Fully Funded • Zero Out-of-Pocket Cost

WORTH Academy: Single Moms Cohort.

A Six-Week Career Launch Program

WORTH Academy is a fully funded career program designed for single mothers who are entering the workforce, returning after time away, changing careers, or looking to grow within recreation, tourism, and hospitality.

The program recognizes that participants bring valuable skills and life experience to the workplace while also facing practical challenges such as childcare, transportation, scheduling, financial pressures, employment gaps, and confidence rebuilding.

Practical Support Included:

Free on-site licensed professional childcare, transit passes, and catered lunch during workshop day.

Program Curriculum Review FAQs

Single mother smiling with renewed confidence at WORTH Academy workshop

WORTH Academy • Single Moms Cohort British Columbia

Program Architecture

How WORTH Academy Works

Carefully crafted around real-life realities: no previous industry experience required.

Element 1

In-Person Workshop

Full-day interactive career workshop (9:30 AM – 2:30 PM). Transportation passes, lunch, and on-site licensed childcare provided.

Element 2

Six Weeks Online

Learn at your own pace, on your own schedule. Digestible modules designed to fit around family schedules and work demands.

Element 3

Workbook & Tools

Industry-focused resume and cover letter templates, confidence frameworks, and practical interview preparation.

Element 4

1-on-1 Career Planning

Individualized guidance to help you establish a clear, realistic 90-day action plan for obtaining and sustaining employment.

Curriculum Breakdown

What You’ll Gain

Module 01

Explore Career Pathways

Discover opportunities across recreation, tourism, hospitality, events, food service, accommodation, and venue operations.

Module 02

Build Your Job-Search Toolkit

Create an industry-focused resume and persuasive cover letter, and strengthen interview techniques and poise.

Module 03

Prepare for the Workplace

Build genuine confidence navigating teamwork, customer service standards, shift scheduling, and real-world dynamics.

Module 04

Plan for Real Life

Develop actionable strategies for balancing childcare, transit, financial realities, and personal well-being.

Capstone

Create Your 90-Day Career Action Plan

Leave the academy with clear, achievable goals, connections to hiring employers, and concrete next steps to secure and sustain your employment.

Participant Case Study

Sophia’s Story

When Sophia moved to Canada from Ukraine, she was determined to build a new life in Vancouver’s hospitality industry while raising her young son as a single mother. Balancing childcare, work, and finding her footing in a new country was not easy.

Joining WORTH Academy connected her with dedicated industry mentors, peer mothers facing identical hurdles, and concrete job preparation. Today, she is flourishing in hotel guest operations, building a secure and promising future.

“WORTH helped me believe that anything is possible in my life.”

Sophia smiling with professional confidence

Sophia • WORTH Academy Alumna, Vancouver, BC

Admissions & Details

Frequently Asked Questions

The in-person workshop runs from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the launch day. After the workshop, participants receive access to an online learning platform containing short, self-paced modules that take roughly 2 to 3 hours per week across the six-week journey.

No. This program is open to both single moms currently working in the visitor economy and those who are entirely new and interested in joining. Your life experience and dedication are the most valuable assets you bring.

Yes, 100%. We provide dedicated, licensed, professional childcare right on-site during the workshop day. Your children will be safe, entertained, and cared for in an adjoining room so you can concentrate fully on your learning.

WORTH Academy is completely free of charge. Thanks to our generous corporate and philanthropic sponsors, tuition, materials, lunch, transportation vouchers, and childcare are fully covered.

You will need a desire to learn, grow, and connect with a community of supportive women. For the online portion, any smartphone, tablet, or computer with an internet connection will work.

This specific Academy cohort is intentionally tailored to the unique scheduling, financial, and childcare realities of single mothers. However, our WORTH-while Mentorship Program, annual Leadership Summits, and WORTH-shops are open to all self-identifying women and non-binary individuals in the industry.