Northeast Aboriginal Skills and Employment 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 oil, gas and related industries.
The Government of Canada will contribute over $2.3 million to the North East Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership project. This project will provide employment for at least 80 Aboriginal people. Through academic training and skills development courses, participants will be able to match their skills, abilities and interests with a wide variety of training and employment options. This will result in higher job satisfaction, increased employment and retention rates, and additional economic development incentives that will benefit both employers and Aboriginal communities.
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 include the North East Native Advancing Society, Dunne-za Ventures LP, EnCana Corporation and Doig River Energy.
For more information on this project send us an E-mail using our online form.
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