GDI Training and Employment

Assists Saskatchewan’s Métis looking to improve their education and employment outcomes. Programs are based on labour market needs and trends, and clients may receive financial support through help with tuition, living allowances, and employer subsidies where eligible. Programs include:

Apprenticeship

• Finances projects contributing to skills development and training for Aboriginal workers leading to long-term, meaningful employment.

Career Counselling

• Offers a wide range of career counselling services for individuals.

Employment Based Programs

• Wage Subsidy: designed to help Métis individuals enter or return to the workforce by participating in a practical work experience. The employer will prepare the trainees for the labour market by using and enhancing their skills.
• Student Subsidy: designed to create employment opportunities for secondary and post-secondary students by offering a wage subsidy for employers hiring students during the year, usually over the summer months.
• Apprenticeship Subsidy: designed to assist Aboriginal individuals secure apprenticeship positions with employers to help them develop marketable skills and experience, with a plan leading to journeyperson status.

Immediate Assistance Program

• Assists Métis clients who have an offer of employment but require monetary assistance to start their job (such as equipment or a bus ticket).

Individual Sponsorship Program

• Directly sponsors individuals to attend training programs, with the goal of helping Métis clients prepare for thew workforce, and obtain and maintain long-term, quality employment.

Job Search:

• Résumé and interview skill training / workshops
• Internet and fax machine access to submit applications
• Essential skills training

Pathways for Entrepreneurship

• provides unique supports to Métis entrepreneurs who are looking to create, maintain or expand a business.

Visit the website for details and to see how to apply.