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Eligible employers can get government funding to help employees and unemployed Canadians access training opportunities. Melnyk Consultancy has a number of eligible programs you can apply to the grant funding. Please know you must submit your application and be approved prior to your course. Government applications should be in 6-8 weeks prior to the course.
The Canada-Alberta Productivity Grant is a training program where an employer applies on behalf of their present or future employees for eligible training costs. Employers decide who gets training and what type of training may be needed for their employees.
Employers are required to contribute 50% of the total eligible training costs for existing employees. Government contributes the other 50% of the cost to a maximum of $5,000 per employed trainee per fiscal year. If hiring and training an unemployed Albertan, up to 75% of eligible training costs could be covered, up to a maximum of $10,000 per trainee per fiscal year.
An employer is eligible for up to a maximum amount of $100,000 per fiscal year.
The CAPG is available for direct training costs only, including:
Employee wages are not eligible through the CAPG program.
To be eligible, employers must have current or potential employees who need training to fill current or future positions.
The CAPG is available to:
CAPG trainees must be employees (current or prospective) and one of the following:
Trainee employment may be verified at any time during the application process.
Trainees receiving Employment Insurance (EI)
Employers must declare on the CAPG application if their trainee is receiving EI benefits.
A trainee receiving EI benefits must notify their EI case worker of the training as soon as possible, to ensure they continue to receive their benefits.
The following individuals are ineligible:
Refer to the Canada-Alberta Productivity Grant Applicant Guidelines for complete eligibility criteria.
Melnyk Consultancy is an independent accredited training office with globally recognized programs and certifications:
Training focus on productivity-skills development in at least one of these categories:
a. Business Process and Operations Management:
APMG Change Management, Agile Change Agent, and Local Change Agent training equips employees with skills to improve organizational change management, optimize processes, address governance, operations, systems, change delivery and resource management.
b. Technical:
Agile Change and sustainability technological integration training equips employees with technical expertise and specialized skills to enhance delivery, efficiency, quality and problem-solving capabilities.
Sustainable Project Management aligns with an organizations ability to improve and optimize processes, operations and organizational change management directly aligned with productivity-skills priority through ability to plan and implement change, increasing productivity and adaptability.
Neuroscience for Change at Work integrates tools to enhance productivity and tech adoption, builds skills in technological change readiness, stress regulation in hybrid work environments, and cognitive adaptability to digital workflows.
c. Digital and technological:
Practical application of Agile principles this training equips employees with skills to drive change in uncertain environments, supporting effectively use, faster management of integrated digital tools and technologies to perform tasks, solve problems and adapt evolving technology needs including ai adoption.
The CAPG program is not intended to fund basic, soft-skill and interpersonal skill development, or novice-level training however through the advanced certification program that blends neuroscience, workplace psychology, and change leadership to develop technical and cognitive strategies for navigating and implementing organizational change. Equipping employees with specialized, applied tools to enhance change communication, decision-making and resilience.
Future-Ready Skills Developed:
Training offers evidence-based methodologies that support more efficient, adaptive, and psychologically safe workplaces.
Facilitator-Led Training may be delivered on a full or part-time basis, and may be any combination of online, on-site or in a classroom setting.
Master Certified Coach, Accredited Change Specialist, Accredited Trainer and Program Co-Developer
Qualifications:
Over 20 years of experience in organizational change and leadership coaching
Accredited Change Professional – Master (ACP-M) (CPHR, SHRM-SCP) Certified in neuroscience-based coaching and agile methodologies, Human Resources Professional
Trained leaders across healthcare, government, industry, oil and gas and education sectors
Mentor and co-designer of trauma-informed and sustainability-integrated coaching programs including health-care leadership.
Recognized trainer under APMG International, ICF, PMI and GPM standards
