Exploring Theme: "Commitment to C2A# 7"

The $4.9M project will roll out across Nunavut over six years  CBC Indigenous: A new $4.9-million project, announced Tuesday in Iqaluit, is a partnership between the Makigiaqta Inuit Training Corporation and NCC Development.  The agreement provides funding over six years to train Inuit as apprentices in the construction industry.  The program will be open to up...

APTN News: An organization in Vancouver says it will be able to expand its programming for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in British Columbia after a $21 million boost from the federal government. “[There are] approximately 70,000 urban Indigenous people in the Vancouver area, we do a lot of trades training,” said Lynn White,...

NationTalk: ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB — The Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO), in collaboration with Southern Chiefs Economic Development LP (SCED), is excited to unveil Miikahnah Connect. This online employment application enables First Nations citizens to apply for work with SCO’s Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn project to transform the former HBC building in downtown Winnipeg. “Miikahnah Connect...

NationTalk: The Saskatchewan Labour Market Strategy Outlines the Roadmap to Build the Workforce Saskatchewan Needs to Support its Growing Economy Today, Premier Scott Moe launched Building the Workforce for a Growing Economy: the Saskatchewan Labour Market Strategy, which outlines how the province will ensure Saskatchewan people benefit from the jobs our economy is creating, and...

NationTalk: Castanet.net – The Kamloops-Thompson school district’s board of education and the Aboriginal Education Council have inked a fifth aboriginal education enhancement agreement, which they say will serve as a five-year roadmap to support aboriginal learners. Diane Jules, chair of the Aboriginal Education Council and SD73 trustee, said the district was one of the first...

NationTalk: Employment and Social Development Canada – Every Canadian deserves a real and fair chance at success. Reducing pay gaps and improving representation means knocking down the barriers that hold back marginalized communities in the workplace. In order to do this, we need to know where the gaps are.Today, Minister of Labour, Seamus O’Regan Jr.,...

DCN-JOC News Services NationTalk: Daily Commercial News: ConstructConnect DCN-JOC News Services – HAHNAWAKE, QUE. —  The First Nations Human Resources Development Commission of Quebec received $25 million in federal funding for the Global Strategy for Indigenous Employability project, which aims to increase the number of Indigenous people in employment or vocational training in communities and urban areas....

APTN News: A few years ago, Alexia Petiquay Chilton, a young Atikamewk mother of two, decided to go back to school and get certified as a heavy machine operator. “My father has been an operator for years, and I’ve always had this little idea somewhere in the back of my mind,” she said in an...

Province investing record amount in key programs to prepare young people for in-demand jobs Nationtalk: TORONTO — The Ontario government is investing over $62.9 million in two of the province’s foundational skilled trades programs to help more than 18,000 young people explore and prepare for life-long careers in a growing industry. The record increase in...

New Funding of $3.3 Million Will Ensure Delivery of Training, Education to Help Industry Meet Labour Market Needs in High-Demand Areas: Wharton The Manitoba government is investing more than $1.7 million through a new $10-million Labour Market Fund and $1.6 million in capital funding to support delivery of new and enhanced training for high-demand occupations...

NationTalk: Access to skilled trades training and certification has improved, according to the final report on the Apprenticeship, Trade and Occupational Certification Strategy 2017-2022 (Strategy). The final report measures success in advancing and implementing the objectives, in accordance with the Strategy’s Performance Measurement Plan. Highlights include: Quote(s): “There is and will continue to be a high demand for...

Final report of the independent Task Force on Northern Post-Secondary Education, A Shared Responsibility: Northern Voices, Northern Solutions — Report of the Task Force on Northern Post-Secondary Education. “Finding innovative solutions to improve education opportunities and outcomes in Canada’s North and Arctic” We also take this opportunity to thank the many stakeholders, including those who...

Designed to help Indigenous Peoples in all parts of the country get the skills and training they need to fully participate in the economy and contribute to the success of their communities. Previously called The Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy (ASETS). Budget 2017 proposes to invest $50 million in 2017–18 in ASETS, which includes...