Nova Scotia
Project
Material Handling 4.0
Material Handling 4.0 (MH4.0) is a sector-based skills training program designed to prepare unemployed and underemployed individuals for roles in Canada’s goods movement industry.
Project
AspireAtlantic
The AspireAtlantic program tested out the WorkAdvance model— a proven US workforce development strategy that uses a sector-based approach that combines job training, placement and advancement support for low-income individuals.
Project
Bridging Psychometrics and Competencies in a Technology Supported Youth Employment Pathway - Project Integrate
The project sought to gain insights into how digital tools could support the career decisions of young people in Canada and facilitate the work of employment service providers.
Blog
Impact Story: Working with Government to Define and Scale Thriving Workplaces, a Dual-Client Employment Services Model
The Thriving Workplaces project is helping to clarify workforce needs and job expectations through an innovative framework of “Magnetic Factors.” Project partners engaged employers and workers in Nova Scotia on their workplace experiences and needs, and from that research identified six factors that either attract employers and workers together or push them apart.
Project
Enhancing a National Recruitment System for the Unionized Construction Industry
This project’s overall goal was to design and test virtual strategies to recruit more individuals, especially those from underrepresented groups (women, Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, newcomers and youth), to careers in the construction trades.
Research
Thriving Workplaces: A Dual-Client Approach to Career Services
The project aims to improve employment outcomes by engaging both work seekers and employers in structured career navigation activities.
Event
FSC at Career Nexus
We’re pleased to share that Alex Stephens, Associate Director of Research & Evaluation at FSC, will be speaking at the Career Nexus on May 15, in Halifax.
Project
Advanced Digital and Professional Training (AdaPT)
The Advanced Digital and Professional Training (ADaPT) program is a sector-based training initiative designed to address the disconnect between the skills of postsecondary graduates and the needs of the IT sector.
Project
A New Model for Workplace-Integrated Learning
The project aimed to enhance bioscience programming by implementing educational and training initiatives across three key streams: new-skilling, re-skilling and upskilling.