For more than a decade, the Passport to Prosperity campaign has supported educators and employers in developing experiential learning opportunities for high school students. Passport to Prosperity is a province wide campaign that seeks to provide communities with the tools and resources to respond to their local workforce development needs and contribute to the growth of the local economy. Today, more than 40,000 employers across Ontario have recognized the value of incorporating student programs into their human resources strategies.

Passport to Prosperity's mission is to ensure that every employer in Ontario sees the value of connecting to the future workforce by engaging high school students in meaningful work experiences and essential skills training.

The Passport to Prosperity campaign encourages employers to provide high school students with experiential learning opportunities as a cost-effective solution to recruiting, training and retaining young workers. The same opportunities help students explore career options and develop essential and citizenship skills. The work experience is an opportunity for students to see how their in-school learning is applied in the workplace. It also assists students to make a successful transition into the labour market.

Experiential learning programs provide employers with an early opportunity to engage Ontario's future workers, expose them to career options in industries they may not have known about or considered and help them acquire the specific workplace skills and experience businesses seek.

The campaign aims to increase employer participation in experiential learning programs; such as workplace tours, job shadowing, mentoring, cooperative education, school-work transitions, and the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program.