Education & Skills Training

Educational opportunities from pre-school through adulthood help improve outcomes for Indigenous learners in B.C. These opportunities include early childhood education, Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreements, the Aboriginal Post-Secondary Strategy, Labour Market Agreements, and employment and trades training across sectors.

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The Province provides many specialized programs and services to support Indigenous students and help them succeed in post-secondary education. This includes new courses and curriculum, events, student services and culturally welcoming Gathering Places on public institution campuses.

Support for education and skills training includes

Kindergarten to grade 12 curriculum, special needs and cultural education training for teachers
First Nations' community school development and support
Urban Indigenous Peoples education and training support
Indigenous people's post-secondary and advanced education support
Indigenous people's career planning and development

B.C.'s Skills for Jobs Blueprint

Initiatives, programs and services are being developed to support Indigenous people through B.C.'s Skills for Jobs Blueprint.

The Blueprint includes special focus on

Indigenous youth worker support networks
Funding for community-based skills training
Engaging with Indigenous youth
Supporting skills training for urban Indigenous people through the Off-Reserve Aboriginal Action Plan
Engaging Indigenous people in natural resource sector opportunities

The B.C. government coordinates with agencies and organizations to help meet goals set out in B.C.'s Skills for Jobs Blueprint.

An Inventory of Indigenous Skills Training Programs has been developed in response to a request from Indigenous communities in B.C. The programs highlighted in the inventory are delivered by the provincial and federal governments, and some Indigenous and industry organizations.