Chris Walkus wasn’t sure he could be successful in the North Island College’s Employment Transition and Construction Labourer program saying, “I had low self-esteem.”

As one of the country's leading employers for young people, Starbucks Canada, in partnership with the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation, is taking a leadership position by committing 10 per cent of its store hires to Opportunity Youth.

Getting the skills you need to get the job you want can be challenging. That’s where Aboriginal Skills Navigator Brock Endean can help. 

Rochelle Saddleman is dedicated to ensuring more First Nations members get the skills they need to succeed in a rapidly-changing work environment.

For 27 year-old Curtis Young-Mercer, being an Aboriginal skills Navigator, is both highly challenging and personally rewarding.

The B.C. Government’s Buy Local Program is providing Tree Island with $46,331.25 so the company can continue their work promoting the use of local agricultural products​

The Stewart World Port, the first commercial wharf built on the coast of British Columbia in over thirty years, is now open for business with a brand new world-class deep sea port that will allow for both export and imports to fuel industry in Northern B.C.

Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training along with the Industry Training Authority (ITA) announced today that a new trades training program  will be offered in B.C. starting October 2015 that will provide Aboriginal people with skills training and work experience necessary to be employed by a wide variety of general contractors and to fill the growing demand for labour in the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) sector.