Human Resources committee  A lot of times when we're doing recruitment for specific opportunities we'll take people who have shown interest on site tours and do a short work placement in that area, if possible, if the safety levels aren't too high there, and things like that to let them get their feet wet

Human Resources committee  It's a really loaded question, with lots of different views—

Human Resources committee  So much of education is also a part of the social dynamic of the community. Speaking from personal experience, I dropped out in grade 9 and didn't go back to school again until I was 19. By then, I already had a kid, I was living on my own The thing that gave me success was my pa

Human Resources committee  It varies across Nova Scotia, really, as to how much involvement a first nations community has in the fisheries and what types of catch they're doing and things like that. I know that some of the communities with ASETS dollars are paying for things like MED, for decking and cours

Human Resources committee  Some communities are doing this; others aren't. The communities are rather leaning in that direction, training their community members to be captains and things like that. In some communities, Millbrook being one—my home community—one of the fishermen recently started his own bus

Human Resources committee  Yes—and no at the same time. There is potential; however, the number of jobs in each community in fishing is not a large number.

Human Resources committee  Yes. It's still being negotiated to reach some type of agreement, but there will be employment opportunities, and when opportunities come up, the information is shared with all of the community.

Human Resources committee  When I talk about flexible funding, I'm referring to some of the gaps that we encounter, for example, being able to provide more services to youth. With our current funding we're not allowed to pay for skills development training or things of that nature for anyone under the age

Human Resources committee  Okay. Great work is being done in Nova Scotia and we need the momentum to continue with your support. An increase in funding is imperative to make more success. The risk of losing funding is a real threat to the ongoing prosperity of our communities. We need all levels of govern

Human Resources committee  METS partners with other training and employment organizations in Nova Scotia. Currently in addition to the ASETS agreement holders there are a number of skills and partnership fund agreements in our province with various end dates. The largest of these SPF programs is the Nova