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Finance committee ASETS is the aboriginal skills and employment and training services, right? We were able to submit a proposal to MTCU. We actually received funding through MTCU. They partnered with KKETS. We've developed a program that's assisting clients who are early school leavers, high sch
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
Beedahbin (Dawn) Desmoulin
Finance committee Yes. It's all under that same umbrella, actually. We all fall under KKETS.
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
Beedahbin (Dawn) Desmoulin
Finance committee Yes, from Matawa.
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
Beedahbin (Dawn) Desmoulin
Finance committee This is a pilot. This was developed in 2012, so it's fairly new. It has actually gone through its first pilot and it's now....
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
Beedahbin (Dawn) Desmoulin
Finance committee This is the second graduating class. We were able to see 18 to 20, I believe, in the first round of intakes on October 29, 2012. This year, we ended up seeing another 48. So altogether there are 63, I believe.
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
Beedahbin (Dawn) Desmoulin
Finance committee No. Actually, it's funded through the province through MCTU. Dollars were also matched with KKETS, so the training portions of that program were funded through Service Canada through our ASETS program.
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
Beedahbin (Dawn) Desmoulin
Finance committee Currently, no. Not at this moment.
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
Beedahbin (Dawn) Desmoulin
Finance committee Absolutely, and this is kind of what we're taking a look at. We're trying to be innovative and maybe bridging our RoFATA program with our ASAP.
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
Beedahbin (Dawn) Desmoulin
Finance committee Yes. Actually, we have a partnership that's been developed with Aecon. We have a remote training centre in one of our first nations, one of our remote communities. Neskantaga actually has a remote training centre. That was developed in partnership with KKETS and Aecon to deliver
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
Beedahbin (Dawn) Desmoulin
Finance committee Absolutely. There are components that we are trying to put into those communities. Aecon has the remote training centre only in Neskantaga at this moment, but what we're aiming for is to have remote training centres in each of our communities in the future, so that when the time
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
Beedahbin (Dawn) Desmoulin
Finance committee We've partnered up with Confederation College and Outland. We've done first nations natural resource youth employment programs, or FNNRYEP. We've done Mining Matters in our first nation elementary schools to give younger youths an awareness of mining processes. We've also been do
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
Beedahbin (Dawn) Desmoulin
Finance committee Yes, absolutely.
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
Beedahbin (Dawn) Desmoulin
Finance committee Because we've partnered up with Noront, they've actually worked with us in developing all of the employment pieces that are going to be offered or are going to be in demand in the business when it starts booming. We've dissected that, taken a look at all those jobs, at all the pr
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
Beedahbin (Dawn) Desmoulin
Finance committee Yes. Actually, I have provided some information to everybody as well. We are working on what is called RoFATA, the Ring of Fire Aboriginal Training Alliance, which is an agreement, an MOU, that was signed by Confederation College in Thunder Bay, Noront Resources, and Matawa. Thos
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
Beedahbin (Dawn) Desmoulin
Finance committee Absolutely.
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
Beedahbin (Dawn) Desmoulin