Industry and sector provincewide projects
Alberta Food Processors Association
A first time (since 2005) labour market intelligence study and workforce plan focused specifically on Alberta’s food and beverage manufacturing sector. The study will also include strategies for the attraction, retention and talent development of skilled and semi-skilled workers.
Alberta Hotel and Lodging Association
Supports the development of a new Human Resources standard for hotels. The new standard will help raise the level of health & safety and human resource practices in Alberta hotels to better attract and retain talent. This project will also identify, develop & cultivate sources of labour and help hotels connect to this labour by hiring an in-house Workforce Specialist who will place workers in hotels that achieve or are in the process of achieving, the new HR designation.
Alberta Information and Communications Technology Council
Technology Alberta will secure approximately: an additional 100 Part-time positions at 100 Alberta Tech SME’s for an additional 100 Alberta job seekers, with the intent to, over time, have some of these jobs become permanent.
Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)
AI Week will connect tech talent with hiring companies and promote AI and Machine Learning as careers of choice.
Alberta Veterinary Medical Association (ABVMA)
Led by in partnership with the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVMA). This project will develop and deliver a project to attract two streams of veterinarians: 1. Graduates (including Canadian graduating students) from accredited veterinary colleges and 2. Graduates of non-accredited veterinary colleges. Project will research and target potential source countries such as the USA; Australia; Europe; South Africa; India, Pakistan and the Caribbean. Project also includes career and professional accreditation and immigration pathway content hosted on an ABVMA portal, providing potential veterinarians with options to facilitate their immigration to Alberta. The two year project will then become self-sustainable, for future attraction endeavours. The findings from this project will also be used to build employer capacity to successfully onboard newcomer veterinarians for future requirements.
Carbon Management Canada
Will promote occupations needed in CCUS and outline the labour demand while also educating general Albertans on CCUS's role in energy diversification. Awareness campaign will provide further information to energy and carbon emitting industry workers in relevant occupations who are interested in CCUS opportunities; new Canadians seeking to understand the CCUS industry and create a career in Canada; Indigenous workers looking to advance their career and expand their skillsets; youth and new entrants interested in opportunities in the cleantech industry; and community agencies supporting employment in regions with current or emerging CCUS activity.
Calgary Economic Development
Project will develop and launch a digital portal for the attraction and retention of a diverse and skilled workforce in Alberta’s film and television industry. The digital platform will help industry effectively recruit, train and retain workers with direct links to province-wide training and industry opportunities. The platform will also support industry to develop and deliver diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives with digital cross-departmental and standardized online DEI training courses such as "Unconscious Bias", "Anti Racism, "Inclusive Culture" and provide downloadable DEI resources.
Electricity Human Resources Canada
Project leverages existing ESDC funding for a National Labour Market Study to achieve a deep dive into Alberta’s Electricity sector workforce needs – without this funding, Alberta’s electricity sector workforce data would be aggregated with national data. LMI report will inform and improve Alberta’s electricity and renewable energy sector’s capability in workforce planning as we enter a new era of electricity generation. This allows stakeholders to identify emerging workforce needs, opportunities, and requirements across the industry as new priorities on clean growth and electrification change the human resources landscape.
Energy Safety Canada c/o PetroLMI Division
PetroLMI will work to expand the labour supply pool for entry-level jobs through: Research - labour demand and supply research which will identify regions where there is high labour demand and areas where labour supply can be accessed; Marketing - campaign aimed at increasing awareness of the sector within Alberta’s immigrant communities and Employment Connections - bringing together hiring companies and job-seekers through virtual industry awareness information sessions and in-person and/or virtual targeted hiring events.
Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)
A study to fill gaps by researching talent demand in core sub-sectors IDM and health-tech, and providing in-depth and timely information and forecasts on labour demand and supply across Alberta's digital economy in an era marked by disruptive macroeconomic forces, evolving workforces, and continuing mass digitization.
PolicyWise for Children and Families
This project will endeavour to understand factors related to systemic labour issues in the Food and Beverage sector, how the impacts of COVID have affected sector labour issues, and what practices are needed to create resilient workplaces and workforces for the future with a specific focus on newcomer youth. The findings from this project will ideally be replicable across other segments of the tourism sector.
ROA Gateways Corp. (Regional Oil Sands Alliance)
Maintenance and labour analysis will quantify the demand across Members in Alberta’s Oil Sands then work with Industry partners to analyze supply against critical trades. Once a concrete picture of supply and demand are understood, will identify critical gaps and strategies to address.
