Resources for Aboriginals
- Aboriginal Canada Portal
Single window to First Nations, Métis and Inuit online resources and government programs and services.
- Aboriginal Human Resource Council
Provides resources such as the Inclusion Network – Canada's Aboriginal Job Board and Guiding Circles, an interactive, easy-to-use, fun, flexible and holistic career development program designed to guide Aboriginal peoples toward career paths.
- Building Environmental Aboriginal Human Resources (BEAHR) Information for Aboriginal students pursuing environmental careers.
- CAREERS: The Next Generation – Aboriginal Youth Initiative Alberta-based program with career development model of opportunities intended to promote the participation of Aboriginal high school youth in programs of trades, health, forestry and oil and gas.
- First Nations and Inuit Youth Employment Strategy
The Government of Canada created the Youth Employment Strategy, to help young Canadians (between the ages of 15 and 30) obtain career information, develop skills, find good jobs and stay employed. The First Nation Nations and Inuit Youth Employment Strategy is part of that initiative.
- First Nations Employment and Training Centre Coordinates First Nations employment and training initiatives and serves as a clearinghouse for information relating to employment in the oil and gas industry.
- National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation
Encourages and empowers Aboriginal young people by providing important career-planning information, connecting youth with industry and providing financial support for post-secondary studies in all disciplines.
- Aboriginal Trades and Apprenticeship Designed to develop partnership and employment strategies, this three-year initiative will give employers and trainers enhanced access to Canada's largely untapped Aboriginal workforce who are eager to fill an expanding employment gap.
- CRAFTCentre Helps anyone interested in the trades who are unemployed, or persons working under 20 hours per week and eligible to work in Canada, with or without previous trades related skills.
- Aboriginal Community Careers Services Society
Offers customized employment and training services designed specifically to provide members of the Vancouver-area Aboriginal community with the education and skills to compete equally and effectively in today's job market.
- Aboriginal Futures Career & Training Centre
Helps Aboriginal people in Calgary create greater opportunities for self-sufficiency and independence through access to career or employment counselling programs and services.
- Bow Valley College's Aboriginal Programs
Provides academic and pre-employment training programs, student services and community initiatives.
- Indian Resource Council The IRC provides a collective voice for oil and gas producing First Nations in all regions of Canada.
