Agreement Expects to Build Employment for Meadow Lake First Nations

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The Government of Saskatchewan says the Aboriginal Employment Partnership is not a "band-aid" approach to resolving the longstanding issue of a low Aboriginal presence in the province's workforce.

"It's a very strategic and focused approach to employment development over the long-term," said Victoria Gubbels, the Government of Saskatchewan's director of Aboriginal development branch. It's not a quick fix, it's more or less a community development model we're using."

Tom Iron, MLTC's Aboriginal employment development coordinator, said it is the "myths and misconceptions" that others have towards Aboriginal people that can sometimes fuel discrimination by employers.

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Agreement Expects to Build Employment for Meadow Lake First Nations

The Government of Saskatchewan says the Aboriginal Employment Partnership is not a "band-aid" approach to resolving the longstanding issue of a low Aboriginal pres...

See the full content of this document

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