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Christine’s drive to find a career she enjoyed paid off when she was able to network within her community and find employment. Through her connections she was able to find work at her local Co-op as a full-time dry goods clerk and cashier.
“I’m never a one trick pony,” says Richard Peter. As an Indigenous leader, five-time Paralympian, mentor, sports advocate, research champion, husband, son — and so much more — this is an understatement.
Volunteers from the Workplace Essential Skills (WES) Pre-Apprenticeship Carpentry Program, from Kingsclear and Oromocto First Nations, New Brunswick, raised money and adapted toys for children at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax.
Melissa is an Indigenous woman, mother, and business owner from the Misipawistik Cree Nation, and she owns Onikaniw Consulting, where she teaches and talks about the intergenerational effects of colonization and the residential school system in relation to complex cycles of addiction and trauma.
Through Digital Jumpstart, Season received an ergonomic keyboard, sit-stand desk, and ergonomic mouse, and learned how to make PowerPoint presentations for her business.