(Montreal) Employers will be able to benefit, in the coming weeks, from training to improve the employment integration of under-represented categories of people.
The Ministry of Employment has just awarded a grant for this purpose of $672,000 to the Conseil du patronat du Québec.
The CPQ will thus be able to offer training relating to the integration of members of the First Nations, people of immigrant origin, with a disability or with gender diversity.
These first trainings should begin in August and they will be available both in person or virtually, said in an interview Thursday Karl Blackburn, president and chief executive officer of the Conseil du patronat.
These trainings will be aimed at both small and medium-sized businesses and larger ones that already have a manager in charge of equity, diversity and inclusion issues, he added.
The purpose of this training is to expand the labor pools, in a context of shortage of workers in several sectors of activity. Many employers are interested in doing this, but don’t always know how to go about it, Blackburn said.
“It is indeed something that we often hear about in the various media, but unfortunately it is not something that is necessarily innate in each organization. So, in the context that we find ourselves in – severe labor shortages affecting all businesses – how do we reach out to the groups that are a little further away from the labor market? summarizes Mr. Blackburn.
The CPQ hopes to be able to reach 200 participants with these trainings or “as many as possible”.
“What we’re trying to do with the work we’re putting in place, with the approach, is to make sure that we can educate companies that are already aware in the right way. make and raise awareness of the ecosystem and companies that are not yet, but perhaps open to doing so, to the reality in which we are,” summarized Mr. Blackburn.
He hopes that these training courses are only a first step and that others will follow in the coming years.
“It is one of my priorities to facilitate the integration of people furthest from the labor market and this announcement is a further step in this direction. More and more companies are models of inclusiveness and we must continue our efforts to support those that are following suit,” commented the Minister of Employment, Kateri Champagne Jourdain.
