Constance Lake First Nation community members now have new educational opportunities thanks to a recent partnership with Contact North, a distance education and training company, and Constance Lake First Nation Ontario Works.
Community members from Constance Lake will have access to programs from public colleges, universities and other training providers without leaving their community, according to the press release.
“The need to provide an opportunity for adult learners to further their education within our community has been a priority for our local Ontario Works office for years,” said Rhonda Martin, administrator for Ontario Works in Constance Lake, in a press release. “This is a great opportunity for those community members that want and need to further their education.”
She said the community of Constance Lake needs educated and skilled employees, not just for the resources sector.
The press release stated that the project is part of a broader Ontario Works model developed in partnership with Contact North and Sioux Hudson Literacy Council to work directly with First Nations Ontario Works office to help them identify available courses and programs and to tailor programming to meet their specific community and client needs.
“Providing local access to education and training opportunities in Ontario’s Aboriginal communities is a priority for Contact North … and has been since we began more than 25 years ago,” said Maxim Jean-Louis, president of Contact North.
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...