Education & Retraining

The following links provide information about occupational training and education programs.

Please note that the Province of British Columbia is not responsible for the material and/or content presented on any non-provincial government site listed below.

Financial Assistance Programs

Career Planning, Ministry of Education
Offers some general information on the current work situation and on what should be expected in the future.
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/careers/planning/work/world.htm

Community Economic Development Professionals
Provides $1,000 to ten dedicated community leaders to complete SFU’s Certificate Program for Community Economic Development Professionals.
www.sfu.ca/cscd/ced/announcements.htm

Graduation Transition, Ministry of Education
Is intended to prepare students for a successful transition to life after secondary school.
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/graduation/grad2004.htm

Into Adulthood, Ministry of Children & Family Development
Identifies opportunities and experiences during students school years that will help them better prepare for life as an adult.
http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/spec_needs/adulthood.htm

Office of Literacy and Essential Skills
• Community-based Adult Literacy and Essential Skills:
Projects must address the literacy and essential skills of adults and applications must clearly demonstrate how community-based approaches will address employability, community participation, and/or family objectives.

• Improving Literacy and Essential Skills of Aboriginal People:
Projects must address the literacy and essential skills of Aboriginal adults.
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/oles/olesindex_en.shtml

Special Education Services, Ministry of Education
Enables students to continue their educational programs while hospitalized.
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/ppandg.htm

Summer Career Placement Program
Provides funding for not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employees, and small businesses with 50 or fewer employees to create high-quality summer job opportunities for students between the ages of 15 and 20.
http://www1.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/epb/yi/yep/programs/scpp.shtml

Tuition Assistance Program, Community Development Trust, Ministry of Community Development
Provides up to $5,000 for up to a year’s tuition at a designated BC public or private school.
http://www.cd.gov.bc.ca/cdt/tuition/

Women’s Community Fund
Supports projects that address its 2009 priorities: Ending violence against women and girls; improving women’s and girl’s economic security and prosperity; and encouraging women and girls in leadership and decision-making roles.
http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/fun-fin/wcf-fcf/...