…leading in the development of a skilled Indigenous workforce empowering the Anishinabek, respectful of culture and heritage. Session: Transformation at Work - Transforming Engagement for Indigenous Employment Presented for: Indigenous Works 2019 - September 25, 2019 at 3:15 pm Delta Hotel - Victoria Room Presented by: John DeGiacomo, Executive Director September 25, 2019 2 Discussion Items: • Context – Creating a Culture of Learning and Inclusion • Overview/Regional Map • Indigenous Skills and Employment Training (ISET) Program Agreement Holders and 10 Year Approved Funding • Client Based Programs and Services • Project Based Programs • Partnerships & Project Based Program Highlights • Initiatives – Past and Current • Collaborations - Elder in Residence Program, Supercom Service Delivery Partnership, Continuing Education, Leadership Training, LMI Pilot Project, Indigenous Works - Inclusion Continuum & Engagement Gap, Thunder Bay Workplace Inclusion Event • Employer Services • Service Delivery Enhancements • Contact Information September 25, 2019 4 September 25, 2019 5 Welcome Mural Wall Guide – Languages: • Anishinaabe - Ojibwe (Hello) • English • Anishinaabe - Ojibwe (Greetings) • Arabic • Cree • French • Michif • Mandarin • Mohawk • Italian • Inuktitut • Urdu • Spanish • Punjabi • Filipino • Ukrainian • Portuguese • German • Polish • Finnish September 25, 2019 6 Creating a Culture of Learning and Inclusion: September 25, 2019 7 Creating a Culture of Learning and Inclusion…cont’d: • The Aboriginal Population in Canada is young and growing: • Total Aboriginal population in 2016: 1,673,785 (4.9% of Canada’s total population) • Growth (2006 to 2016) +42.5% • Average age: 32.1 years (almost a decade younger than the non-Aboriginal population) September 25, 2019 8 Creating a Culture of Learning and Inclusion…cont’d: • Top 15 CMA and Census Agglomerations by Aboriginal identity, Canada, 2016: • Winnipeg: 92,810 • Edmonton: 76,205 • Vancouver: 61,455 • Toronto: 46,315 • Calgary: 41,645 • Ottawa-Gatineau: 38,115, Montreal: 34,745, Saskatoon: 31,350 • Regina: 21,650 • Victoria: 17,245 • Halifax: 15,815 • Greater Sudbury: 15,695 • Thunder Bay: 15,075 • Hamilton: 14,445 • London: 12,070 September 25, 2019 9 Overview: • Established in 1997 and Incorporated in 2009 • Assisted First Nation Citizens (for over twenty three years) to stay in or re-enter the labour force • Acted as a Local Delivery Mechanism (LDM) under the Union of Ontario Indians (UOI) Anishinabek – Indigenous Skills Employment Training (ISET) Agreement Holder until July 1, 2019 • Approved as a stand alone ISET Agreement Holder with Canada as of July 2, 2019 • One of twenty two ISET Agreement Holders in Ontario, under a 10 year program with Service Canada to: • Improve skills levels, and • Improve employment outcomes • Offers direct programs and services connecting education to training to employment solutions for 9 member First Nation Communities (within the North Superior Region) which represents approximately 8,500 First Nation Citizens September 25, 2019 10 Overview…con’t: • Delivers employment and training services and programs for the First Nation Citizens who are from the following communities and beyond: • Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek (Lake Nipigon Ojibway) • Biigtigong Nishnaabeg (Pic River First Nation) • Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (Rocky Bay First Nation) • Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek (Sand Point First Nation) • Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek (Gull Bay First Nation) • Michipicoten First Nation • Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg (Pic Mobert First Nation) • Pays Plat First Nation • Red Rock Indian Band September 25, 2019 11 Regional Map: September 25, 2019 12 Indigenous Skills and Employment Training (ISET) Program Agreement Holders – Northwestern Ontario Link: https://www.aets.org/nw-ontario-aseta-holders: • 8 Northwestern Ontario Regional ISETA Holders: • Anishinabek Employment and Training Services • Anishinabek Nation (Union of Ontario Indians) • Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment & Training Services (KKETS) • Metis Nation of Ontario • Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (i.e.: Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre) • Ontario Native Women’s Association • Shooniyaa Wa-Biitong (Grand Council Treaty # 3) • Sioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Management Board (SLAAMB) • 22 Ontario ISET Program Agreement Holders in Ontario • 110 distinct based ISET Program Agreement Holders in Canada September 25, 2019 13 Indigenous Skills and Employment Training (ISET) Program Agreement Holders…cont’d • The ISET Program builds on what was successful about ASETS and reflects what was heard from Indigenous partners. It includes: • new distinctions-based strategies and