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GNWT releases 20-year forecasts for most in-demand jobs in the NWT
May 18, 2023 The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has released 20-year forecasts (2020-2040) for in-demand jobs in the Northwest Territories (NWT). The forecasts enable the GNWT to make informed decisions and adapt our advanced education and training programs, supports and services to better link to the NWT’s labour market needs today and in […]
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Read MoreAdult Learning and Training Supports (ALTS)
12 May 2023 Adult Learning and Training Supports (ALTS) provides financial help while you undertake training or upgrading. It is intended to increase your chances of finding and maintaining employment. ALTS normally only funds training programs that are a year or less in duration, and that will lead to employment. Generally, training funded under this […]
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Read MoreCall for applications for Inuit Tourism Business Mentorship Program
10 May 2023 The Department of Economic Development and Transportation is accepting applications for the Inuit Tourism Business Mentorship Program. This program supports tourism business owners in Nunavut to leverage their skills, knowledge, and professional capacity to grow their businesses. The Inuit Tourism Business Mentorship Program offers training for five Inuit tourism business owners and […]
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Read MoreMy eyes have been opened’: Grads from first Northern journalism program excited for the future – CBC
Apr 26, 2023 Four-week intensive pilot program wrapped up in Inuvik last Friday These days, Julie Beaver sees all the photos and videos she has of her father in a new light. Fresh from the first boot camp ever held by the new Northern Journalism Training Initiative, she’s looking at a world of possibilities for […]
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Read MoreRegistration opens for the second cohort of Recoding Futures, offering Yukon First Nation Citizens free coding training
06/04/2023 Registration has opened for First Nations citizens to register for Recoding Futures. The program is a coding training course offered by ComIT, in partnership with the Government of Yukon and Yukon University, with the support of Google. This initiative will provide participants with free training and the opportunity to seek an entry-level technology position […]
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Read MoreNalunaiqsijiit: Inuit Cruise Ship Training Initiative
30 March 2023 The Government of Nunavut is launching the Nalunaiqsijiit Cruise Ship Training Initiative. This program is specifically designed for Inuit interested in pursuing a career in the expedition cruise ship industry. Nalunaiqsijiit is funded by the Department of Economic Development and Transportation. The training course is in Iqaluit from May 1 to May […]
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Read More30 Apprenticeships for Tłı̨chǫ Region
February 23, 2023 Government of Canada announces new partnership to create 30 more apprenticeships in the Tłı̨chǫ Region The skilled trades are essential to Canada’s economy. Few industries are as essential to Canadians’ everyday lives. Smart investments are needed to support Canadians from all backgrounds in taking up apprenticeship training now, and to help kick-start […]
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Read MoreInmates learn the ins and outs of trapping, skinning a pelt in North Slave jail – APTN News
Feb 21, 2023 The last thing Roy Inuktalik skinned was a polar bear back home in the Inuvialuit community of Uluhoktuk, Northwest Territories. Admittedly, skinning squirrels is a bit of an adjustment, but nonetheless, he enjoys the change of pace, bringing the outdoors – indoors to pass the time. “I started hunting when I was […]
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Read MoreFree course trains 10 new parka-makers – Nunatsiaq News
Feb 20, 2023 Nunavut Arctic College’s 3-week course takes place with Qikiqtani Inuit Association funding Sheila Oolayou first learned how to sew as a teenager, watching her mother make parkas more than 30 years ago. “My mother will be 88 years old this month and watching her growing up — she was always making something,” […]
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Read MoreIt’s going to make a big difference in their lives’: Indigenous counselling training program returns – CBC
Feb 14, 2023 N.W.T. program aims to train Indigenous counsellors to work with Indigenous clients A program designed to train Indigenous counsellors to work in the North is getting a second run — and those behind the program say it’s helping to fill a gap in service for Indigenous people seeking counselling. The Northern Indigenous […]
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