Reports

Annual Impact Reports

At PTP, we are committed to transparency and accountability in all that we do. Our Impact Reports serve as a testament to our dedication to making a difference. Explore our annual reports detailing our initiatives, achievements, and the positive influence we’re creating in our community and beyond. Dive into the data or stories that illustrate our commitment to driving meaningful change.

Auditor’s Reports

Research reports

Pathway to Work (P2W)

Pathway to Work (P2W) was a five-year, multi-phase pilot project funded by the Government of Canada’s Adult Learning, Literacy and Essential Skills Program. We worked collaboratively with Indigenous communities in Manitoba and British Columbia to co-design and pilot Work Readiness programs that connect Indigenous job seekers to local jobs on large-scale construction projects.

Creating Pathways to Work: This brief report offers an overview of the P2W project, with an emphasis on what was learned. It tells the story of Work Readiness in the seven Indigenous communities where the program was delivered and presents the processes and resources that both informed and resulted from the work with these communities.

Sustainability Strategy: This report outlines the sustainability strategy developed during the P2W project. Its purpose is to identify options to sustain the Pathway to Work (P2W) training model, in whole or in part and the stakeholders who can take this forward.

Final Evaluation Report: This final evaluation report covers the five years of the Pathway to Work (P2W) project. It focuses on the planning, development and delivery and evaluation of the P2W Project according to the four seasons, the four directions and the four phases of life of the Medicine Wheel.

Women First

Wraparound Supports in Employment and Skills Training: A Feminist Perspective

This evidence brief was drafted to support program innovations or adaptations as part of the  Women First project, funded through Employment and Skill Development Canada’s (ESDC) Women’s Employment Readiness pilot program.

Skills for Success in Employment and Skills Training: A Feminist Perspective

This evidence brief was drafted to inform the design and development of skills training curriculum and approaches as part of the Women First project, funded through Employment and Skill Development Canada’s (ESDC) Women’s Employment Readiness pilot program. It offers an overview of some of the key barriers, opportunities, and other considerations related to Skills for Success programming for multiply-marginalized women.

Women First: Final Evaluation Report

This report shares the findings, methods, and recommendations from the Women First project, funded through Employment and Social Development Canada’s (ESDC) Women’s Employment Readiness pilot program. It examines how Skills for Success training and wraparound supports address barriers to employment for equity-deserving women. The findings are relevant to social service providers, employers, policymakers, researchers, and community members, including learners who participated in the program. By reflecting on outcomes and lessons learned, the report aims to help organizations better understand their programs, demonstrate their value to stakeholders, and enhance future efforts to create equitable opportunities for diverse learners.

PTP-GBC partnership

Collaborative Practice: Building pathways to employment for youth with disabilities

This report describes PTP and George Brown College’s efforts to develop and implement the enhanced College Vocational program to serve neurodiverse youth, including those with mild intellectual disabilities. It then extends the learning to describe Integrated Employment Services (IES), a new approach to employment services that grew out of this collaboration. Lessons learned underscore the value of this supportive approach and reveal its potential for other contexts and populations.

Past reports

WESCan: The Workforce Essential Skills across Canada project

WESCan (Workforce Essential Skills across Canada) was an Office of Literacy and Essential Skills funded project that saw PTP working closely with communities across Canada to build meaningful programming for low-skilled individuals. The project used the CAMERA System as its foundation, combined with the knowledge gained through years of research and analysis on effective ways to transition low-skilled adults to work.

Food for Thought: Piloting an integrated pre-culinary program

PTP partnered with Metro Toronto Movement for Literacy to develop and deliver an integrated workforce literacy and essential skills pre-culinary program for marginalized adults, funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Read the report for a description of the pilot project and its outcomes as experienced by students and frontline staff.

FIlling the Gap: Building communities to support the aspiring apprentice

Can Ontario’s community-based literacy programs prepare adult learners for apprenticeships that lead to employment in the skilled trades? Read Filling the Gap to find out about the innovative work being done in programs that are already successfully linking learners to apprenticeship opportunities. Learn how any community-based literacy agency can implement programming and build partnerships to make apprenticeship accessible to their literacy learners.

WLES: Guidance for workplace-relevant training

Our Workforce Literacy and Essential Skills research report explores best practices from PTP’s Teamwork program and other adult literacy programs in Ontario, as seen from the perspective of instructors and students. It offers practical information for programs that want to build or extend programming using hands-on and workplace-relevant learning as an approach for developing literacy, numeracy and employment skills.