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EASIEST – Easier Access to Settlement, Integration, Employment and Skills Training

Wallaa Daramlly — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:41:49 +0000

EASIEST is an innovative research and analysis project that places the newcomer experience at the centre of the design & delivery of settlement services. The overall goal of EASIEST is to help Immigrant Serving Organizations in BC deliver the most appropriate package of settlement services to newcomers at the right time and for the right duration to improve their settlement and integration outcomes. SRDC will use a Behavioural Insights (BI) approach to understand how and why newcomers access services. These insights will then be used to identify, design, and test behavioural strategies to improve services and address gaps.

To do this project BI will be combined with a user-centric approach to explore services from the perspectives of newcomers so that innovations deliver services to newcomers that are easier to access, relevant, timely, and socially and culturally appropriate. A four-phase approach of discovery, diagnosis, design, and delivery will be used to bring about improvements in services and outcomes for newcomers, especially vulnerable groups. Findings will be used to support continuous improvement and disseminated widely to contribute to the goal of helping newcomers settle successfully in Canada.

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Settlement Journeys Toward Good Jobs: Short-Term Changes in Outcomes and Program Impacts

Wallaa Daramlly — Sat, 01 Oct 2022 15:13:01 +0000

In 2018-19, the Government of Canada announced a $31.9 million investment to help racialized newcomer women secure employment. The Career Pathways for Racialized Newcomer Women Pilot Project, initially a three-year national pilot which was extended until 2022-23, that tests enhanced employment programming for newcomer women who identify as racialized, is one of the three funding streams in this initiative. The Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) has received funding from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to design, implement, and evaluate CPRNW.

THE CPRNW PILOT

Prior to its extension, the pilot project involved eight service provider organizations across Canada, implementing 11 interventions based on four service delivery models. The overall goal of each model is to support racialized newcomer women in their successful integration into the Canadian labour market. The models differ by their target population (e.g., women with different skill/language levels and different initial distances from the labour market) as well as by the program activities involved. The models aim to address some of the common barriers racialized newcomer women face in their search for employment and in job retention.

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Supporting Apprentices with Learning Disabilities

U7 Solutions — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 00:06:47 +0000

Research shows that learning disabilities affect at least 10% of the population, often more so among apprentices in the trades, yet many face barriers due to undiagnosed or unsupported challenges.

The Supporting Apprentices with Learning Disabilities initiative was a collaboration between SkillPlan and the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC), with funding support from the Government of Canada’s Skills for Success program. This project aimed to explore, develop, and evaluate support systems for pre-apprentices and apprentices with learning disabilities and differences succeed in skilled trades training.

The initiative successfully supported 1,459 participants, most of whom reported greater awareness of their learning needs, a strong sense of belonging in the trades, and a commitment to continue their apprenticeships. Trainers also felt well-equipped to support diverse learners. The flexible support model, based on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL), created inclusive and empowering environments.

Key lessons emphasized the value of early stakeholder engagement and the need for broader systems change, including workplace supports and employer involvement. The model’s success highlights its potential for broader adoption and long-term impact across apprenticeship systems.

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Evaluation of the Advancing Women in Engineering and Technology in BC Pilot Project (AWET)

U7 Solutions — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 22:43:23 +0000

The Advancing Women in Engineering and Technology Project (AWET) was a two-year project funded through the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training Sector Labour Market Partnerships (SLMP) Program. The goal of AWET was to increase the participation of in the engineering and technology by supporting the implementation of diversity and inclusion
strategies in BC. The Covid-19 public health emergency necessitated changes in the delivery approach and the focus of the AWET. The Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) had been commissioned to evaluate the AWET and, in response to the change in focus, it was contracted by the AWET project to conduct a jurisdictional scan.

This report brings together data generated from the AWET evaluation, a literature review and qualitative interviews with employers, key informants and women in the sector. The purpose of the report is to explore the factors that contribute to a successful diversity and inclusion initiative, to identify the major barriers and what to consider the insights a GBA+ lens brings to the understanding of diversity and inclusion for equity seeking groups in the sector.

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