Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Certainly. Those kinds of projects in fact have been supported through the existing ASETS program. I'm thinking of some projects in northern Ontario, for example. Water first was a project that worked within communities to build capacity for water treatment engineers, and throu

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Fundamental to the new approach under the indigenous skills and employment training program is the move to what we're calling a distinctions-based approach. There are separate funding streams for distinctions. Part of the proposal for that, based on our engagement for a number of

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. We take the recommendations and observations of the Auditor General very seriously. Moving forward, we're building on our program data. This is the information that we receive from all of the indigenous organizations that provide the services across

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's a good question. There are myriad. Our two groups work on the national policy and program design. There are also throughout Canada, Service Canada employees who work with indigenous organizations on this program. I don't know the percentage, but I can find that out for you

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The private sector partners.... Fundamental to the skills and partnership fund is the need to work with indigenous organizations. The training and those pieces are done by indigenous organizations. Those private sector partners are industry, social enterprise.... They themselves

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That program is opportunity based and looking to fill human resource needs in emerging sectors and ensure that indigenous peoples have the opportunity to fully participate in the economy, particularly around where they live. Many resource development projects often take place in

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good morning, everyone. Thank you so much for having us today on the unceded territory of the Algonquin people, where we have the privilege to live and work. I'm Karen Campbell, the Acting Director General of the Indigenous Affairs Directorate at the skills and employment branch