Table 11: Responsibility for Essential Skills by Province/Territory
Province Provincial/Territorial official/office responsible for ES Provincial/Territorial official/office responsible for workplace literacy Relationship between offices responsible for ES and apprenticeship
Alberta Skills Investments Division

Alberta Human Resources and Employment
Alberta Human Resources and Employment Not housed in the same department
Manitoba Sandi Howell

Coordinator, Workplace Education and PLAR

Industry Training Partnerships, Advanced Education and Training

(ES working group includes Adult Learning and Literacy; Apprenticeship, Employment Training Services and Industry Training Partnerships)
Sandi Howell

Coordinator, Workplace Education and PLAR

Industry Training Partnerships, Advanced Education and Training
Housed in the same department
New Brunswick Gérald Nadeau

Director

Apprenticeship and Occupational Certification

Training and Employment Development
John Cunningham

Executive Director

Workforce Development Strategy,

Training and Employment Development
Housed in the same department