techNL Expressions of Interest for the creation and/or delivery of training or upskilling program(s)
Aboriginal Peoples
Community, Regional & Enterprise Development
Information and Communication Technology
Deadlines
Academic Unit: inquire with unit
Memorial Deadline: Friday 11th, February 2022
External Deadline: Wednesday 16th, February 2022
Description
On January 31, 2022, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) announced a call for funding requests for the Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program (SWSP). Click here for press release.
The SWSP helps key sectors of the economy to develop and implement solutions to address current and emerging workforce needs. The Program will support projects that focus on a range of industry-driven activities such as training and reskilling workers, helping employers retain and attract a skilled and diverse workforce and other creative solutions to help sectors address labour market needs.
techNL will be submitting a request for funding centred on training and upskilling individuals to work
within the technology sector as well as technology-enabled roles in other key sectors. Technology roles
include but are not limited to software development, computer science, game design, cyber security,
artificial intelligence, machine learning, and more. Technology-enabled roles include but are not limited
to digital marketing, UX/UI and digital design, technology sales, business development, leadership roles in tech companies, and more.
As part of this proposal, techNL is soliciting expressions of interest from selected organizations for the
creation and/or delivery of training or upskilling program(s). Details of selected EOIs will be included
within techNL’s request for funding.
Proponents must be able to carry out the prospective work under the following conditions:
• Activity must launch in June 2022 and be complete by March 2024
• Activity must aim to recruit a minimum of 25 individuals
• Activity must fully prepare participants to enter the workforce in the technology sector or in a
technology-enabled role
• Activity must be accessible to equity-deserving groups. If a barrier to participation exists,
proponent must identify said barrier and include potential routes to remove it.
• Activity must be created and/or delivered entirely by the proponent and their partners.
Submissions should be digital files no longer than five pages. The deadline for submission is
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 at 4PM NST. Send your submissions by email to talent@technl.ca.
See attached pdf for more details.