Operating Partner
College of the North Atlantic was designated by the Department of Jobs, Growth and Rural Development and Skills (originally Advanced Education, Skills and Labour) to operate the NL Workforce Innovation Centre (NLWIC). The College is responsible for supporting the Centre in initiatives such as: calls for proposals, research funding, project accountability, ongoing communications, capacity building and stakeholder engagement.
Funding Partner
NLWIC is funded by the Department of Jobs, Growth and Rural Development (JGRD) to administer the Research and Innovation Program under the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Labour Market Development Agreement. The NL Workforce Innovation Centre works collaboratively with JGRD to develop research priorities to address pressing labour market challenges for Newfoundland and Labrador.
NLWIC Collaborators
Provincial
- Association for New Canadians
- Department of Jobs, Growth and Rural Development
- MUN Genesis Centre
- MUN-CNA Navigate
- techNL
- econext
National
- Atlantic Workforce Partnership
- Blueprint
- the Dais (formerly Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship at Toronto Metropolitan University)
- Business + Higher Education Roundtable
- The Conference Board of Canada
- Future Skills Centre
- FSC Pan-Canadian Incubation Network
- Magnet at Toronto Metropolitan University
- Ocean Startup Project
- Other Workforce Innovation Centres (B.C., Man., N.S., P.E.I. & Que.)
- Workplace Innovation Network for Canada
International
