APATISIWIN - EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING


 

Apatisiwin Employment & Training provides services for urban Aboriginal people living in the urban areas.

 

Apatisiwin Employment & Training is in partnership with the Timmins Native Friendship Centre, Service Canada, and Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC) and Grand River Employment and Training (GREAT).

 

OBJECTIVES

  • To assist urban Aboriginal people develop and reach their employment and training goals.
  • To act as a liaison between urban Aboriginal people and funding sources.
  • To assist urban Aboriginal people in securing and maintaining employment throught counselling and training interventions.

ELIGIBILITY

  • Non-status individuals who do not consider themselves Métis or who have no affiliation to a First Nation or Inuit community.
  • Status Indians who have no connection to a band.
  • Status or non- status out-of-province Aboriginal individuals.

SERVICES

  • Employment Counselling
  • Job Search Strategies
  • Letter and Resume Writing
  • Employment Referrals
  • Interview Preparation
  • Labour Market Information
  • Resources
  • Career Coaching
  • Action Plan Development 

PROGRAM/YOUTH INTERVENTIONS 

  • Apprenticeship Skills Training                   
  • Self Employment Assistance
  • Career Experience/Job Shadowing            
  • Skills Enhancement
  • Community Capacity Building                    
  • Special Initiatives
  • Cultural Industries                                   
  • Target Wage Subsidy
  • Employment Assistance                             
  • Stay in School Initiative
  • Employment Supports                                
  • Student Career Initiative
  • Income Supports                                       
  • Summer Career Placement
  • Labour Market Partnerships                        
  • Purchase of Training
  • Mobility Assistance                                   
  • Youth Information Initiative
  • On-the-job Training                                   
  • Youth Internship
  • Youth Community Based Projects  

FOR MORE INFORMATION

   PLEASE CONTACT:      

 

Rose Iserhoff 268-6262    Ext. 240

riserhoff@tnfc.ca

 

 

  

 

 

 316 Spruce Street South

 Timmins, ON  P4N 2M9

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