PTP Compass

PTP Compass is a social enterprise, and a division of PTP Adult Learning and Employment Programs, a community based organization located in Toronto, Canada. For over two decades PTP has delivered programs and services that have facilitated positive change to people facing literacy and other barriers to employment. We have helped over 22,000 people learn, find new opportunities and build futures!

The underlying challenge.

People who have low literacy skills and other barriers to employment often have limited training, educational and employment opportunities. Many ‘slip through the cracks’ of our current systems as they frequently face other, systemic barriers that further impede opportunities for success and economic independence.

In order to more broadly address this challenge, PTP launched Compass.

Compass is guided by our commitment to developing a strong, capable and sustainable workforce across Canada. It is built around the CAMERA System (Communications and Math Employment Readiness Assessment) and the resources that form part of the system. The end goal is to equip service providers across Canada with effective tools that tie together assessment and instruction in support of workforce-oriented literacy and essential skills programming.

Our approach.

PTP has trained hundreds of educators across Canada in the use of its resources, and adapted or created materials for Deaf, Aboriginal, Inuit, and Francophone populations. Our approach has been to listen, explore ideas, provide guidance, make recommendations and offer customized solutions.

The impact we hope to create.

We believe strongly that well-designed workforce training solutions will improve the social and economic well-being of Canadians, empowering them to find meaningful work and giving them hope for a better future.

Acknowledgement

PTP acknowledges that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of the Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Métis, and the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation.

The treaty that was signed for this particular parcel of land is collectively referred to as the Toronto Purchase and applies to lands east of Brown’s Line to Woodbine Avenue and north towards Newmarket. We also recognize the enduring presence of the Aboriginal peoples of this land.

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