Women in Communications and Technology
Women in Communications and Technology’s workforce accelerator program will provide reverse mentoring and leadership development, within tech companies, for women in tech to champion the growth and development of inclusive workplaces in Alberta.
Regional projects
1884 Studios
1884 Studios’ “The Be Collective” project will provide the local film and television industry with best practice tools and resources to build capacity to address labour market gaps related to equity, diversity and inclusion.
Bonnyville and District Chamber of Commerce
The Bonnyville and St. Paul Business Support Network (BSN) and Employment Attraction & Retention Network (EARN) will host employer sessions to address workforce attraction, retention, diversity, inclusion, and training development.
Brooks Chamber of Commerce
The Power Up Brooks Conference will promote employee retention and workforce development by helping employers and workers learn how to move forward from the pandemic with health, resiliency, strength and energy.
Camrose and District Chamber of Commerce
The Strategies for Successful Employee Retention and Attraction employer workshop will provide a one day in-person workshop to regional business owners, managers, supervisors and job creators. Attendees will learn how to develop workers so they help grow the business, address productivity and performance management, and leave with practical strategies for employee attraction and retention.
Central Alberta Economic Partnership (CAEP)
The Central Alberta Business Support Network (BSN) will provide a series of sessions to educate employers across Central Alberta on best practices in workforce retention and attraction and workplace diversity, equity and inclusion.
Chic Geek
The Women in Technology Talent Connector event will connect women in technology to companies seeking gender-diverse talent, with the goal of increasing the number of women candidates for technology employers.
The Circle of Red Deer Seniors Society (The Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre)
The Older Adults Employment Strategy Assessment will improve understanding of the barriers employers face in finding and accommodating older workers, as well as those older workers face seeking employment. The assessment results will include recommended services both employers and older job seekers need to improve attraction and retention of older workers.
City of Fort Saskatchewan
The Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Regional Labour Market Profile will undertake a labour study and employer survey to identify employment trends and skill gaps/surpluses, and will provide major employers with information on under-utilized labour pools. The study will recommend solutions to increase overall employment and employment opportunities in the region.
City of Medicine Hat
The Immigration-Focused Labour Market Profiles project will generate labour market data to educate employers, stakeholders and communities on the benefits of hiring newcomers while reducing barriers such as perceptions of lack of language proficiency or different education standards.
City of St. Albert Economic Development
The St. Albert Workforce Development Project will host 2 job fairs to address the hospitality and professional services sectors, and 2 to address the construction, trades and manufacturing sectors. These events will connect local employers to qualified job seekers and gather information on sector skill gaps.
Community Futures Grande Prairie and Region
The Hyper Drive Women in Business Summit will help women business owners and employers learn about effective recruitment and retention techniques and develop networks with other business owners and stakeholders to help them build strong recruitment and retention plans for their businesses.
Community Futures Peace Country
The PowerUp! Forum in Falher will provide employers with tools, resources and networking opportunities to connect and learn successful strategies to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as deal with current issues around supply chain and employee shortages.
Community Futures Peace Country
The Women in the North Project will hold 5 events in rural communities in northwestern Alberta. Events will provide information and support on recruitment and retention strategies, increase employer awareness of how to support staff, provide networking opportunities, develop leadership skills and increase the capacity of employers to build an adaptable labour force.
Community Futures Wild Rose
The Wild Rose Workforce Strategy Project will help build regional workforce partnerships, conduct a regional labour market study and develop a workforce strategy to guide long-term cross-sector collaboration to respond effectively to labour market changes.
Community Futures Yellowhead East
The Regional Business Support Network (BSN) – Labour Market Attraction & Retention Partnership Project will conduct industry engagement sessions and a speaker series, as well as develop regional industry-specific tool kits to support workforce attraction, retention, development and engagement. The goal is to support employers in filling an increased number of vacant positions.
Drayton Valley and District Chamber of Commerce
The Drayton Valley Career, Job & Training Expo will connect job seekers and employers in the Drayton Valley area and provide employers with resources, information, and tools for how to attract and retain workers.
Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
The Summit on the Aging Workforce will increase employer awareness of the value of hiring and retaining older workers in their organizations. There will be a focus on policy, information and tools to help employers address the needs of older workers.
