Opportunity found : Occasion à saisir : accroître la participation à main-d'oeuvre canadienne des peuples autochtones

In fact, members of the Canadian of the nation’s population, our Government Chamber of Commerce identifi ed the participation recognizes that Canada’s Aboriginal of the Aboriginal peoples in our workforce as one of communities are a critical part of our future. [...] In this of the signing of the Royal Proclamation, paper, we take a different approach to this issue by October 7, 2013 highlighting productive initiatives to improve the workforce participation of Aboriginal peoples and the competitiveness of employers. [...] In 2011, 22.81 per cent of The proportion of Aboriginal peoples in Canada Aboriginal peoples aged 25 to 64 reported high school continues to increase (4.3 per cent in 2011 as their highest level of education (up from 21 per compared to 3.8 in 2006).7 cent in 2006).2 The percentage of Aboriginal peoples with post-secondary qualifi cation3 increased to almost The pace of Aboriginal peoples’ po [...] The Canadian Chamber of individual communities and the alternate Commerce provided a submission to the Panel that education models that may be required to deliver recommended that the federal government: curricula effectively Review the funding formula for education in Partner with businesses whenever possible to First Nations communities to ensure parity ensure curricula meet the needs of e [...] A recent pilot project, launched in the Federal post-secondary education funding programs fall of 2013, sees one of its professors located in the need to accommodate the differing timeframes for community of Moose Factory (on the shores of James First Nation bands’ decision making and be suffi cient Bay) to deliver courses in the Indigenous Studies to address additional requirements of Aboriginal