Canada’s clean economy shift will impact millions of jobs, but many post-secondary graduates outside of sustainability-focused programs lack the green skills needed to take advantage of new opportunities. BHER partnered with the Smith School of Business to develop the Queen’s University Venture Creation, Experiential Learning & Net Zero Training (QVENT) program to address this gap, and to provide Canada’s employers with work-ready graduates equipped for the net-zero transition.
This case study explores how QVENT addresses the green skills needs of Canadian employers through curricular and co-curricular WIL across diverse disciplines. QVENT bypassed common challenges in program creation by using cross-institution collaboration and existing resources, as well as external partnerships with local green employers.
Learn more about how they pulled it off, the impressive results for students and businesses, and strategies you can use to leverage resources you already have to scale diverse green WILs.
