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Expanding Refugee Employment Pathways with YWCA Canada

Northpine Foundation has invested in YWCA Canada to help refugees across the country access meaningful employment. The initiative will be delivered through seven local YWCA associations in communities across the country, including Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories.

Supporting Refugee Employment in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario

The initiative builds on the Mission’s Food Services Training and Maintenance Services Training programs, combining technical instruction, certifications, work placements, language support, case management, and direct employer connections.

Supporting Refugee Employment in the GTA

Northpine Foundation has invested in Polycultural Immigrant and Community Services to help Government-Assisted Refugees build employment pathways.

Skilled Trades Careers for Formerly Incarcerated Persons

The program combines classroom instruction, hands-on training in active renovation projects, trade certifications, financial literacy, entrepreneurship support, and pathways into employment as trades workers, subcontractors, or business owners.

Supporting Winnipeg Students Through Graduation

The program will support students from Grades 9–12 through graduation and their next steps, with weekly after-school programming on campus.

Online Tutoring for Indigenous Children and Youth in and from Care

The venture will serve youth across Manitoba, Ontario, and British Columbia with one-to-one online tutoring, with tutors trained in trauma-informed practice and cultural responsiveness.

Hiring: Impact Director – Winnipeg

Supporting Refugee Women Employment in Calgary

An investment to help refugees move into stable employment through practical training, work experience, and direct employer connections.

Building Employment Pathways for Refugees

Northpine Foundation has invested to help Government-Assisted Refugees in Hamilton and Brantford move into meaningful work in skilled trades, manufacturing, construction, transportation, hospitality, healthcare, and other local sectors.

Supporting Refugee Youth Employment in the GTA

Northpine Foundation has invested in Generation Chosen to help refugee youth in Jane and Finch and Weston area of Toronto move into stable, meaningful employment.

Helping Newcomers Build Careers in Winnipeg

Northpine Foundation has invested in Success Skills Centre to help unemployed and underemployed newcomers secure work that reflects their education, experience, and earning potential.

Investing in Childcare Careers for Refugees

Participants will gain practical experience in licensed childcare settings and connect with The Learning Enrichment Foundation’s network of centres and employer partners.

Employment as Early Childhood Assistants for Refugees

This investment will help refugees in Ontario move into stable employment as Early Childhood Assistants and home childcare operators.

Supporting Refugee Students Through University

The investment supports one-to-one mentorship, cohort-based career readiness workshops, professional networking, and targeted emergency financial assistance for expenses like tuition, textbooks, technology, transportation, and childcare.

Expanding STEM Career Pathways for Youth in Toronto

Northpine Foundation has invested in Codex Tech Foundation to help youth in Toronto and the GTA move into technology and advanced manufacturing careers.

Expanding Scarborough's Successful After-school Program

Northpine Foundation has invested in the Toronto Foundation for Student Success to expand its Beyond 3:30 (B330) after-school program to Cedar Drive Junior Public School in Scarborough Village.

Northpine Invests in The Refugee Centre to Expand National Relocation Pathways

A relocation program to help move refugees from high-cost urban centres like Toronto and Montreal to smaller Canadian municipalities with verified labour demand and housing capacity.

Supporting Refugee Housing and Employment in Vancouver

Northpine Foundation has invested in Journey Home Community to help refugees in Metro Vancouver move from homelessness or imminent homelessness into stable housing, while also building pathways to employment.

Advancing Outcomes-Based Contracts for Refugee Employment

Mount Royal University’s Institute for Community Prosperity will train other organizations to develop outcomes-based contracts and procurement agreements to help refugees move off income support and into lasting employment.

Training and Employing Refugees as Fire Safety Technicians

Northpine Foundation has invested in FireX3 Fire & Safety to help refugees in Calgary and surrounding Alberta communities move into skilled, certified roles in the fire and life safety sector.

Supporting EIA Recipients into Stable Work in Winnipeg

Northpine has invested in Staffmax Staffing and Recruiting to help more Employment and Income Assistance recipients move into meaningful, long-term employment in Winnipeg.

Supporting War-affected newcomer women into meaningful employment

This investment aims to help war-affected newcomer women in Winnipeg move into meaningful employment in care-sector roles.

Northpine invests to strengthen parent engagement in education

Parents Engaged in Education’s Parent Academy helps parents build the confidence, tools, and school connections they need to support learning at home and advocate effectively for their children.

Supporting Refugee Employment in Nova Scotia

Northpine’s investment will help ISANS support refugees across Nova Scotia into work aligned with their skills and interests.

Supporting Refugee Employment in Rural Manitoba

This program will provide refugees with individualized employment planning, workplace language training, job-search coaching, and supported work experience.

Northpine Invests in IMPACT ‘n Communities to Support East Scarborough Youth

This initiative aims to improve school engagement, conflict navigation, and early work experience.

Northpine Invests in Employment Services for Scarborough Youth

Northpine Foundation has invested in a pilot to help youth from Scarborough Neighbourhood Improvement Areas access paid employment.

Expanding Skilled Trades Employment Pathways for Youth from Care

Expanding Employment Pathways for Refugees in Ontario

CUBE TECH’s Path 2 Purpose program will help refugees in Ontario move into jobs in construction, prefabricated housing, manufacturing, installation, and related skilled trades.

Supporting Literacy and Learning on Newfoundland and Labrador's Bell Island

The initiative will serve school-aged children, offering a low-barrier mix of literacy, numeracy, sports, healthy meals, and social development programming.

Bell Island Youth Employment Pathways

The Town of Wabana’s Youth Pathways to Employment Initiative will create more paid work opportunities for local youth.

Northpine Invests in Urban Squash Toronto to Launch Scarborough Campus

The investment supports a no-cost after-school program that combines homework support, tutoring, squash and athletics, mentorship, nutritious meals, transportation, career exposure, and post-secondary guidance.

Expanding Refugee Employment in Canadian Sport and Recreation

Inclusion in Canadian Sports Network’s employment program will help refugees across Canada access stable jobs in amateur sport and recreation, responding to ongoing labour shortages in community sport, aquatics, and recreation.

Boosting Scarborough Youth School Attendance with The Borough FC

Northpine Foundation has invested in The Borough FC to increase school attendance and improve English and Math performance, using football as an engagement engine.

Closing the Summer Programming Gap for Scarborough Kids

This initiative from Aspire for Higher aims to close the summer programming gap for children in Scarborough's Neighbourhood Improvement Areas.

Supporting Winnipeg’s First-Generation Students

Gonzaga Middle School’s graduate support program aims to improve post-secondary enrollment and meaningful employment for first-generation students from Winnipeg’s inner-city neighbourhoods.

Expanding Newbornlander's Sewing Hope Program to Refugee Women in New Brunswick

Expanding the successful Sewing Hope employment program for refugee women into Moncton, New Brunswick.

Refugee Talent in Food Manufacturing

PTP’s Fresh Start program offers 6–8 weeks of food and beverage manufacturing sector training and job placements for refugees.

Housing and Employment Support for Refugees in Quebec

This structured stabilization program combines housing access with employment support to help refugees transition sustainably from emergency shelter into stable housing.

Food Entrepreneurship Program for Refugee Women

Newcomer Kitchen Canada's food entrepreneurship program helps refugee women in Toronto and Ontario turn their informal food skills into legal income through self-employment or food industry jobs.

Skill‑Matched Employment for Refugees in Toronto

Supporting refugees through training, paid work‑integrated learning and direct job placement, with a strong emphasis on roles that align with their skills and long‑term career goals.

Taking on Chronic Homelessness in St. John's, NL

End Homelessness St. John’s HomeConnect program aims to leverage private-market rentals to address the housing shortage.

Supporting Newcomer Youth in Newfoundland to Academic Success

Supporting newcomer youth at academic risk to complete a their high school certification or essential educational pathway

Scarborough's Youth Bridge to Employment

The Northpine Foundation investment in Scarborough Youth Bridge to Employment aims to help build a pipeline for employers to hire and retain local youth talent.

Making school work, and keeping the door to graduation open (Cradle-to-Career Strategy - Stage 2)

How we invest in attendance, mentorship, and academic momentum from Grade 1 through graduation — the years that decide whether earlier investments compound or quietly evaporate.

Pathways into work that lasts, and households that hold (Cradle-to-Career Strategy - Stage 3)

How we invest in work that young Scarborough adults can keep and build on — and in the households around them, where the next cradle-to-career cohort is being raised.

Building a hyper-local community of support, from early years to meaningful employment.

Learn about our hyper-local approach, and the cradle-to-career chain of support we are building across the borough.

A strong start before school begins (Cradle-to-Career Strategy - Stage 1)

Why we invest in family stabilization, early literacy, and culturally-rooted care in the years before children ever set foot in a classroom.

Furniture for New Starts: Jobs and Homes in Scarborough

Many Scarborough families face steep ‘furniture poverty’ with demand 5x outpacing Furniture Bank's supply since Northpine’s first investment in their Scarborough initiative. Their social enterprise model,

Meaningful Employment for Refugees in the Waterloo Region

In the Waterloo Region near Toronto, Reception House’s Open Doors program offers targeted job prep, employer connections, and year-long retention support to help refugees land and keep stable jobs.

Childcare Unlocks Education and Employment Opportunities for Winnipeg Parents

In Winnipeg's priority community schools, parents childcare with adult learning or full-time work. Among parents with kids under 12, many resort to evening classes or drop out entirely.

Auto Industry Employment for Scarborough Youth

Cedarbrae Collegiate in Scarborough's toughest corridor battles chronic absenteeism, with students missing 30–40% of school, amid poverty, newcomer challenges, and few skilled trades paths for racialized youth.

Employment Opportunities for Winnipeg’s Newcomer Women

Newcomer women skilled in hairstyling from their home countries struggle in Canada without recognized credentials, facing prohibitively expensive formal courses amid childcare demands and literacy barriers.

Masonry Training and Employment for Formerly Incarcerated Persons

Even as Canada's tech sector seeks more talent in QA, design, and AI, eager and willing formerly incarcerated people often hit roadblocks to accessing these opportunities.

Tech Career Pathways for Formerly Incarcerated Canadians

Even as Canada's tech sector seeks more talent in QA, design, and AI, eager and willing formerly incarcerated people often hit roadblocks to accessing these opportunities.

Nuclear Training and Employment for Formerly Incarcerated Ontarians

Canada has an urgent need for workers in growing sectors including the nuclear energy industry. The Brilliant Catalyst initiative at Ontario Tech University aims to train

Supporting Youth Exiting Care to Achieve Post-secondary Success

Youth in care can face challenges that often lead to a drop in graduation rates, as they navigate exit from care amid housing and financial pressures.

Affordable Housing in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador

Happy Valley-Goose Bay faces the strain of a changing population, with more seniors, fewer affordable homes, and too many people without stable housing. This initiative by the Happy Valley-Goose Bay

Scarborough's Mothers Matter

West Hill and nearby Scarborough neighbourhoods battle high child poverty with 1 in 3 kids below the poverty line, lagging school scores, and literacy 10% behind Toronto averages.

Growing Employment Opportunities for Scarborough’s Neurodiverse Youth

Young autistic adults face high unemployment rates, with few specialized pathways to meaningful work. SAAAC’s Goodness Gift is a social enterprise that Northpine successfully supported to

Care Careers for Refugee Healthcare Workers

Ontario's healthcare system faces a critical worker shortage amid an aging population and post-COVID workforce strains. Yet skilled refugees, many with post-secondary education and relevant experience

From Emergency Shelters to Employment and Stability

Over 6,000 refugees use Toronto shelters nightly, many stuck for months beyond their emergency purpose. They are often ready and willing to work but blocked by isolation, paperwork delays, language gaps

Supporting Refugee-Led Co-op Businesses Across Canada

Refugees often arrive with professional skills and entrepreneurial drive, yet often land in low-wage, unstable jobs, often earning under $20,000 in their first year, despite huge potential for economic independence.

Stabilization Supporting Care Youth Graduation

Ontario youth in care face just 48% high school graduation rates, amid looming "aging out" pressures, often faced with losing housing and supports in Grades 11–12 when academic pressures are highest.

Adapting the Art of Work National Employment Program for Youth in Care

This venture brings targeted adaptations to the Student’s Commission of Canada’s (SCC) national Art of Work youth employment program to support youth aging out of care who are disconnected from employment and education.

Smart Start Post-Secondary Education Supports Help Youth From Care Succeed In Post-Secondary Education

Higher education increases lifetime earnings and builds resilience, while reducing long-term reliance on public systems

High School Credit Attainment for Adult Learners

Many adult learners in Seven Oaks School District struggle with low literacy, justice issues, and social support cuts, but parents with caregiving duties face an added layer of challenges.

‘Connecting Futures’ to Support Early High School Leavers

An alternative day school program supporting youth in and from care who have disengaged from school to re-engage, stabilize and sustain their school engagement.

Newcomer Youth Education and Language Support

Newcomer and refugee youth in Winnipeg, ages 12–24, often arrive with schooling gaps and low English proficiency, math at Grade 5 levels or lower. Public options fall short, with no spots for youth

Connecting Seniors’ Spare Rooms with Young Adults in Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is home to Canada's highest share of seniors, alongside tight rental markets that make stable housing tough for students and young adults.

Fighting Human Trafficking in Newfoundland and Labrador

Human trafficking remains one of Canada’s most underreported and misunderstood crimes. Newfoundland and Labrador faces its own unique challenges

Mental Health Support for Rural, Remote Newfoundland and Labrador

Rural Newfoundland and Labrador faces tough mental health realities with longer wait times for counselling, higher self-harm risks, and fewer local professionals, leaving many without timely help when they need it most.

New Beginnings in the Trades for Formerly Incarcerated Persons

Canada faces a skyrocketing need for skilled trades workers, with thousands of jobs opening up as retirees leave and construction grows.

Middle School Educational Anchors

Statistics show that youth in care lose 4 to 6 months of learning with every placement move, and more than 60% struggle to re-engage in school amid instability. This often results in middle school disengagement