{"id":60,"date":"2017-08-20T17:48:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T21:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeremy-brown.net\/nifi\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2022-02-10T09:21:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T14:21:02","slug":"training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/indigenousfisheries.ca\/en\/projects\/training\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Training and Skills Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Training helps us build the skills and know-how to do our jobs. It also prepares us for new opportunities to advance or transition our careers over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investing in training and skills development is a best practise of governments and businesses. It\u2019s also the main way communities build capacity to manage their resources and economic interests.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fisheries and Oceans Canada\u2019s Indigenous programs have helped communities and businesses create and retain employment for its members and citizens\u2014as fish harvesters, field technicians, managers, monitors, guardians, and other professionals. But these programs were designed to do more than support training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Indigenous Program Review, the National Indigenous Fisheries Institute realized that more training funds were needed to help communities offer meaningful employment along career progression paths. One of the key recommendations of this review was thus for the Department secure a long-term source of funding to augment training and skills development activities in Indigenous communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Institute has been collaborating with Fisheries and Oceans Canada to explore how this recommendation could be achieved. To do this, we\u2019re working to complete a number of tasks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n