Education and Training
- Abenaki Associates
- As an Aboriginal business, their mission is to deliver services to First Nations and related entities; government agencies and organizations that will support the expanding management needs of First Nations.
- Aboriginal Programs (15 years and over)
- Giwaykiwin courses combine the philosophy of Outward Bound with the values and teachings reflected in the Aboriginal community.
- Source: Outward Bound Canada
- Aboriginal Cadet Development Program
- Aboriginal Cadet Development program is a program for Aborigianl people. The Cadet will return to their local detatchment to participate in a mandatory program until they have satisfatorilly passed admission requirements.
Source: Government of Canada; Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)- Aboriginal Education Survey – Ontario Institute of Studies in Education
- The survey is part of a research study titled Aboriginal post-secondary participation, access and persistence in Ontario and is intended to improve postsecondary programs for Aboriginal students.
- Source: University of Toronto
- Aboriginal Financial Officers Association of Canada
- Focuses on the capacity development and day to day needs of those Aboriginal professionals who are working in all areas of finance, administration and management – today's leaders and those of the future.
- Aboriginal Human Resource Council
- Their mission is to see full participation of Aboriginal people in Canadian labour markets by pioneering new ways to increase skills and training opportunities for Aboriginal people in Canada.
- Aboriginal Leadership Institute Inc.
- Non-profit organization established to build leadership capacity in Canadian Aboriginal people that works closely with educational institutes, governments and the private sector.
- Aboriginal Leadership Opportunity Year (ALOY) Joining Instructions
- The Aboriginal Leadership Opportunity Year (ALOY) is a one-year program that is offered at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in Kingston, Ontario.
- Source: Government of Canada; National Defence
- Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre
- This Centre was created to provide a collaborative national forum that will support the development of effective solutions for the challenges faced by First Nations, Métis and Inuit learners.
- Source: Canadian Council on Learning
- Aboriginal Population – 1996 Census Results Teacher's Kit
- Provide students with a better understanding of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada, and allows students to build interpretive skills by working with graphs and data.
- Source: Government of Canada; Statistics Canada (SC)
- Aboriginal School Books – First Language Children's Literature
- The books Nortext helps publish are almost always in first languages containing stories and illustrations created in the communities by Aboriginal authors and illustrators.
- Source: Nortext
- Aboriginal Training
- The purpose of this program is for pre-employment training for aboriginal people to assist them to find employment and to introduce knowledgeable workers into the health care industry.
- Source: Visions En Route Consulting
- Aboriginal Training Program in Museum Practices
- Offers Aboriginal participants professional and technical training in museum practices while providing the opportunity to work in both official languages.
- Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC)
- AFOA Fellowship Programs
- The purpose of the program is to transfer vital financial management knowledge to Aboriginals and ultimately develop needed capacity in Aboriginal Communities.
- Source: Aboriginal Financial Officers Association of Canada
- Bridging Aboriginal Digital and Learning Divides, May 2002 (PDF)
- Provides an assessment of the role of Office of Learning Technologies' (OLT) programs in meeting the learning needs and challenges of Aboriginal Canadians and their communities.
- Source: Government of Canada; Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
- Canada's Polar Life
- This site is just one element in their integrated package of educational materials examining Canada's Arctic environments and the organisms that occur in them.
- Source: University of Guelph
- Canadian Aboriginal Science and Technology Society
- Assists Aboriginal students of all ages in Canada to enter, remain, and excel in the sciences while maintaining respect for their traditional culture and knowledge.
- CINE's Community Courses
- Based on the short courses in nutrition given face-to-face with participants in Dene/Métis, Yukon First Nations and Inuit communities, since 1995.
- Source: Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE)
- Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers (CANDO)
- CANDO provides a national body that focuses on the training, education and networking opportunities necessary to serve their communities and/or organizations as professionals.
- Education
- This page lists several INAC's programs, services and documents related to Aboriginal education.
- Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
- E–Spirit National Aboriginal Youth Business Plan Competition
- Designed to increase Aboriginal youth participants' awareness of entrepreneurial/business opportunities, management/business skills, and e-commerce and technological capacities.
- Source: Government of Canada; Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
- First Nations Schoolnet
- First Nations SchoolNet
- Links to the six non-profit Regional Management Organizations who worked with Industry Canada to deliver the program to First Nations schools.
- Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
- FirstVoices – Language Archives Celebrating World Indigenous Cultures
- Language Archive containing languages form world indigenous cultures.
- Health Careers, Education and Training
- This page was compiled by the Information Centre on Aboriginal Health, and provides numerous links to information on health careers, education and training for prospective Aboriginal students.
- Source: Information Centre on Aboriginal Health
- Housing Internship Initiative for First Nations and Inuit Youth
- Housing Internship Initiative for First nations and Inuit Young People gives Inuit youth the oppotunity to build houses. It also porvides a chance for aboriginal youth to persue long term employment in the housing industry
- Source: Government of Canada; Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
- Kids from Kanata
- Seeks to develop supportive and respectful cross-cultural relationships between Native and non-Native communities through a process of historical education, an evaluation of current realities and visions, etc.
- Making it Work! – On-the-job Training for Aboriginal Apprentices (PDF)
- This report contains 36 recommendations and an action plan, and is intended to stimulate the establishment of new "apprenticeship partnerships" and the implementation of new initiatives and Aboriginal apprenticeship projects.
- Source: Canadian Apprenticeship Forum
- National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation
- NAAF promotes the development and education of Aboriginal peoples and their professional advancement in Canadian society through the implementation of four initiatives.
- National Association of Indigenous Institutes of Higher Learning
- It is an exercise of self-determination to meet community needs, and addresses the development of self-realization through the promotion and enhancement of Indigenous languages and cultures.
- National Indigenous Literacy Association
- NILA is a national network of literacy practitioners supporting Aboriginal literacy in developing and disseminating programs, coordinating activities and offering access to resources and information.
- Native Access to Engineering Programme – Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
- Looks at ways to address the low participation rate of Aboriginal people within the applied sciences in Canada.
- Source: Concordia University
- Native Canadians Specialty Group
- The Native Canadians Specialty Group brings together geographers who are interested in conducting Aboriginal-specific research.
- Source: Canadian Association of Geographers
- Native Law Centre of Canada
- This site contains general information on the Centre, the staff, the projects and the publications.
- Source: University of Saskatchewan
- Resources for Learning – Aboriginal Literacy
- Hands-on resource oriented to aboriginal literacy practitioners, educators and advocates who are working to strengthen the resource base of Aboriginal literacy programming in Canada.
- Source: National Adult Literacy Database (NALD)
- TeKnoWave (National Aboriginal Information Technology Training and Education Program)
- Non-profit corporation that oversees the delivery of IT, business and sustainable energy training programs which create the essential technical and managerial capacity within the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis populations.
- Training and Development Programs
- Provides Inuit individuals with new job skills and the specific qualifications necessary to work in this challenging environment.
- Source: Nasittuq
For more information on programs and services available to all Canadians, please visit the following Web sites: Services for Canadians – Jobs, Workers, Training and Careers and Youth.
