ECO Canada - Background

Background

ECO Canada is one of about 30 sector councils whose key objectives are to:

  • Implement national occupational standards for skills and training
  • Promote employment opportunities via a highly skilled workforce
  • Meet industry requirements for qualified new practitioners
  • Provide labour market projections and information on environmental sector trends for governments, educators, youth, and industry planners
  • Improve the dialogue between industry and the academic community
  • Address labour market entry problems and school-to-work transition difficulties encountered by youth

Specifically, ECO Canada provides resources to meet the professional needs of this industry, including an online environmental job board, certification for environmental practitioners, a wage-subsidy internship program, environment industry specific labour market reports, and the Environmental Employer of the Year Awards. ECO Canada also conducts research studies on human resources issues within the Canadian environmental industry. The organization publishes a variety of reports every year that covers topics such as HR best practices, industry compensation and labour market trends.

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