Prior to the partnership, people with injuries could face travel to Thunder Bay, Sudbury or Toronto in order to access specialized services with the WSIB.

As the tenth in the world and third of its kind in North America, the future Porsche Experience Centre Toronto will be located on a dedicated, 20-acre site at the Durham Live development.

The funding will help the St. George Campus become climate positive by 2050 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the campus by approximately 50 percent.

The union says the striking workers inspect amusement park rides, food trucks, elevators, fuel burning equipment, boilers and pressure vessels and elements in nuclear power plants, as well as support to police and fire services.

Of the funding, $550,000 has been allocated to the Hybrid Timber Floor System Project led by EllisDon and DIALOG. A further $110,000 is being directed to a project to study the use of mass timber in modular applications.