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Fuel your talent pipeline: Learn how to access wage incentives to hire post-secondary students
Trucking HR Canada’s Career ExpressWay Program supports employers with student recruitment and access to direct financial incentives — up to $5,000 per student! THRC helps you connect with career seekers and local post-secondary institutions, and provides support throughout the entire application process. Disponible en français.
Trucking HR Canada doubles funding for the Student Work Placement Program fueling the trucking and logistics talent pipeline
Ottawa, ON (March 5, 2026) — Trucking HR Canada (THRC) announced today that it has secured additional investment in the Student Work Placement Program (SWPP), expanding opportunities for post-secondary students to gain meaningful, paid work experience in Canada’s trucking and logistics sector. Applications open mid-March. This increase in funding follows a sustained advocacy effort led by […]
THRC welcomes funding for student work placements in federal budget
OTTAWA, ON (November 5, 2025) — Trucking HR Canada welcomes the Government of Canada’s decision in Budget 2025 to extend the Student Work Placement Program (SWPP). “This signals a clear understanding of the connection between Canada’s competitiveness, employers building their talent pipeline, and youth getting meaningful work-integrated learning opportunities,” says Angela Splinter, CEO, Trucking HR […]
New report: Work-integrated learning critical to Canada’s innovation economy, youth employment
OTTAWA, ON (September 17, 2025) — A new report confirms what many in the trucking and logistics sector already know: financial support for hiring students through work placements delivers measurable benefits — for employers, for students, and for Canada’s economy. Read the full report to learn more. The report, THRC Driving Futures: Opening Doors for […]
THRC announces 2025 Fall Student Work Placement funding
OTTAWA, ON (June 17, 2025) — Applications are now being accepted for students entering employment in the trucking and logistics sector this fall. The funding comes through Trucking HR Canada’s Career ExpressWay program and has already funded 1,631 placements at 248 employers across the country since 2021. Find out more and start your application on […]