Searching for Indigenous Education, Training And Employment

• Offers a full curriculum for students from Junior Kindergarten (JK) to Grade 6; approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education
• Teaches Native language as a subject course
• Offers a cooking program and sewing, beading and a youth club
• Provides skiing, swimming and skating lessons
• Offers a school gymnasium, a computer/science room, a cultural centre/library, and classroom technology including smart boards, smart table, tablets, computers and robots
• Offers cultural and traditional outings such as ice fishing, dog sledding, snowshoeing and hikes in the forest
• Provides after school programs and extra-curricular school trips

• Provides special education assistance for students with learning difficulties
• Strives for maximum amount of integration with regular programs

Provides supports and training for urban Indigenous people seeking further training and/or employment

• Collaborates with employers to build employment and training opportunities
• Provides individual employment counselling
• Conducts client employability assessments
• Offers access to job board with current local job postings
• Provides workshops and referrals to training programs
• Posts job opportunities/ads on Facebook page

Provides assistance with:

• Resume and Cover Letter Development
• Job Search
• Job Plan and Goal Development
• Interview Preparation and Skills
• Referrals
• Job Information
• Scholarship/Bursary Information

Provides information about:

• Local, provincial and national job markets
• Small business and proposal development
• Training opportunities

The Apatisiwin Program offers 11 interventions for eligible urban Indigenous individuals

The 11 Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy (ASETS) based interventions are as follows:

1. Pre-employment training
2. Youth Internship
3. Stay In School Program
4. Summer Jobs
5. Apprenticeship
6. Purchase of Training
7. On-The-Job Training
8. Training Supports
9. Employment Supports
10. Self-Employment Training
11. Community Building & Partnerships

• Administers a four-year wrap-around program that provides essential services for vulnerable, Indigenous single mothers to break the cycle of dependency on social services and become self-sufficient
• Program steps include a pre-course, a college diploma course, a one-year on the job training and then assistance to find adequate employment

• Affordable housing
• Child care
• Education
• Employment training

• Offers a full curriculum for students from Junior Kindergarten (JK) to Grade 8; approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education
• Teaches Ojibway language and Native Studies as subject courses
• Offers a school gymnasium, computer lab, and a library
• Offers cultural and traditional outings
• Provides bus transportation for students attending the school

• Provides special education assistance for students with learning difficulties
• Strives for maximum amount of integration with regular programs

• Administered by Windigo Education Authority (WEA) who acts in an advisory capacity
• Offers a full curriculum for students from Junior Kindergarten (JK) to Grade 8; approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education
• Provides a special education teacher
• Teaches Oji-Cree language as a subject course
• Provides a daily breakfast program for students
• Offers a school gymnasium and library
• Promotes and supervises cultural and traditional outings such as fishing, hunting, trapping and participates in an annual hunting festival in September
• Supervises extra-curricular activities such as hockey tournaments
• Organizes summer school and camps for children

• Provides educational services and supports to elementary and secondary school students living on reserve
• Offers Michikan Lake Public School administered by Windigo Education Authority

• Uses the Internet as a mode of delivery to offer accredited secondary school courses up to Grade 10 in a classroom setting

• Administers on-reserve educational instruction and academic upgrading through Wahsa Distance Education by providing classroom instruction from Sioux Lookout via Wawatay Radio to students from Grades 9-12

• Provides financial assistance and academic and social counseling support throughout the school year to post secondary students both on and off the reserve through the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council
• Provides assistance for applying/filling out application forms for colleges and universities

• Offers a full curriculum for students from Junior Kindergarten (JK) to Grade 12; approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education
• Teaches Ojibway language and Native Studies as subject courses
• Offers a school gymnasium, computer lab, science room, home economics room, art room, a shop and a library
• Provides a daily breakfast program
• Coordinates a thriving Sports Program which is a member of the Ontario Federation of Schools Athletic Association (OFSAA)
• Offers cultural and traditional outings
• Provides bus transportation for students attending the school

• Provides special education assistance for students with learning difficulties
• Strives for maximum amount of integration with regular programs

• Strives to meet the emotional, social, health and nutritional needs of children
• Offers activities such as family gym time, arts and crafts, breakfast/lunch/snacks and circle time
• Participates in community events and special celebrations

• Education
• Health and nutrition
• Native culture and language
• Parental and family involvement
• Social support

• Offers a full curriculum for students from JK to Grade 8; approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education
• Teaches Native language as a subject course
• Offers cultural education to learn traditional skills and teachings of the local area
• Provides supervised extra-curricular activities

• Organizes adequate training and skills development opportunities for member communities
• Provides advisory service to member communities with human resource functions including recruiting, screening, interviewing and placing workers within each community

• Participation in a work readiness training program, Mining Essentials, which teaches industry-validated essential, non-technical skills and knowledge that the mining industry requires for individuals to be considered for entry-level positions

• Offers a full curriculum for students from Junior Kindergarten (JK) to Grade 12; approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education
• Provides a daily breakfast program
• Teaches Native language as a subject course
• Offers separate wings for elementary and high school students, a school gymnasium, cafeteria, library, and computer room
• Offers cultural and traditional outings such as ice fishing, snowshoeing, canoeing, camping and wilderness expeditions
• Supervises a range of extra-curricular activities that can include sporting events, knitting nights, archery, painting and regalia making
• Provides bus transportation for all students attending Sakatcheway Anishinabe School

• Provides special education assistance for students with learning difficulties
• Strives for maximum amount of integration with regular programs

