August 24, 2007

Students considering or pursuing a career in the skilled trades now have even greater incentive, following an announcement on Friday, August 24 at the Durham College Whitby campus by federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.

After a tour of the campus’s Skills Training Centre and meeting with Durham College apprentices and faculty, Flaherty formally launched the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG) in Ontario on behalf of Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Canada.

The AIG provides a $1,000 cash grant per year to registered apprentices who have completed their first or second year in a Red Seal trade program, on or after January 1, 2007, and will help apprentices achieve their goals by offsetting the costs of tuition, travel and tools. It is estimated that up to 100,000 apprentices in Canada will be entitled to receive this taxable cash grant annually. Durham College offers 11 Red Seal programs and almost 800 apprentices were eligible to apply for the grant during the 2006-2007 academic year.

 

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