funding streams that will help meet the unique needs of First Nations, Métis, Inuit and urban/non-affiliated Indigenous people; • greater focus on the full continuum of skills development, from essential skills to skills upgrading; • greater flexibility for Indigenous organizations to design programming to meet the needs of their people and communities; • reduced administrative burden; and • increased funding to support predictable and stable training and skills development over the next 10 years. September 25, 2019 14 Indigenous Skills and Employment Training (ISET) Program Agreement Holders…cont’d • 22 Ontario ISET Program Agreement Holders in 2019/20, represent a federal investment of $72.5 million (see below chart) in the ISET Service Delivery Network to be continued with increases over the next 10 years until 2028/29 in the following priority areas: training for skills development; training for employment; mentoring for in demand jobs; targeted job coaching to Indigenous people, including Indigenous people with disabilities. Distinction 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 Ongoing First Nations $ 46,471,668 $ 46,831,140 $ 47,202,787 $ 47,586,967 Inuit $ 374,356 $ 374,356 $ 374,356 $ 374,356 Metis $ 8,220,963 $ 8,294,343 $ 8,370,191 $ 8,448,579 Urban $ 17,461,158 $ 17,685,155 $ 17,916,721 $ 18,156,078 TOTAL $ 72,528,145 $ 73,184,994 $ 73,864,055 $ 74,565,980 September 25, 2019 15 Indigenous Skills and Employment Training (ISET) Program Agreement Holders…cont’d • First Nation ISET Program Agreement Holder Funding in Canada: September 25, 2019 16 Indigenous Skills and Employment Training (ISET) Program Agreement Holders…cont’d • Metis ISET Program Agreement Holder Funding in Canada : September 25, 2019 17 Indigenous Skills and Employment Training (ISET) Program Agreement Holders…cont’d • Inuit ISET Program Agreement Holder Funding in Canada : September 25, 2019 18 Indigenous Skills and Employment Training (ISET) Program Agreement Holders…cont’d • Urban ISET Program Agreement Holder Funding in Canada : September 25, 2019 19 Client Based… Programs Services • Course Purchases and • Career Planning Allowances • Continuing Education Assistance • Disability Supports • Cover Letter & Resumes • Employment Maintenance & • Driver’s License Assistance Upskilling • Employment Advising • Employment Start-Up • Job Search Strategies • Feepayor • Leadership Training • Mobility Assistance • Resource Centre Access • Pre-Employment Supports • Training Initiatives • Relocation/Moving Expenses • Workshops • Self-Employment Benefits • Wage Subsidy September 25, 2019 20 Project Based… Programs • Delivery Assistance • Disability Supports • Group Course Purchase • Job Creation Partnership • Job Development • Project-Based Training • Self-Employment Benefits • Wage Subsidy • Workplace Based Training September 25, 2019 21 Partnerships & Project Based Program Highlights: • Partnerships with Businesses, Non-profit organizations, other Local Delivery Mechanism’s (LDM’s) and/or ASETA holders, Municipal Governments and Educational Institutions • Collaborations with provincial, territorial governments and federal departments September 25, 2019 22 Initiatives: Past: • First Nations Pre-Employment and Education Pilot Project (FN-PREP) • Food Service Worker Training Program (FSW) • PATP - Construction Craft Worker Training Program (CCW) 2017, 2016 and 2015 • Summer Aboriginal Youth Business (SAYbiz) Program • Natural Resources Training to Employment (NRTE) Program • Mining Essentials Training • Personal Support Worker (PSW) 2016 • Project ENABLE Current: • PATP - Construction Craft Worker 2018 & Video Testimonials • PATP - Carpentry 2018 and 2019 • Aboriginal Apprenticeship Board of Ontario (AABO) - North West Link Committee September 25, 2019 23 Current Initiatives…cont’d: • MINO BIMAADIZIWIN - Building Innovative Pathways to Indigenous Employment (Service Delivery Enhancements) • Education (i.e.: TOWES, PLAR, OSSD, etc…) • Life Skills, Job Development Services, Elders In Residence Support • Dinowigehmin Aboriginal Leadership Program (ALP) • Training to Employment Programs (Health, Construction, Energy, Forestry and Aviation Sector): • Recent: Aviation Technician, Driver’s License, Industrial Millwrights, Supercom Services Delivery Partnership , Forest & Mechanized Harvesting, Sawmill Workers • Upcoming: Driver’s License, Employment Advisor Certification, Line Crew Ground Support, Line Cutting, Personal Support Workers, etc… • Indigenous Workplace Inclusion: Strategies Moving Forward – Part 2 • Future… • PATP General Carpenter, Construction Craft Worker, Drywall/Accoustics/Lathing Applicator Training - TBD in 2020+ • Employment Ontario – TBD • Innovative Collaborations resulting in the following active initiatives…. September 25, 2019 24 Collaborations - Elder in Residence Program: • The Elder in Residence offers support and