Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment and Training

Employment and Career Services

• individual employment support
• job search strategies, including resume and cover letter preparation
• interview preparation and job readiness workshops
• employment resource centre -- access to computers, internet, local labour market and office equipment

Training and Skills Development

• trade and technical training -- basic carpentry, construction and skilled trades pathways
• pre-health and professional training -- classroom programs to buid prerequisites toward careers like nursing
• certification workshops -- short courses such as First Aid, CPR, food-handler, and digital literacy training
• entrepreneurship support -- 8 week program to help start a business
• digital literacy and essential skills training -- Microsoft Office, email, basic computing and career related digital skills

Education Support

• academic upgrading and GED/OSSD support -- help earning high-school equivalency or prerequisite courses for further training
• funding for books, supplies and transportation for students attending approved courses

Funding and financial assistance

• financial support for new employment -- one-time assistance after getting a job
• grants for Indigenous entrepreneurs
• employer funding programs -- subsidies for employers to hire and train Indigenous trainees

• Employment / Training - Academic Upgrading
• Employment / Training - Adult Literacy
• Employment / Training - Apprenticeship
• Employment / Training - Employer Staffing Assistance
• Employment / Training - Job Search Support / Training
• Employment / Training - Self-Employment / Entrepreneurship