AHRDA

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AHRDA
Beyond the Borders
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VISION

• ? Prepared labour force
• ? Impact economies
• ? Build relationship
• ? Strategic measures

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• PROVINCIAL STRATEGIES
• REGIONAL STRATEGIES
• LOCAL STRATEGIES

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BC FIRST NATIONS AHRDAS

• BC MAP OF 10 FIRST NATIONS AHRDAS
• Central Coast /Fraser Valley (Stolo Nations
  Human Resource Development)
• Cariboo Chilcotin Aboriginal Training Education
  Center Society
• Central Interior (Shuswap Nations Tribal Council)
• Okanagan Ktunaxa Aboriginal Management Society
• Southern Vancouver Island (Coast Salish
  Employment Training Society)
• North and West Coast Vancouver Island
  (NI/Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Aboriginal
  Management Society)
• Prince George Nechako Aboriginal Employment
  Training Association
• Skeena Native Development Society
• North East Native Advancing Society
• First Nations Employment Society

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• PROVINCIAL STRATEGY
• BC AHRDAS BCAHRDS, Northern Remote Alliance,
  FNES
• TRADES STRATEGIES
• FEDERAL/PROVINCIAL AGREEMENTS
• CAPACITY BUILDING FOR AHRDAS
• LINKS TO KEY STAKEHOLDERS
• ENGAGING INDUSTRY POLICY LEVEL
• ONE VOICE FOR COMMON ISSUES

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AHRDA Teams at Work
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the
community, and as long as I live it is my
privilege to do for it whatever I can

George Bernard Shaw
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REGIONAL / LOCAL STRATEGIES

• AHRDAS DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO RESPOND TO LOCAL
  LABOUR MARKETS
• COMMUNITY DRIVEN PRIORITIES
• ENGAGING INDUSTRY OPERATIONS LEVEL
• CAPACITY BUILDING FOR AHRDAS
• LINKING KEY PARTNERS
• MUNICIPALITIES, CITY GOVERNMENTS, TOURISM
  FORESTRY, FISHERIES, MANUFACTURING, CONSTRUCTION
• NEW AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES

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WORKING TOGETHER

• When everything works together, everything
  changes together,
• Create new efficiencies,
• Integrate for expected growth unforeseen
  demand,
• Become change agents

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SUPPLY DEMAND
Labour Pool
Labour Market
Shared Knowledge
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SUPPLY DEMAND

• Community role community driven priorities
• Supply
• Assessment
• Action Plan
• Counseling
• Planning
• Support
• Training/Skills
• Cross cultural appropriateness
• Demand
• Recruitment
• Retention
• Partnerships
• Profiles

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OPPORTUNITIES

• Capacity has been developed as Human resource
  practitioners
• AHRDA capacity extends beyond Human Resource
  Development
• AHRDA addressing skilled worker and trades
  projections of 420,000 job openings in trades
• AHRDA networks more expansive

• Greater number of educated First Nations
• High youth population
• First Nations exploring manufacturing, tourism
  and other economic opportunities
• AHRDA engaging in supply demand
• Focus on recruitment retention

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OPPORTUNITIES

• Unions and employers at table
• Scan of labor hot spots
• New relationship with province local
  governments
• Support of leaders for engaging industry
• Key community players at the table

• Locally designed strategies
• Local program design resulting in innovative use
  of program funds
• Indicators of success activities of reclamation
• Future opportunities for land use

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Environmental Impacts
AHRDAS engage in solutions based approaches to
affect

• Labor Market
• Remoteness
• Seasonal Employment
• Economy
• Mobility
• Recruitment
• Retention
• Entrepreneurship
• Cultural appropriate

• Policy
• Gaps in policy
• Criteria
• Reporting
• Human resources
• Capacity building
• Tools
• Systems
• Adequate funding

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Environmental Impacts
AHRDAS engage in solutions based approaches to
affect

• Implementation
• Info technology
• Financial resources
• External relations
• Manage knowledge change, information sharing,
  process improvement

• Evaluation
• Aboriginal Quality of life versus other models
• Aboriginal wealth
• Accountability
• Results based

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Environmental Impacts
AHRDAS engage in solutions based approaches to
affect

• Clientele
• Promoting job ready
• Multiple Barriers
• Education levels
• Childcare
• Transportation
• Mobility
• Limited income
• Industry requirements
• Family personal planning

• Skills development
• High cost of skills training in the community
• Distance learning
• Diversity to meet labor market needs
• Short term vs. long term interventions
• Human Resource Life Cycle framework
• Abo training centers/ Trades Training

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FUTURE STRATEGIES

• Policy review from First Nations perspective
• Emphasis on business development
• Prepare Aboriginals as the Trades labour pool for
  Canada
• Resources for long term interventions
• First Nations and industry working together on
  strategic approaches
• Ensure adequate resources for capacity building,
  human resources, tools, systems, and technology
• Emphasis on partnership relationship building
• Active Measures to link community assets
• Savings back to community

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• COORDINATED APPROACHES
• IMPACT!

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