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PM announces investment in skills training; supports local resource jobs in the Northwest Territories
“The North’s rapidly growing extractive industry is driving prosperity and creating demand for local skilled workers,” said Prime Minister Harper. “The support being provided today will help Aboriginal participants in the North gain the training they need to access the jobs and prosperity being generated by the industry’s growth.”
The support announced today through Employment and Social Development Canada’s Skills and Partnership Fund (SPF) will be used to develop and implement a 25-month program, which will train 400 Aboriginal participants in essential mining sector-skills. The training is currently underway and is being delivered by the Northwest Territories Mine Training Society in 11 communities and on three mine sites across the Territories and the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut, including Hay River. Following the training, six local employer partners, including three area mines, will place graduates into jobs.
The Northwest Territories Mine Training Society is a unique partnership between Aboriginal governments, public government and the mining industry. For more than a decade, its mission has been to support Aboriginal people and Northerners in finding long-term employment in the mining industry.
