Northern Career Quest Partnership
The Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership (ASEP) program is helping improve employment opportunities for Aboriginal peoples by providing valuable skills development, on-the-job work experience and long-term employment opportunities in the natural resource sector, including mining, oil sands recovery, mineral exploration and oil and gas exploration.
Under the Northern Career Quest Partnership, the Government of Canada, the Government of Saskatchewan and other stakeholders, including Aboriginal and industry partners, will provide $15 million, $6.3 million, and $11.8 million respectively, for a total of $33.1 million to help approximately 1,500 Aboriginal people gain the skills and experience they need.
The ASEP program 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. ASEP meets 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.
In 2007, the Government of Canada invested an additional $105 million in the ASEP program. Canada’s Economic Action Plan 2009 is committed to enhancing the availability of training by investing an additional $100 million over three years in the ASEP program.
Partners in this project are the Northern Apprenticeship Committee, the Meadow Lake Tribal Council, the Prince Albert Grand Council, Northlands College, the Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour (Government of Saskatchewan), Cameco Corporation, AREVA Resources Canada Inc., Gabriel Dumont Institute Training and Employment Services, the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies, Kitsaki Management Limited Partnership, Major Drilling Group International, Robwel Constructors Limited Partnership, TMCC Thyssen Mining, Winn Bay Sand Limited Partnership, the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan, CanNorth – Canada North Environmental Services, Boart Longyear Limited Partnership, Golden Band Resources, Noble Bay Graphite Mine, Oilsands Quest Inc., Nexon, Devon Canada Corporation, Shell Canada, Shore Gold Inc., Petro-Canada, Points Athabasca Contracting, North West Regional College, the Meadow Lake Tribal Council Oil and Gas Secretariat, Cumberland Regional College, and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Mobile Training Lab.
For more information on this project, visit http://www.northerncareerquest.com or send us an E-mail using our online form.
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