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Canada Retraining and Opportunities Initiative | Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

March 31, 2025

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Description

The Canada Retraining and Opportunities Initiative supports workforce planning and skills training in communities significantly impacted by a mass layoff. It provides funding for community-based projects that help workers develop the skills they need to transition to new jobs.

Eligible Applicants

To be an eligible applicant, your organization must belong to one of the following categories:

  • not-for-profit organizations;
  • for-profit organizations if the nature and intent of the activity is:
    • non-commercial
    • not intended to generate profit, and
    • supports program priorities and objectives;
  • municipal governments;
  • Indigenous organizations or governments (Indigenous organizations may include, but are not limited to, incorporated for profit and not-for-profit Indigenous controlled organizations, Indigenous controlled unincorporated associations, Band Councils, Tribal Councils, and Indigenous self-government entities);
  • educational institutions (universities, colleges, CÉGEPs, school boards/school districts).

Eligible Expenses

  • bring together community-based organizations (e.g., employers, training providers and others) to develop a community workforce plan. The workforce plan will identify impacted workers, local employers looking to hire, and the skills required to meet demand;
  • help workers develop the skills needed to transition to new jobs through training and work experiences; and
  • support employers to fill jobs in demand.

Deadline Date

The application period is from October 16, 2024, to March 31, 2025. The application period may close earlier if funding has been fully committed.

Contact

E-mail Address: EDSC.DGOP.ICPPPE-CROI.POB.ESDC@servicecanada.gc.ca

Website: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/canada-retraining-and-opportunities-initiative.html

Industry:

Employment, Indigenous, Municipalities, Non-Profit, University Partnerships

Location:

Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NWT, Ontario, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

Tags:

ABmunis, Colleges, Training, Universities

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