GREEN SKILLS ACADEMY
The Green Skills Academy launched April 1, 2023 to help grow Canada’s green workforce. The program offers free training courses in sustainability sectors for equity-deserving communities across Canada. The program received $5 million in funding for one year from the Government of Canada.
The Green Skills Academy offers free career training courses in four focuses: sustainable agriculture, solar installation, wind energy technology and operations, geographic information systems (GIS) mapping. The program was created to address the shortage of renewable energy workers, increase hiring of local people in community food projects and increase knowledge of GIS applications for solar energy projects. The courses are multi-week programs providing safety and workplace certifications, real job training and applications that meet industry standards, career guidance and networking. Relay delivered nine courses with 127 participants from April to June 30, 2023. The program will continue until March 31, 2024 with 50 courses planned and 800 graduates anticipated. These courses will encourage participation from members of equity-deserving groups, which helps to break down barriers that hold many folks back from accessing jobs in these groqing sectors.
The courses are provided by Relay Education and our partners, including post- secondary institutions, across Canada.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada's Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program.
The opinions and interpretations in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Canada.
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