The Empowering Futures Program is Canada’s Student Work Placement Program for the electricity industry. Aimed at preparing students for the future of work, the program will create new work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities in electricity by providing subsidies of up to $7,000 per student position to the employers who create these new opportunities.
Learn more about Empowering Futures
CEWIL & EHRC: Empowering Futures
Watch a webinar from EHRC’s Director of Programs that explains in depth how Empowering Futures works.
Empowering Futures Testimonials
We’ve collected stories from across Canada, from both employers and students, about how Empowering Futures is building the workforce of tomorrow.
Employer Testimonials
Eric, CIO at Spark Power
Jon, Field Manager at Hydro One
Nirav, HR Director at Ontario Power Generation
Student Testimonials
Zoee, Electrical Engineering Student
Tristan, Nursing Student
Natalie, Chemical Engineering Student
Alyssa, Business Finance Student
Abine, Environmental Sciences Student
The Student Work Placement Program (SWPP)
The Student Work Placement Program gives post-secondary students across Canada paid work experience related to their field of study.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada’s Student Work Placement Program.
