Colleges in the Atlantic Region have partnered to advance a collaborative vision built on innovation and equity to transform the college system. Through a virtual Innovation Centre and a series of cutting-edge pilot projects that form the College Transformation des Collèges initiative, member colleges will engage with a broad range of partners to design, deliver and evaluate high-impact innovations.

NouLAB received some funding from the Government of Canada’s Future Skills Centre to run a social innovation lab in Atlantic Canada. We are looking to understand what it means for educators to thrive in their career; what supports do they need to learn and apply best practices? This project is supported by the four provincial governments in Atlantic Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick).

Development of the Employability Skills Assessment Tool (ESAT), a cloud-based tool to measure an individual’s social & emotional/employability skills.

Connect under-utilized talent pools with local employers in Kingston through the implementation of the Workplace Inclusion Charter program.

Development and delivery of a series of three stackable micro-credentials for workers who are disadvantaged due to a lack of digital fluency which is a core employment skillset across Canadian industry.

Program to assist those distant from the labour market acquire critical life and employability skills.

A scalable system that assesses competencies (using AI based work-related tasks) and issues micro-credentials to job-seekers.

The project implements and tests the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) intervention among youth who are not in education, employment or training.