As many as 30 eligible British Columbians will receive skills training to prepare them for employment as social and community service workers.

Eight eligible British Columbians will receive skills training to prepare them for employment as professional logging truck drivers in the North Okanagan and Shuswap area.

As many as 30 eligible British Columbians living with disabilities will receive skills training to prepare them for jobs as food-service assistants on the Lower Mainland.

As many as 24 eligible people will receive the skills and training required to prepare to be disability employment specialists.

As many as 16 eligible British Columbians will receive skills training to prepare for employment as professional truck drivers.

As many as 120 eligible people will receive training to prepare them for employment in wildfire and integrated natural resources fields in five regions around the province.

To further reduce period poverty and increase access to free menstrual products, applications for funding are open.

Nicholas Simons, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, and Dan Coulter, Parliamentary Secretary for Accessibility, have released the following statement in recognition of Disability Employment Month: