Keepers of the Circle Employment Training programs and economic opportunities are designed to provide Indigenous Peoples with the information, skills and supports they need to achieve economic stability and career advancement. They offer gender-specific programming for Indigenous women and co-ed programs in partnerships with communities.

Culture, Confidence and Competence

• The Culture, Confidence and Competence essential skills pre-employment training curriculum is designed to support Indigenous women’s economic security and career advancement across industries and in corporate sectors.

Indigenous Skill & Employment Training Strategy (ISETS)

• ISETS is a nationwide program that runs through the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC). This program works with participants, employers and institutes to ensure participants are engage in training programs that will directly lead to employment opportunities.

Skilled Trades

• Keepers of the Circle connects Indigenous women and gender-diverse people with employers and Unions in the skilled trades.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Skills

• Keepers of the Circle deliver training rooted in culturally-based practices that are designed to prepare and empower Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse peoples for jobs in the renewable energy and energy conservation sector.

Partnerships

• Keepers of the Circle has years of experience creating partnerships with community, industry and institutions that align with their values and the Sacred Teachings.

Intro and Intermediate Entrepreneurship Training

• In collaboration with Nordik Institute, they offer an 8 week program with the foundations of entrepreneurship.

Indigenous Women-Led Modular Factory

• currently in the process of construction an Indigenous women-led modular construction factory in Kirkland Lake that will construct pre-fabricated panels for homes and community buildings across Northern Ontario.

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