Youth – Employment
- Aboriginal Skills Development Program – Federal Student Work Experience Program
- Provides students with opportunities to learn about the federal government and gain valuable experience while developing and improving their employability skills.
Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)- Aboriginal Youth and Youth Canada Services
- The Aboriginal Youth and Youth Canada Services are a small, dynamic unit at HRDC dedicated to supporting Aboriginal communities across Canada.
- Source: Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP)
- Aboriginal Youth Business Fund
- Source: Apeetogosan Métis Development Inc.
- Aboriginal Youth Business Initiative (AYBI)
- Source: Saskatchewan Indian Equity Foundation
- Aboriginal Youth Choosing Health Careers – Giving Youth Tools
- The goal of the project is to increase the number of Aboriginal youth pursuing a career in health by promoting a career in the health field as an attractive, feasible and attainable goal for Aboriginal youth from all cultures and backgrounds.
- Source: Canadian Public Health Association
- Aboriginal Youth Training Program
- Source: Government of Canada; Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Circumpolar Young Leaders Program (CYLP), The
- Source: International Institute for Sustainable Development
- Coolcareers.ca
- Entrepreneurship Training for Aboriginal Youth
- This program provides Aboriginal youth with an introduction to entrepreneurship and exposure to the skills they need to start and develop their own businesses.
- Source: Canadian Bankers Association
- First Nation and Inuit Youth Business Program (FNIYB)
- General information on the First Nation and Inuit Youth Business Program which can provide funding to businesses owned by Inuit and other Aboriginal youth in the Kitikmeot region.
- Source: Kitikmeot Economic Development Commission (KEDC)
- First Nations and Inuit Youth Employment Strategy
- This site lists a number of programs which are designed to give First Nations and Inuit youth what they need to prepare for and participate in the world of work.
- Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
- Housing Internship Initiative for First Nations and Inuit Youth
- Source: Government of Canada; Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
- Junior Canadian Ranger Programme (12 to 18 years old)
- Offers young people in remote and isolated communities across Canada a unique opportunity to participate in a variety of fun and rewarding activities in a formal setting.
- Source: Government of Canada; National Defence and the Canadian Forces (DND/CF)
- Labour Market Youth Development Programs
- Source: The Métis Nation of Alberta
- Native Youth Program, The (for highschool students) (PDF)
- Offers Native youth the opportunity to research and interpret their own cultures in a museum setting.
- Source: Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia
- Pathfinder Employment Centre
- Increases access to current job search tools and career planning techniques, as well as entrepreneurship resources, for an aboriginal youth audience in Canada.
- Source: Aboriginal Youth Network
- RCMP Aboriginal Youth Training Program
- Provides Aboriginal young people with 17 weeks of summer employment, including three weeks training at Regina, Saskatchewan.
- Source: Government of Canada; Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
- Young Canada Works for Aboriginal Urban Youth (summer jobs and internships)
- Summer jobs and internships offer students and young graduates the chance to put their skills to the test, build career equity, earn money for their education or get started on the right career path.
- Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Heritage
- Youth – Aboriginal Human Resources Development Strategy (15 to 30 years old)
- Brief description of the Aboriginal Human Resources Strategy (AHRDS) which offers programs to Aboriginal youth.
- Source: Government of Canada; Aboriginal Human Resources Development Strategy (AHRDS)
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