Gaps in Indigenous education and skills training harm Indigenous business and overall economic growth. Better data are needed to address the problem.
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/magazines/july-2020/filling-canadas-indigenous-skills-gap-would-be-an-economic-boon/
Indigenous businesses are growing and — importantly — creating employment for others. Further, self-employment and entrepreneurship is increasing. If there is an opportunity for the next generation, and for current adult workers, to leapfrog into the future of Canadian work, it may very well be through Indigenous-led business.
https://ppforum.ca/publications/mapping-the-landscape-indigenous-skills-training-and-jobs-in-canada/
In French. Canada. Portrait de la situation : l’acquisition de nouvelles compétences et l’emploi chez les Autochtones au Canada
This report describes experiential learning opportunities in high school for students interested in learning about the skilled trades.
https://caf-fca.org/caf_research/promoting-careers-in-the-skilled-trades-to-indigenous-youth-in-canada/
This guide is a resource toolkit that includes a wide range of information on programs and services, resources, tips, checklists and worksheets to support your career planning journey. It is intended to complement online resources such as WorkBC.ca/Aboriginal and Aboriginal Learning Links.
https://www.workbc.ca/getmedia/98d742a2-ce3e-41a1-a028-87eed3e0cfef/BC-s-Career-Guide-for-Aboriginal-People_March_2016.pdf.aspx
Canada’s employer engagement project aimed at encouraging companies to successfully integrate Aboriginal apprentices into skilled trades workplaces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FZZMWnbu6U&feature=youtu.be
Training Aboriginal apprentices ensures your company has the workforce required for future contracts and business relationships with Aboriginal communities. Across the country, savvy employers are building strategic partnerships and integrating Aboriginal apprentices into their skilled trades workforces. This guide provides insider experiences, tips and strategies for success. Find out about First Nation, Métis and Inuit organizations that offer recruitment and retention supports tailored to your needs.
http://caf-fca.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Aboriginal-Action-Plan-Final-English.pdf?utm_source=Apprenticeship+News+-+April+2016&utm_campaign=AN+-+April+2016&utm_medium=email
This report looks at a range of local employment and economic development issues in Saskatchewan and the Yukon, Canada, with a focus on indigenous peoples. The report provides a comparative framework to understand the role of the local level in contributing to more and better quality jobs, and practical recommendations to help federal, provincial/territorial, and local policy makers in Canada build effective and sustainable partnerships that join-up efforts across employment, training, and economic development policies.
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/employment/employment-and-skills-strategies-in-saskatchewan-and-the-yukon-canada_9789264259225-en#.WDziZLIrLIU#page2
The school-to-work transition can be challenging. This guide is full of resources for First Nations, Métis and Inuit students and grads who are navigating the transition. Use this guide to learn about different career paths, success stories, unique opportunities and more.
http://talentegg.ca/career-guides/aboriginal/
Developing Capacity explores the economic and social benefits of partnerships between First Nations and Métis communities and industry, challenges to overcome, areas where more capacity development is needed, and recommendations for key stakeholders.
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/e-library/abstract.aspx?did=7467
En français. Canada/Saskatchewan. Développement des capacités : des partenariats efficaces entre Autochtones et entreprises
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/e-library/abstract.aspx?did=7466
This study provides new evidence on the inter-relationships between Indigenous Australians’ association with their traditional culture and their engagement with vocational education and training. It builds on previous work to develop a ‘richer’ measure of the concept of cultural attachment. This report discusses the links between cultural identity and current participation in education, and the benefits Indigenous Australians derive from education and training.
https://www.ncver.edu.au/__data/assets/file/0020/8138/cultural-dimensions-2573.pdf
Training Aboriginal apprentices ensures your company has the core workforce and leaders required to solidify future contracts and business relationships with Aboriginal communities.
Across the country, savvy employers are building strategic partnerships and integrating Aboriginal apprentices into their skilled trades workforces. This guide provides you with their insider experience and tips and strategies for success. Learn from employers in mining, oil and gas, shipbuilding, construction and transportation.
http://caf-fca.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Aboriginal-Action-Plan-Final-English.pdf
As industry starts to realize the skills Aboriginal workers can bring to the trades, the connection between First Nations communities and unions is growing stronger. In consultation with the trade unions, the employment agencies can now develop training tailored to meet the requirements of industry.
http://www.northernontariobusiness.com/Industry-News/aboriginal-businesses/2015/03/Unions,-apprenticeship-board-join-to-train-Aboriginal-workers.aspx
The B.C. Skills for Jobs Blueprint is providing Aboriginal learners with opportunities that will prepare them for in-demand jobs, announced Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation John Rustad at the National Aboriginal Business Opportunities Conference.
www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2014/04/bc-announces-44-million-to-support-aboriginal-job-training.html
While economists and labour market researchers agree one of Canada’s greatest challenges over the next decade will be how to solve skilled worker shortages, there seems to be no consensus about just how to do that.
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Opinion+Aboriginal+women+offer+solution+northern+Canada+skill+shortage/8817202/story.html
The Aboriginal Human Resource Council is calling all corporations in Canada to unite in support of each other, the need for foreign workers, and the need to advance a skilled and local workforce that includes First Nations, Métis and Inuit people — Canada’s youngest and fastest growing population.
https://indigenousworks.ca/en/news-room/editorials/national-aboriginal-leader-supports
The purpose of the literature review is to describe the current level of need for Essential Skill development among First Nations, Inuit and Métis, to explore the state of practice of Essential Skills initiatives with these populations in Canada and to examine innovative practices in an effort to determine potential “markers of excellence” in ES programming.
http://www.ccdf.ca/ccdf/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/State-of-Practice-2012-10-30_FINAL.pdf
The consistent and extensive lack of literacy and Essential Skills programming for on-reserve adults prompted the development of a curriculum designed to deliver Essential Skills upgrading using documents and exercises that are particularly meaningful and relevant to Aboriginal adults.
http://www.wem.mb.ca/uploads/AD_Facilitators_Guide_FINAL.pdf
Across Canada, apprenticeship stakeholders are committed to helping Aboriginal learners succeed in their training. Crucial to this success are strong Essential Skills in areas such as reading, communication and math. This guide provides information on how to support the development of Essential Skills interventions in pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs.
http://caf-fca.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Integrating-Essential-Skills-Into-Apprenticeship-Training.pdf
