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Canada and Ontario Invest Over $35 million in 35 Recreational and Community Infrastructure Projects

July 06, 2021

The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, Marc G. Serré, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt; the Honourable Kinga Surma, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure; Bob Bailey, Member of Provincial Parliament for Sarnia–Lambton; and His Worship Jody Wilman, Mayor of the Township of St. Joseph, announced joint funding for 35 recreational and community infrastructure projects across Ontario.

The Accessible British Columbia Act is now law

The Accessible British Columbia Act is now law, and the first step is to form the Provincial Accessibility Committee to advise the minister of social development and poverty reduction on matters related to accessibility and support the development of accessibility standards.

Government of Canada and City of Toronto partner with Elevate to support underrepresented workers in tech sector

June 3, 2021 – Toronto, Ontario

Google Canada commits $2 million to reskill job seekers

May 18 2021 - Google Canada announced a $2 million commitment to help train Canadian job seekers for new careers in technology.

The initiative includes a three-year Google.org grant to NPower Canada to deliver Google Certificate programs and deploy 5,000 need-based scholarships to access the program. The goal is to train job seekers with new skills in under six months.

COPA - professional development, training and educational resources

Toronto - May 5th

COPA is pleased to offer our suite of professional development, training and educational resources aimed at creating welcoming schools and communities to OCASI members from now until June 2021.

Ontario Extends Freeze on College and University Tuitions

Initiative provides families and students with more financial relief during COVID-19

Phase Two Schedule for COVID-19 Vaccine Booking Eligibility

Due to a stable and reliable increase in vaccine supply beginning next week, the province and its partners now have the ability to not only provide more certainty in Ontario’s vaccine rollout, but further accelerate timelines to get more shots into arms.