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Title: Okanagan Training and Development Council


1
Okanagan Training and Development Council
Westbank First Nation
Okanagan Indian Band
Upper Similkameen Indian Band
Lower Similkameen Indian Band
Penticton Indian Band
Osoyoos Indian Band
2
Okanagan Training and Development Council
  • A Story of Success

3
The OTDC Service Areas consist of six Okanagan
Indian Bands who sit on the council
  • .
  • Okanagan Indian Band
  • Westbank First Nation
  • Penticton Indian Band
  • Osoyoos Indian Band
  • Upper Similkameen Indian Band
  • Lower Similkameen Indian Band

4
The Service area also includes other on and off
reserve organizations
  • Okanagan Nation Alliance
  • Kelowna Vernon Friendship Centers
  • The EnOwkin Center
  • Round Lake Treatment Centre
  • The Lower Columbia All First Nations

5
The mandate of the Council
O T D C
The mandate of the Council is to encourage
self-sufficiency and address locally defined
needs and priorities of aboriginal communities
through employment, training programs and
services.
6
OTDC Area
  • OTDC is part of the Okanagan/Ktunaxa Aboriginal
    Management Society (O/KAMS) which covers the
    Okanagan, Similkameen, West Kootenay and the East
    Kootenay.
  • This Society manages the Aboriginal Human
    Resources Development Agreement (AHRDA). The East
    Kootenay is managed by the Ktunaxa Kinbasket
    Aboriginal Training Council (KKATC).

7
A Turning Point
  • The delivery of employment programs did not
    always meet the needs of aboriginal clients.
  • The formation of the OTDC represented a turning
    point in the way that employment programs were
    delivered to First Nations.

8
History
  • 1991 Pathways to Success
  • 1996 National Frameworks/
  • Regional Bilateral Agreements
  • 1999 Aboriginal Human Resources Development
    Strategy
  • 2004 Renewed Aboriginal Labour Market Strategy

9
History
  • The responsibility for delivery of Employment
    Programs and Services were handed over to the
    First Nations.
  • The Regional Bilateral Agreement (RBA)
    fundamentally changed the way programs would be
    delivered.

10
Aboriginal Human Resource Development Agreement
In April 1999 a new five year agreement was
signed and AHRDA was created.
Essential Skills Training - EAS Training
Coordinators
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Formation of the OTDC
  • The OTDC was formed to deliver these programs.
  • The OTDC has seven board members that serve the
    areas of the Okanagan, the West Kootenay, and the
    Similkameen.

12
BCAHRD
  • OTDC is part of a provincial strategy that
    includes BCAHRDS, the Northern and Remote
    Alliance and the First Nations Employment Strategy

13
AHRDA II
In April 1999 a new five year agreement was
signed and AHRDA was created.
  • With a 5 year AHRDA II agreement to 2009 its
    business usual.
  • The principles have remained basically the same.
    All First Nations (status and non-status) both
    on and off reserve will be served by this
    agreement regardless of there place of Origin

14
OTDC Organizational Chart
15
Programs and Services
  • To meet the many needs of its clients the OTDC
    has developed programs and services

Skills Link Training Penticton
L- Joseph Raphael R - Stephanie Squakin
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Classroom to Job Site
  • Course Seat Purchase Program,To purchase
    institutional training from a public or a
    registered private institution on behalf of
    clients.
  • To recommend training which will promote
    self-sufficiency and integration of clients into
    appropriate employment as well as meet labour
    market needs.
  • Workplace Training Program To assist employers
    to upgrade the skills of current full-time,
    current part-time or seasonal employees to meet
    current or future skill needs. This primarily
    involves the purchase of training.

17
Programs for People
Lower Similkameen students participating In Swift
Water training
First Nations Employment Services, Vernon, London
Drugs Employment Initiative
  • Youth/Student Development ProgramTo assist youth
    students in preparing for their future entry
    into the labour market
  • Job Development Wage SubsidyTo assist
    individuals facing barriers of long term
    unemployment by providing training and/or work
    experience.

18
Employment Services and Assistance
  • Employment Services ProgramProviding assistance
    to employers community organizations to assist
    them in being able to provide specialized
    training opportunities, major impact proposals
    program delivery activities.

19
Assistance to Communities
T. Elkink teaching Nsylxcen with the children and
Sarah Peterson Ntamtqen Snmalmayatn Band
School. (Lower Similkameen Indian Band )
  • Delivery Assistance ProgramProviding assistance
    to employers communities who provide
    specialized training opportunities, major impact
    proposals program delivery activities

20
Disability Program
  • To provide assistance a person with a disability
    utilizing any of the OTDC programs.
  • There are growing numbers of disabled clients
    wishing to access employment training programs
  • Currently we are lobbying for more funds to
    accommodate these clients

21
Human Resource Investment Fund(Employment
Insurance Benefits Support Measures)
Spirit Ridge Nk Mip ResortOsoyoos Indian Band
  • An initiative to assist individuals to prepare
    for, obtain and maintain self-employment. This
    could involve work experience projects, the
    purchase of training, wage subsidies for
    employers and/or assistance in launching a
    business.

