Matachewan First Nation

Northern College Community Employment Services – Kirkland Lake

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Job Seekers

  • Job Search Assistance
  • Assist with Resumes and Cover Letters
  • Job Application & Interview Preparation
  • Better Jobs Funding for a higher skills training
  • Access to Job Board
  • Access to computers for job search

Newcomers & International Student

  • Job Search Assistance
  • Assist with Resumes and Cover Letters
  • Referral to other Community Services

Employers

  • Screening of Candidates
  • Identify and access hiring incentives, wage subsidies, and funding for job seekers and employers
  • Creation of employment postings

Programs

  • Better Jobs (formerly Second Career)
  • Canada-Ontario Job Grant

Wabun Tribal Council Training and Employment Services

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Areas served:

Beaverhouse First Nation, Brunswick House First Nation, Chapleau Ojibwe First Nation, Matachewan First Nation, Mattagami First Nation and Flying Post First Nation

 

Responsible for the delivery of training and employment funds and programs to the member First Nation communities

  • Operates as a department within the Wabun Development Corporation and under the Aboriginal Human Resources Development agreement
  • Helps Aboriginal people prepare for and find high-demand jobs quickly, as well as keep them in the long term
  • Fosters partnerships with the private sector and the provinces and territories
  • Support demand-driven skills development

rograms and service includes:

  • Skills development
  • Training for high-demand jobs
  • Job finding
  • Programs for youth
  • Programs for urban and Indigenous people with disabilities
  • Access to child care

Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)

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ODSP offers:

      • money to help you and your eligible family members with living expenses, including food, and rent
      • health benefits, including prescription drugs and vision care
      • employment support to help you find and keep a job or advance your career

District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board – Kirkland Lake

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If you need financial assistance for food and housing, and are in financial need, you can apply for financial and employment assistance through Ontario Works.

Ontario Works offers:

  • money to help you and your eligible family members with living expenses, including food, and rent
  • health benefits for you and your eligible family members
  • employment support to help you find and keep a job (such as workshops for resume writing, job counselling, job-specific training and basic education)

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  • Offers rent geared to income and market rent services
  • Process applications, maintains waiting lists and identifies applicants for tenant selection
  • Housing allowance and rent supplement units available
  • Priority status available for victims of domestic violence

Service Canada – Kirkland Lake

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Matachewan First Nation’s National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program

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  • Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues
  • Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
  • Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request
Kirkland & District Community Development Corporation

Kirkland & District Community Development Corporation

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The Kirkland & District CFDC provides a comprehensive suite of services including business counselling, business financing, and community development to foster local economic opportunities.

District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board – Kirkland Lake

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If you need financial assistance for food and housing, and are in financial need, you can apply for financial and employment assistance through Ontario Works.

Ontario Works offers:

  • money to help you and your eligible family members with living expenses, including food, and rent
  • health benefits for you and your eligible family members
  • employment support to help you find and keep a job (such as workshops for resume writing, job counselling, job-specific training and basic education)

Literacy Council of North Timiskaming

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The Literacy Council of North Timiskaming (LCNT) is a community-based organization that provides basic skill programming to help adult learners in Kirkland Lake and the wider North Timiskaming region accomplish their goals.

The basic and soft skills programs offered are:

  • Adaptability
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Creativity and Innovation
  • Digital Skills
  • Numeracy
  • Problem Solving
  • Reading
  • Writing

LCNT also offer programs for life skills: budgeting, money management, saving while grocery shopping, cooking, handling modern technology, how to read a pay stub, etc.

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