Indigenous Peoples

This project focused on the intersection of women who balance the primary responsibility of caregiving and domestic work; are predominantly Indigenous- and Black-identified; and were working in the retail sector when the pandemic hit.

This initiative aimed to consolidate and enhance accessibility to Indigenous-specific LMI by developing a new Indigenous LMI system.

Contact North implemented the Northern Entrepreneurs Accessing Training (NEAT) project to improve accessibility to skills training for Indigenous entrepreneurs and their employees.

In the early stages of the COVID pandemic, many manufacturing processes had to shut down due to the lockdowns and the need for social distancing. The Creative Technology Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU)—a microfactory manufacturing model—intended to address these challenges and allow production to continue and adapt.

AnchorTO, established by the City of Toronto in 2015, formed a network with 18 public sector institutions to embed community wealth-building practices into their work, primarily within their procurement strategies.

In this project, Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia (ECEBC) sought to mitigate the risk of COVID-19, all the while promoting newer types of outdoor learning that specifically blended traditional Indigenous and Western knowledge systems.

The “Mind Your Health” project, initiated by Not 9 to 5 in Canada, addressed the acute mental health crisis in the hospitality sector.

The Skills Match—The Energy Fit project had the broad goal of addressing the skills gap in Canada’s energy industry by using innovative tools, namely virtual reality (VR) technology and an interactive website, to facilitate career transitions.

The Doing It Right project, based in the Yukon, sought to address the barriers faced by women and gender-diverse individuals in the skilled trades.