Aboriginal youth from 28 First Nations will get an opportunity to develop their skills through the Sioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Management Board.
The job training and employment services agency got more than $90,000 Aug. 13 to support its Clerical/Seniors Project.
The project follows Skills Link criteria which aims to help youth facing barriers to employment, such as single parents, Aboriginal youth, young persons with disabilities, recent immigrants, youth living in rural and remote areas and youth who have dropped out of high school.
Kenora MP Greg Rickford made the announcement on behalf of Human Resources Minister Diane Finley.
When I was a boy growing up in my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast, I was deathly afraid of looking at the full moon.
When I was a boy growing up in my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast, I was deathly afraid of looking at the full moon.
I grew up...
I’m happy to see the ongoing support and assistance in our northern remote communities to help our people cope with so many lifelong and generational issues...