College group focuses on resilient housing and upskilling

Canadian Colleges for a Resilient Recovery (C2R2) has established a new national project, ‘Resilient Housing and Upskilling for Canada’s Communities,’ to support workforce development in Indigenous and rural communities across Canada.  

This C2R2 project is designed to facilitate community workforce planning for communities by bringing organizations together from across industries and sectors, identifying high-growth employment areas, and finding local sources of labour to meet employer demand. 

C2R2 institutions from across Canada have joined to participate in the initiative. Collectively, these members will work with up to 20 communities and benefit 204 workers. A practice community has been established to share and learn from each other as the project progresses.  

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) provided $3,036,000 to C2R2 institutions to execute the project until March 31, 2024. ESDC’s Community Workforce Development Program (CWDP) will offer training that focuses on sustainable building. Workers will have the opportunity to learn both online and in-person, gain the hands-on experience needed for construction and sustainable building workforce occupations, and have the opportunity to connect directly with industry experts.