Labrador - Aboriginal Human Resource Council

• Create ways to overcome geographic
barriers “Smart Labrador Initiative” was
a good start.
• Develop a more of a co-op approach to
apprenticeship.
• Get career information into the
high schools.
• Have post secondary institutes work more
jointly on projects with the
Aboriginal communities.
• Improve communication among employers,
AHRDAs and others.
• National Prospectors and Developers
Association is one organization that
is looking to increase its capacity with
Aboriginal Peoples.
• Explore ‘partnership’ what or how to define
it. Could lead to some ongoing structure.
• A Pan-Labrador Aboriginal website/
databanks should be established and
maintained (job seekers need to keep their
curriculum vitae up-to-date).
• Employers should communicate
job vacancies:
– websites
– newspapers.
• Request a list of the private sector and all
participants who attended this forum with
contact information.
• Seek greater involvement of the Aboriginal
Human Resource Development Council of
Canada (AHRDCC) in Labrador.
further planning activities. One of their
activities could be to develop a Labrador
Council of Champions that could be
responsible for the promotion of Aboriginal
awareness. The council could be comprised
of three-quarters Aboriginal groups, federal
departments and several major companies
(Suncor, Syncrude).
• One of the ideas of this council would
be to become an associate with local
organizations such as the chamber
of commerce.
• Visitation of public service employers to
visit communities and to have AHRDAs
visit workplaces.
• Check into the viability of the development
of a training consortium (coordinating
group), which could have a membership
of consisting of companies, AHRDAs, and
training institutes.
• Suggest one main website for Labrador
AHRDAs that contains information and
contacts, which also could be a gateway to
a database.
Sustaining Connections: Closing Statements
Sandy Stevens, National Director, Aboriginal
Trades & Apprenticeship Development, AHDCC,
thanked all the participants for their hard work
throughout the day. Once the Labrador Workforce
Connex forum report is completed, a follow-up
meeting will be held with the steering committee to
decide next steps.
A more in-depth description of the National Trades
Project is contained in the next section.
• Steering committee could take the lead on
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