Cypress Hills–Grasslands	Youth – Skills Link	Fresh Start Program Inc.	$227,901
Cypress Hills–Grasslands	Opportunities Fund	Saskatchewan Abilities Council Inc.	$102,264
Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River	Youth – Skills Link	Kikinahk	$117,316
Prince Albert	Opportunities Fund	Newsask Community Futures Development Corporation	$96,196
Regina–Qu'Appelle	Youth – Career Focus	ACF	$191,426
Regina–Qu'Appelle	Youth – Skills Link	Ignite Adult Learning Corporation	$475,189
Regina–Wascana	Youth – Career Focus	Regina Immigrant Women Centre	$184,117
Regina–Wascana	Youth – Skills Link	Regina Immigrant Women Centre	$252,526
Regina–Wascana	Youth – Skills Link	Regina Work Prep	$486,666
Regina–Wascana	Youth – Skills Link	Saskatchewan Construction Association Inc.	$430,200
Saskatoon West	Youth – Skills Link	Saskatchewan Intercultural Association	$360,454
Saskatoon–Grasswood	Youth – Skills Link	Saskatchewan Abilities Council Inc.	$181,891
Yorkton–Melville	Opportunities Fund	Saskatchewan Abilities Council Inc.	$94,045
			$3,200,191 TOTAL

Yukon Territory

Projects approved for funding in Yukon Territory, November 4, 2015, to March 31, 2016

Constituency	Program	Organization Name	ESDC Funding
Yukon	Flexibility and Innovation in Apprenticeship Technical Training	Yukon College	$1,114,707
			$1,114,707 TOTAL

SOURCE Employment and Social Development Canada

John O'Leary, Director of Communications, Office of the Hon. MaryAnn Mihychuk, P.C., M.P., Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, 819-654-5611; Media Relations Office, Employment and Social Development Canada, 819-994-5559, [email protected]