ACCC Essential Skills
     
     
 
 

Projects

ACCC has implemented many activities that support colleges and institues in their efforts to advance the Essential Skills agenda.  Most of these activities are planned deliverables of projects funded by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC).

Since 2003, ACCC was awarded seven HRSDC projects:

  1. Developing a National Framework for Essential Skills: Seeking Harmony while Respecting Diversity

  2. "Canadian Colleges and Institutes and Workplace Essential Skills: Working with the Community” started in April 2009 and will span a period of two years. The purpose of this project, financed by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, is to develop Essential Skills tools and practices to contribute to the development of Aboriginal Peoples, immigrants and Francophones in a minority situation to meet the need for skilled workers.

  3. "Essentials Skills and SMEs: Canadian Community Colleges and Chambers of Commerce Join Forces” started in September 2007 with a completion date of October 2009. The purpose of this project is to support small- and medium-enterprises (SMEs) by systematizing operations, tools and practices of Essential Skills (ES) initiatives, emphasizing those involving oral communication, working with others, thinking skills, and computer use.

  4. “Creating a Network for Exchange and Innovation in Essential Skills for Education and the Workforce” was completed March 31, 2008. This project's goals are to establish a network for exchange and innovation in Essential Skills (ES), provide prompt and easy access to Essential Skills resources and to stimulate the development of tools and resources where gaps exist. This Web site is a result of this project. [ Final Report Executive Summary ]

  5. “Integrating Essential Skills into Human Resources practices in the workplace” was completed December 31, 2007. The purpose of this project was to encourage Canadian employers to rely on Essential Skills (ES) approches as means to continually update and improve the skills of their employees.  The project also initiated activities that contributed to increasing the practical knowledge of ES practitioners in colleges and institutes, making them more effective in their efforts to implement ES approaches in the workplace. [ Final Report Executive Summary ]

  6. “Increasing Awareness of Essential Skills among Canadian Employers” was designed in 2004-2005 to increase the awareness of Canadian employers of the benefits of addressing skills gaps throught the use of Essential Skills (ES) principles, approaches and practices.

  7. “Essential Employability Skills”, in 2003, assessed how colleges and institutes have integrated Essential Skills (ES) principles and practices in their training initiatives.