This is not a curriculum. It is a classroom resource that can be integrated into the curriculum you have developed for your learners based on an assessment of their needs. It is also not focused on job search but it is focused on employability skills and knowledge. CanadaWorks will help the learner focus on experiences that come after getting a job.

CanadaWorks is referenced to the Canadian Language Benchmarks and the LINC Curriculum Guidelines, which were developed by the Toronto Catholic District School Board.

A separate workbook called Through the Looking Glass has been written for learners to use and it supports the information and activities in CanadaWorks.

What Makes CanadaWorks Work?

The information and activities are based on what we have learned over our total of twenty-five years as workplace trainers. We have taught language classes in a variety of sectors and at all competency levels.

The workers in our classes had attended LINC and other ESL programs. Their job search skills got them into an organization, but they were faced with a new workplace language, a new culture, new rules and expectations; a workplace very different from their previous experiences.

CanadaWorks helps learners increase the likelihood of successful employment.

Our Beliefs About Adult Education

  1. Adult Learners learn best in a functional context.
  2. Adult Learners have a lot of knowledge and experience that needs to be recognized, valued and built upon.
  3. Adult Learners need core information about Canadian workplaces before they enter one.
  4. Adult learners need to be exposed to and have the opportunity to practise the language and skills they will be asked to use in most Canadian workplaces.
  5. LINC Instructors and ESL Instructors work in one sector...education. Instructors need to be comfortable and familiar with other sectoral and organizational cultures; job responsibilities, policies and procedures, legislation etc.