Northwest Territories Industrial Mining Skills Strategy
The Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership (ASEP) initiative is helping improve employment opportunities for Aboriginal peoples by providing education, job awareness, industrial skills development and long-term employment opportunities in the mining industry of the Northwest Territories.
The diamond mining industry has become an important engine of growth in the Northwest Territories with a significant contribution to the Canadian economy. Over the next 20 years, the diamond industry in the Northwest Territories is expected to generate an estimated 1,500 jobs.
As the first mine training facility in the Northwest Territories with mining equipment simulators, the Northwest Territories Industrial Mining Skills Strategy (IMSS) is providing Aboriginal peoples with access to, pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs, including underground mine training, leading to meaningful jobs in the industry.
The Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership (ASEP) initiative is helping to shape Canada's workforce by directly matching skills development to economic opportunities.
Officially launched in 2003 as an $85-million five-year labour market initiative, ASEP is designed to maximize training and job opportunities in major economic development projects across Canada and provide lasting benefits for Aboriginal communities, families and individuals. It does this by meeting employers' needs and labour market demands for skilled workers in a cross-section of large-scale industrial sectors that include forestry, mining, oil and gas, construction and hydroelectric development.
Between 2005 and 2008, Northwest Territories Industrial Mining Skills Strategy, in collaboration with regional partners, will:
- Offer 1,100 training opportunities for Aboriginal peoples in the Northwest Territories; and
- Place 380 Aboriginal peoples in jobs through its training and development programs.
Partners in this initiative include the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, the Dogrib Treaty 11 Council (Tli Cho Government), the Lutsel K'e Dene Council, the North Slave Métis Alliance, Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., De Beers Canada Mining Inc., BHP Billiton, and the Government of the Northwest Territories (Department of Education, Culture and Employment).
For more information on this project, visit IMSS' website.
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