Aboriginal Human Resource Development Strategy (AHRDS)

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Aboriginal Human Resource Development Strategy
(AHRDS)

• Happy Valley-Goose Bay
• June 19, 2006

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Reasons for the AHRD Strategy

• Aboriginal population is growing at a faster rate
  than the Canadian average, is younger, and will
  make up a larger portion of the labour force
• Unemployment remains significantly higher
• Aboriginal populations have higher rates of
  disabilities and more single parents
• Lower education levels, even though 70 of new
  jobs will require some form of post-secondary
  education
• Provide Aboriginal population with labour force
  attachment through work experience opportunities

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PURPOSE

• To help improve the employment opportunities of
  Aboriginal peoples and enable them to more fully
  participate in the Canadian economy. This can be
  done by providing financial assistance to
  Aboriginal organizations to support the costs of
  human resources development programs such as
  Labour Market, Youth, Aboriginal Persons with
  Disabilities, and Childcare programs.

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Programs Available

• Targeted Wage Subsidy (TWS) - provides wage
  subsidies to organizations to encourage them to
  hire unemployed individuals for long-term
  employment.
• TWS funded St. Lewis Heritage Society TWS to
  assist with building heritage structure

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Programs Available (cont)

• Self-Employment Benefit (SEB) - helps unemployed
  individuals start their own businesses or become
  self-employed.
• SEB funded Hotel/Restaurant Operator
• Job Creation Partnerships (JCP) provides
  unemployed individuals with short-term employment
  opportunities to help them gain work experience
• JCP funded Sheshatshiu Carpentry program

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Programs Available cont.

• Skills Development (SD) - provides individuals
  with additional education and training to gain
  the skills they need to enter the labour market.
• SD funded Sheshatshiu ABE Program

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Who does AHRDA help?

• Unemployed/Underemployed workers needing work
  experience
• Unemployed/Underemployed workers needing training
• Persons with Disabilities (PWD)
• Youth (ages 15-30)

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If you need more information, these are the AHRDA
holders in Labrador Nunatsiavut
Government-Inuit Pathways Labrador Metis
Nation P.O. Box 116 P.O. Box 460, Stn
C Makkovik, NL Happy Valley-Goose Bay A0P
1J0 A0P 1C0 Ph. 709 923 2105 Ph. 709
896 0592 Fax [phone] Fax 709 896
0594 Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation Mushuau
Innu First Nation P.O. Box 160 P.O. Box
35 Sheshatshiu, NL Natuashish, NL A0P
1M0 A0P 1A0 Ph. 709 497 8522 Ph. 709
478 8827 Fax [phone] Fax [phone]
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SKILLS DEVELOPMENT HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR
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YOUTH SUMMER WORK EXPERIENCE
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VOISEYS BAY CONSTRUCTION
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WORK EXPERIENCE - INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
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FUNDED CLIENT DRILLER, VOISEYS BAY
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SKILLS DEVELOPMENT - WELDING
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YOUTH WORK EXPERIENCE LONG TICKLE ARCHAEOLOGY
PROJECT