Beautification project gives N.S. First Nation income assistance clients work experience – Halifax

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Canada
Elders
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Income Assistance
Minimum Wage
Ottawa
Sipekne'katik First Nation
Jun 10, 2022

A beautification project is offering employment to income assistance clients living on the Sipekne’katik First Nation. “The beautification project is cleaning up our community, it is landscaping, and also assisting elders,” says Courtney Knockwood, the program lead. It employs 16 people ranging in age from 17 to 68, all of whom are income assistance clients.[…]

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Ottawa announces $247 million to create 25,000 apprenticeship positions across Canada

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BuildForce Canada
Canadian Apprenticeship Forum
Education
Employers
Employment
Skilled Trades
skilled trades apprenticeships
May 30, 2022

The federal government is announcing nearly $247 million to help create more than 25,000 apprenticeship positions in the skilled trades across Canada. Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough says the money will fund 13 programs to help small- and medium-sized employers offer apprenticeship training. In a news release, Qualtrough says that more than $45 million will go[…]

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