FML Studios Inc./Careers in Technology and Innovation
The Growing Calgary Tech Labour Force: The Technology Talent Impact Series will host 4 employer events to increase awareness of the tech ecosystem, strengthen collaboration in the tech ecosystem, and help bridge the gap between talent and employers.
Fort Saskatchewan and District Chamber of Commerce
The Indigenous Cultural Awareness session will educate employers on inclusive, psychologically safe workplace practices for Indigenous employees with the goal of encouraging Indigenous workforce development and participation.
Grande Prairie and District Chamber of Commerce
The Regional Labour Attraction & Retention Marketing Tool Development project will conduct stakeholder engagement, research and community ecosystem mapping to develop a regional quality of life asset bank. This tool will help employers attract and retain talent.
Greater Parkland Regional Chamber of Commerce
The Welcoming Workplace Series will provide speaker sessions on employee attraction and retention strategies including supporting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) with a focus on underrepresented groups. Employers will enhance their knowledge of attraction, retention and DEI best practices.
Greater Parkland Regional Chamber of Commerce
The Greater Parkland Regional Chamber of Commerce Career/Job Fairs will host 2 career/job fairs, one with a focus on light/heavy industry and one with a focus on small business. The fairs will enable job creators to increase employment through attraction initiatives.
Jasper Employment and Education Centre
The Jasper Employment and Education Centre (JEEC) will conduct a labour market study to provide a comprehensive assessment of the challenges and opportunities facing the local labour market, as well as recommendations to improve the labour outlook unique to Jasper and help local employers with labour attraction, recruitment and retention.
Lethbridge Economic Development Initiative Society
The Automation and Manufacturing Workforce Research Project will review the impacts of automation on the local workforce, identify skill gaps and assess demand for training within the sector to improve regional workforce planning.
LINKages Society of Alberta
The Youth Labour Assessment Project will assess the skills, awareness, training and supports needed to encourage young adult workers to pursue employment in senior care and community settings. Workforce development and labour market strategies will be developed from the results to create an intergenerational outreach program.
Lloydminster Chamber of Commerce
The Lloydminster and Region Job Fair will connect local employers to qualified job seekers. Information will also be gathered on the types and number of jobs filled from the event and the skills that employers are struggling to find among job seekers.
Lloydminster Chamber of Commerce
The Lloydminster Business Education Forum will host sessions for employers equipping them with the tools and knowledge to rethink how they recruit, retain and build a resilient workforce, including mental health and coping mechanisms and the benefits and strategies of hiring underrepresented groups.
Red Deer Polytechnic
The Career Expo/Career Fair will provide employers an opportunity to recruit employees and educate a future workforce, while promoting their jobs and organizations. The fair will also provide students and community members with hands-on opportunities to explore career options.
SouthGrow Regional Initiative
The Southwest Alberta Graduate Retention Strategy research project will gather labour market information to develop a regional graduate and newcomer retention strategy and explore ways to keep graduates employed locally.
Strathcona County
The Strathcona County Youth Employment Workshops and Hiring Fair project will aim to address a shortage of low-skilled workers by connecting youth to employers. This project was in direct response to needs identified in Strathcona County’s recent community labour market study.
Sturgeon County
The Sturgeon County Regional Business Support event will inform employers about changes in the labour force and strategies to attract and retain workers from untapped labour pools.
Town of Canmore
The Labour Market Recruitment and Retention Strategy for Canmore will be used to understand the current labour market and opportunities to promote recruitment and retention best practices in anticipation of labour pressures as the economy, in particular travel, recovers from the pandemic.
Town of Hinton
The Business Support Network (BSN) & Speaker Series project will build employer leadership capacity and change management skills, as well as support resiliency among employers facing changing economic conditions and labour market challenges.
Town of Whitecourt
The Career and Education EXPO/Job Fair project will support regional workforce recovery by connecting employers to the diverse and skilled workers they need to build a resilient workforce, with a focus on under-represented groups. The fair will also connect attendees to programs and services that can assist with up-skilling to meet workforce gaps.
Vermillion and District Chamber of Commerce
The Vermilion Mental Health & Wellness Symposium will be a one-day event to help employees and employers learn strategies on how to cope with mental health challenges, access mental health resources and become a more resilient workforce.
Whitecourt and District Chamber of Commerce
The Whitecourt Economic Forum 2022 will be a one-day event to provide employers with tools, information, resources, and best practices to attract and retain workers, reduce turnover, and lessen the average time it takes to hire a new worker.