Talent City Vaughan Grant Recipient Profile – Elspeth Heyworth Centre for Women
Talent City Vaughan is a first-of-its-kind municipal workforce development initiative that supports purpose-driven training initiatives across Vaughan. The 2024 cohort of grant recipients offers a host of in-demand training programs for Vaughan residents and employees of Vaughan-based businesses – like the Elspeth Heyworth Centre for Women‘s business training program for interpreters!
The Program
Elspeth Heyworth Centre for Women (EHCW) is facilitating a training program which equips interpreters with the necessary skills, knowledge, and certifications to excel in their roles and continue to deliver exceptional interpretation services in Vaughan. This program tackles the obstacles encountered by interpreters to successfully pass the language test, including mock tests, as well as additional training requirements in cyber awareness and privacy training.
About Elspeth Heyworth Centre for Women (EHCW)
Elspeth Heyworth Centre for Women is a twice accredited, charitable non-profit organization established in 1992 to empower immigrants and newcomer women, seniors, youth, and families through advocacy and services focused on promoting healthy families, community relationships and economic self-sufficiency. EHCW meets the growing needs of the culturally diversified communities through its leadership in innovative and collaborative programs.
RivInt is an award-winning social enterprise operated by EHCW that has been providing outstanding language services since January 2001. All profits generated from RivInt goes directly into its managing organization, EHCW, to support services including: domestic abuse counseling, settlement services, as well as women, youth, and seniors’ programs to maintain their mental, physical health and overall wellness.
Are you a non-profit organization that offers upskilling or reskilling training? You can apply for a grant of up to $10,000 to run training programs for Vaughan residents or employees of Vaughan-based businesses. To learn more about Talent City Vaughan click the button below!