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Employment
In addition to providing employment to 80,100 people worldwide,
RBC also supports programs for people who are unemployed or
underemployed. It takes skills, opportunities and contacts
to land the right job, so RBC supports organizations such
as:
- Neil Squire Society's Employ Ability Program, which assists
physically disabled adults in Canada seeking employable
skills, education and confidence
- Regina Adult Learning Centre, dedicated to working with
young at-risk adults to give them the necessary skills and
experience to successfully enter the workplace or a post-secondary
educational facility
- Winnipeg Salvation Army's Work Readiness Program which
helps recipients of income assistance find a job and become
self-sufficient
- Eva's Phoenix in Toronto, a transitional housing project
and successful working model for training and employment
of homeless youth
- The Community Services Council's Vibrant Communities
Initiative in St. John's, Newfoundland, which connects individuals
living in the city's lowest income neighbourhoods with eager
employers and community agencies to attain permanent jobs
- Youth Employment Services, a leading Canadian youth organization
with innovative programs that empower disadvantaged and
vulnerable youth
- SHAD, a program that mentors 600 high-potential youth
through a national summer internship program at 12 university
campuses across Canada. RBC has been SHAD's lead corporate
sponsor for the past 25 years
- Seattle-based FareStart, which gives low-income residents
an opportunity to train and be placed in long-term employment
in the food industry
- Twin Cities RISE! program that helps low-income individuals
escape poverty by preparing them for living-wage jobs in
the Minneapolis- St. Paul metropolitan area
- A three-year computer skills program that benefits youth
across the Eastern Caribbean
- A computerized learning environment to promote computer
literacy at St. Michael's School for Boys in Trinidad and
Tobago, an institution for abused and troubled boys.
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