• Offers a full curriculum for students from Junior Kindergarten (JK) to Grade 8; approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education
• Teaches Native language as a subject course
• Provides a daily breakfast program for students
• Offers a school gymnasium and library
• Offers cultural and traditional outings such as fishing and trapping

• Provides special education assistance for students with learning difficulties
• Strives for maximum amount of integration with regular programs

• Offers a full curriculum for students from Junior Kindergarten (JK) to Grade 8; approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education
• Teaches Native language as a subject course
• Provides a daily breakfast program for students
• Offers a school gymnasium, library, computer lab and an industrial kitchen facility
• Offers cultural and traditional outings such as fishing and trapping
• Coordinates an after-school program

• Provides special education assistance for students with learning difficulties
• Strives for maximum amount of integration with regular programs

• Offers a full curriculum for students from Junior Kindergarten (JK) to Grade 10; approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education
• Teaches Native language as a subject course
• Offers Christian teachings as a subject course
• Provides a daily breakfast program for students
• Offers cultural and traditional activities

• Provides special education assistance for students with learning difficulties
• Strives for maximum amount of integration with regular programs

• Strives to meet the emotional, social, health and nutritional needs of children
• Offers activities such as family gym time, arts and crafts, breakfast/lunch/snacks and circle time
• Participates in community events and special celebrations

• Education
• Health and nutrition
• Native culture and language
• Parental and family involvement
• Social support

Operates a private First Nations high school for students from First Nation communities in the Sioux Lookout District

• Offers a full curriculum approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education for students from Grade 9-12
• Teaches Native language as a subject course and promotes a sense of pride of heritage
• Provides supervised extra-curricular activities
• Offers cultural activities and traditional Native teaching as part of regular programs, including:
  • dogsledding
  • net-setting
  • trapping
  • snowshoeing
  • quinzee building
  • survival skills
  • traditional technologies, such as birchbark basket and snowshoe building, paddle making and tikinagan construction
• Participates in the Ontario Secondary Student Literacy Test (OSSLT) program
• Produces a monthly newsletter, The Pelican Herald, available in print or online

• Assists Indigenous Peoples to prepare for and find high-demand jobs quickly, as well as keep them in the long term
• Fosters partnerships with the private sector and the provinces and territories
• Supports demand-driven skills development

• Skills development
• Training for high-demand jobs
• Job finding
• Programs for youth
• Programs for urban and Indigenous people with disabilities
• Access to child care

• Promotes family involvement in all aspects of the program
• Offers activities such as arts and crafts, breakfast and circle time and a pre-school library
• Participates in community events and special celebrations

• Education and school readiness
• Health promotion
• Native culture and language
• Nutrition
• Parental and family involvement
• Social support

• Aboriginal language and culture
• Dental screening and fluoride treatments
• Developmental assessments
• Hot meals and snacks daily
• Parent workshops

• Offers a full curriculum for students from Junior Kindergarten (JK) to Grade 12
• Teaches Ojibwe language as a subject course
• Provides a daily hot lunch to students
• Provides supervised extra-curricular activities
• Maintains playgrounds, baseball field, soccer field and outdoor skating rink
• Allows the school gymnasium to be used for various community events

• Governed by the Kiizhik Education Corporation
• Offers a full curriculum for students from Grade 9 to Grade 12; approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education
• Offers cultural activities and traditional Native teaching as part of regular programs
• Offers a school gymnasium, cafeteria, library, and computer room

• Provides special education assistance for students with learning difficulties
• Develops an Individual Education Plan (IEP) for each student with annual reviews

• Governed by the Kiizhik Education Corporation
• Offers a full curriculum for students from JK to Grade 7; approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education
• Provides instruction in literacy and numeracy in English and all other programs in Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway language)
• Offers cultural and traditional teachings
• Offers a school gymnasium, cafeteria, library, and computer room

• Provides special education assistance for students with learning difficulties
• Develops an Individual Education Plan (IEP) for each student with annual reviews

Provides a child care centre and offers early prevention and intervention programs and services for off-reserve preschool children

• Strives to meet the emotional, social, health and nutritional needs of children
• Coordinates activities such as family gym time, arts and crafts, breakfast and circle time
• Provides transportation when required
• Participates in community events and special celebrations

Offers daily programs focused on:

• Aboriginal culture and language
• Education and school readiness
• Health and nutrition
• Parental and family involvement
• Social support

Provides supports and services for individuals seeking further training and/or employment

• Provides individual employment counselling
• Conducts client employability assessments
• Offers access to job board with current local job postings
• Provides workshops and referrals to training programs

Provides assistance with:

• Writing resumes and cover letters
• Completing job applications
• Conducting job searches
• Improving interview skills
• Designing and implementing an employment action plan
• Matching job seekers with employers

Provides information about:

• Local, provincial and national job markets
• Small business and proposal development
• Training opportunities

• Assists Indigenous individuals prepare for, obtain, and keep jobs
• Offers employment and training programs
• Matches eligible clients with employers
• Provides employment and training opportunities to Indigenous clients who are not eligible through First Nation, Inuit, or Métis agreements
• Provides financial assistance for a variety of programs that can include but is not limited to apprenticeship skills training, career experience/job shadowing, employment supports, income supports, purchase of training and skills enhancement

• Strives to meet the emotional, social, health and nutritional needs of children
• Offers activities such as family gym time, arts and crafts, breakfast/lunch/snacks and circle time
• Participates in community events and special celebrations

• Education
• Health and nutrition
• Native culture and language
• Parental and family involvement
• Social support