Elevate Aviation: federal grants and contributions

The key objetive of the Womens Employment Readiness Pilot Program is to: - test pre-employment and skills development supports. These supports include foundational and transferable skills training (including literacy and essential skills or the Skills for Success Model) and wrap-around supports. Projects serve 1 or more of the 4 identified target groups. o racialized women and/or Indigenous women o women with disabilities o women from the LGBTQ2 community o women with prolonged detachment from the labour force - test models to improve workplace inclusivity, where an employer is included in

• Employment and Social Development Canada
• Women Employment Readiness

Through this 33-month systemic change project, Elevate Aviation will scale their feminist response and recovery project to further advance women’s equality, safety, retention and representation in leadership and decision-making roles in the aviation industry. It will scale to a Pan-Canadian reach (Prairies, Ontario, Pacific, Northern) addressing equality for women and underrepresented groups. The project will apply a DEI lens to focus on 3 key activities: DEI benchmarking, consulting, and training with clients; evaluate client succession plans to address power imbalances; and analyze HR and re

• Women and Gender Equality Canada
• Women's Program

This 25-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Elevate Aviation will achieve this by addressing systemic barriers within the aviation sector in Canada. The organization will develop assessment tools to effectively assess the current Equity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) status of companies within the aviation industry. They will develop a cohesive plan for employers to implement in their workplaces to improve their EDI policies and procedures, and engage and provide training to advance gender equality in aviatio

• Women and Gender Equality Canada
• Women's Program

Launch ECHO mentorship initiative for women in aerospace

• Prairies Economic Development Canada
• Western Diversification Program
• Edmonton–Wetaskiwin

This 43-month project will work with industry partners to develop an action plan to establish and implement strategies for improving women's economic security through access to careers in the aviation industry across Canada. After identifying and analyzing systemic barriers, the project will implement solutions to create an industry shift that will provide economically viable and progressive careers for diverse groups of women. Supplemental funds will be used for to improve upon current practices in the industry and allow activities to pivot and ramp back up after the aviation industry essent

• Women and Gender Equality Canada
• Women's Program

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

• Employment and Social Development Canada
• Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
• Edmonton–Wetaskiwin

• Women's Program

All grants from Women and Gender Equality Canada

• Women Employment Readiness
• Youth - Canada Summer Jobs

All grants from Employment and Social Development Canada

• Western Diversification Program

All grants from Prairies Economic Development Canada

• Youth - Canada Summer Jobs

• Women's Program
• Western Diversification Program

• Women Employment Readiness
• Women's Program

• Women's Program