SUDBURY, ONT. – The Province of Ontario is investing up to $750,000 over three years through the Women’s Economic Security Program to provide skilled trades training for low-income, Francophone women in Sudbury.
In particular the money will go towards the Heavy Equipment Technician pre-apprenticeship training program at Collège Boréal.
The Women’s Economic Security Program offers training in four streams: skilled trades, entrepreneurship, information technology and general employment.
The training programs also include additional supports such as providing meals throughout the training day, transportation to and from training and support finding child care.
Through the training program, women who have experienced or are at risk of intimate partner violence can also access wraparound supports, including referrals to mental health and well-being supports, counselling, housing and legal support, a release reads.
Women interested in the program can visit Ontario.ca/women.
This investment is part of Ontario’s four-year action plan to prevent and address gender-based violence.
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