In 2025, the CLAC Foundation continued partnering with organizations that remove barriers to work, grow confidence, and create practical opportunities for people facing complex challenges.
Helped newcomers gain credentials, confidence, and connections needed to start new careers in security, trades, and warehouse sectors.
Supported adult learners with literacy and communication programs that increase confidence, employability, and long-term stability.
Removed financial and practical barriers for newcomers, youth, and others working to enter trades, retail, food service, and manufacturing.
Helped marginalized jobseekers obtain required documentation, access training, and move into meaningful work in care and community roles.
Served vulnerable residents in Kelowna through skills development, women’s supports, emergency shelter mats, and pathways toward stability.
Created practical employment and mentorship opportunities while improving access to affordable transportation for the wider community.
The Interprovincial Workforce Collective continues to strengthen collaboration between frontline organizations by creating space to share resources, surface barriers, and advocate for practical workforce solutions across regions.
The Foundation’s international partnerships support worker leadership, solidarity, training, and organizing in communities where collective action remains essential.
The CLAC Foundation partners with organizations advancing worker rights, union leadership, migration justice, and training for vulnerable workers. Together, these partnerships help build resilience, representation, and more just workplaces.
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This past year has been one of renewal and fresh energy for the CLAC Foundation. In 2025, the Board of Directors came together to create a new strategic plan that sets a clear and exciting direction for the years ahead, focusing on strengthening awareness, deepening engagement, and celebrating the remarkable stories emerging from partnerships across Canada.
We were also fortunate to welcome new board members whose enthusiasm and ideas have brought renewed purpose. Their commitment to the mission has helped shape how the Foundation can continue growing its impact.
What stands out most is the incredible work happening on the ground. Across the country, partner organizations and their staff are changing lives every day through training, opportunity, and meaningful work. These stories are reminders that real change happens when people are given a chance.
We are deeply grateful for the continued support of CLAC, donors, and partners whose generosity and collaboration make this work possible. Together, we are building on strong relationships and a shared commitment to creating lasting, positive change in communities across Canada and beyond.
A job is more than a paycheque. It can restore confidence, build community, and create a foundation for long-term stability.
Through funding for training, transportation, certifications, work gear, and partner capacity, the CLAC Foundation helps people move toward opportunity with dignity. The impact is practical, local, and deeply human.
The Foundation’s partnerships are effective because they are rooted in trusted local organizations that understand barriers firsthand and know how to respond with practical care.
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