Prince Edward Island

The Tourism & Hospitality Emergency Recovery (THER) initiative, funded by the Future Skills Centre and led by the Ontario Tourism Education Corporation (OTEC), aimed to support Canada’s tourism and hospitality sector during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

This project by the Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences (CASTL) sought to bridge this gap by aligning academic and industry training programs.

The “College transformation des collèges” project aimed to enhance accessibility to postsecondary education for equity-seeking groups in Atlantic Canada.

This multi-phase research project examined how the Employability Skills Assessment Tool (ESAT), digital tool developed by Futureworx to assess and strengthen adults’ social and emotional skills (SES), is implemented, how it supports participant and staff outcomes, and what evidence is required to evaluate its causal impact.

This project targeted the integration of human-centric skills—like emotional intelligence—with technical competencies, thereby addressing the inadequacies of traditional educational pathways in preparing students for future job markets.

This program offered online courses that covered technical and social-emotional skills for different groups of workers. It also provided support and resources to employers and participants.

Aiming to reduce labour force disruptions in the sector, NouLab convened an ECE social innovation lab to bring together previously siloed ECE stakeholders to produce prototype solutions that are more representative of the whole ECE system.