{"id":24613,"date":"2024-01-26T04:59:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T12:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/federal-indigenous-employability-investment-unveiled-in-kahnawake\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T04:59:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T12:59:23","slug":"federal-indigenous-employability-investment-unveiled-in-kahnawake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/federal-indigenous-employability-investment-unveiled-in-kahnawake\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Indigenous employability investment unveiled in Kahnawake"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jan. 25, 2024 \u2013 A $25 million federal investment into Indigenous<\/span>\u00a0employability<\/span>\u00a0in Quebec will go a long way toward getting\u00a0Indigenous<\/span>\u00a0people to become full players in the national economy, Employment Minister Randy Boissoneault said at the unveiling last Thursday in Kahnawake.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEveryone benefits when\u00a0Indigenous<\/span>\u00a0people are provided with the opportunities they need to fully participate in the workforce,\u201d Boissoneault said at the announcement, which was held at the First Nations Human Resources Development Commission of Quebec offices in the Kahnawake Business Complex. \u201cThe Skills and Partnership Fund empowers more\u00a0Indigenous<\/span>\u00a0people with the training and resources they need to shape their own career path. We need to be able to have\u00a0Indigenous<\/span>\u00a0people and communities become full players in the federal economy, and this investment will allow them to develop the skills they need to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The funding will be allocated to the FNHRDCQ for their project, Global Strategy for\u00a0Indigenous<\/span>\u00a0Employability<\/span>. This project aims to increase the number of\u00a0Indigenous<\/span>\u00a0people in employment or vocational training.<\/p>\n

Through this project, executive director Richard Jalbert said,\u00a0Indigenous<\/span>\u00a0communities will be able to get the training they need to help improve their chances of finding jobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the support of our nations, we are very excited for this announcement,\u201d Jalbert said. \u201cWe are a client-based operation, so when the client comes to us and is looking for support, now we are better positioned to be able to help them. It really confirms the capacity we have here in Quebec.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake Grand Chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer was also on hand and said she was optimistic for the future of the program, saying the community has a number of gaps in employment that have to be filled.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need people in the gaming sector, in the tourism sector, as carpenters \u2013 we have contractors around town saying they can\u2019t take on any projects because they don\u2019t have any carpenters,\u201d she said. \u201cWe know there are going to be people retiring from executive positions in the next few years. We have a blooming economy here in Kahnawake, and we know that what\u2019s important is the engagement that we are able to help create to help people be a part of the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jalbert said it\u2019s only one of the solutions the First Nations Human Resources Development Commission of Quebec has come up with to help\u00a0Indigenous<\/span>\u00a0people compete in the job market.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve also developed a program to help companies onboard\u00a0Indigenous<\/span>\u00a0people when they are hired on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n