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Support Measures
  • To assist organizations in the provision of
    employment services to individuals, and/or to
    encourage partnerships to support employers,
    employees and/or employer associations
    communities to deal with local human resource
    requirements

Penticton Indian Band Trades Training 2004
23
Unique Program Delivery
  • OTDC has modified programs based on previous HRSD
    programs but adjusted to better suit local needs.

NkMip Heritage Centre staff in Osoyoos
  • Each area provides programs to meet the needs
    of its clients.

24
Low Cost Administration
  • Less money is spent on administration by OTDC
  • Less money on administration than anywhere else
    in British Columbia, perhaps, in Canada
  • Less money on administration means more money for
    programs

25
Projects that Meet a Community Need
Osoyoos Multimedia Training Multimedia projects
involving, 3D studio max-animation, video
editing, music creation, video effect and more
Osoyoos Indian Band Multi media and computer
graphics technician, Frank is still working with
the band and developing great production,
filming, and has recently develop a design for
OIBDCs promotion items.
26
Programs and Services - Geared to the Area!
Osoyoos
View of Hedley Mascot Mine after construction
showing descending stairs
Helicopter view of Hedley Mascot Mine before
upgrading
  • We believe that a story is to be told of mining
    history that goes back thousands of yearsand
    that we are providing a stage that will take your
    breathe away." Chief Rick Holmes, Upper
    Similkameen Indian Band
  • -

27
W.R. Bennett Bridge
  • Employment opportunities for Westbank on the new
    William R. Bennett Bridge construction

Shawn George completed the Iron works program and
is presently working on the W.R.B. Bridge
28
Lower Similkameen
  • We had a crew cutting and delivering wood to
    those who needed, elders who couldnt go out got
    to visit. This year was one of our most
    successful and smooth sailing seasons for
    involving community members

29
A Success Story is Measured by Success
  • First Nations Employment Center Vernon Dealing
    with the FNES provided a safe and culturally
    appropriate environment for me to work from and
    with. I was treated with dignity and not as a
    number. Wendy Chanin
  • Upper Similkameen -The Band is very community
    minded and employs both native and non-native
    people within the various operations that come
    under their control. The Band employs
    approximately thirty-five people on a full time
    basis, and employees exceed one hundred during
    the peak summer season.

30
Success in Terms of Individual Achievements
  • Lower Similkameen During my 10 months on OTDC I
    have learned an enormous amount in regards to the
    political aspect of the governmental system and
    how it affects the dealings of the First Nations
    people. In learning throughout the year, it has
    helped me understand the issues that First
    Nations have faced in the past and have yet to
    face in the future and the importance of working
    together. This program has enabled me to enhance
    my practical and knowledge in the area of
    Administration K.V.Terbasket Public Admin
    student

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Training for the future
  • Okanagan Indian Band Employment Training
    Department
  • One of the participants in the OUC 10 month
    welding program, have taken their training 1 step
    further and has completed the 24 week, BCIT Iron
    Working Program. It is expected that he will
    continue to pursue his welding apprenticeship and
    employment as an Iron Worker.
  • Dear Floyd I am now done my course. I finished
    2nd and received a free ironworker belt from the
    union when I signed up.

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Ongoing Training
  • The Kelowna Friendship Society- Hope Lemp was
    interested in working in health care and
    initiated a 4-week work placement on her own at
    one of the senior homes and because she felt this
    was for her is now enrolled in Resident Care Aide
    at OUC. Sponsored by OTDC.
  • Lower Columbia All First Nations -I am writing to
    you to thank you very much for all of the support
    and encouragement you have given me over the past
    4 years. On May 20, 2005 I finished my 4th year
    of school for my electrician apprenticeship. I
    finished with 94 for the year. I also wrote my
    inter-provincial exam and was very happy with
    finishing all of my apprenticeship with a 92 on
    inter-provincial. There is no way that I could
    have gone through my schooling without your
    financial support and I thank you once again.
    Julie Claire Hamilton Electrician

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OTDC Continues
To encourage self-sufficiency and address locally
defined needs and priorities of aboriginal
communities through employment and training
services.
The OTDC continues to expand and grow as the
staff in the communities develop more expertise
in the delivery of programs and services.
Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a
common vision. The ability to direct individual
accomplishments toward organizational objectives.
It is the fuel that allows common people to
obtain uncommon results. Andrew Carnegie
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