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EDMONTON — Through the Sustainable Jobs Training Fund, the Government of Canada is investing over $9 million over three years in the AI Pathways: Energizing Canada’s Low-Carbon Workforce project.

Led by the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii), this initiative will help nearly 5,000 Canadian energy workers gain AI and machine learning skills for careers in wind, solar, geothermal and hydrogen energy, explains a release. Both online and in-person training will be provided.

In addition, nearly $19.7 million is going towards Amii as part of the Canadian Sovereign AI Compute Strategy. The money will expand access to advanced computing resources for Amii’s researchers and clients.

The AI Pathways: Energizing Canada’s Low-Carbon Workforce project is one of eight initiatives that received funding through the Sustainable Jobs Training Fund, which will support more than 10,000 Canadian workers, the release notes. These projects are helping Canadians build the skills needed for jobs in electric vehicle maintenance, green buildings and retrofits, and low-carbon energy and carbon management. 

 is one of Canada’s three national AI institutes, alongside  in Montréal and the  in Toronto.