At-risk youth receive provincial boost
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The B.C. government has committed to a multi-year investment with the BladeRunners program.
BladeRunners is an employment and skills training program for at-risk youth aged 15-30.
The program helps youth gain various job and life skills including construction, culinary arts, health care, retail and hospitality and office administration.
Provincial officials said the program offers job coaching, work experience, on-the-job training and life-skills training to more than 4,000 unemployed, at-risk youth.
“The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected the employment opportunities of young British Columbians,” said Anne Kang, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Training.
“The BladeRunners program is making a difference in the lives of young people by giving them access to the valuable life and employment skills they need to begin their careers and play a role in B.C.’s economic recovery.”
At-risk youth receive provincial boost
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The B.C. government has committed to a multi-year investment with the BladeRunners program.
BladeRunners is an employment and skills training program for at-risk youth aged 15-30.
The program helps youth gain various job and life skills including construction, culinary arts, health care, retail and hospitality and office administration.
Provincial officials said the program offers job coaching, work experience, on-the-job training and life-skills training to more than 4,000 unemployed, at-risk youth.
“The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected the employment opportunities of young British Columbians,” said Anne Kang, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Training.
“The BladeRunners program is making a difference in the lives of young people by giving them access to the valuable life and employment skills they need to begin their careers and play a role in B.C.’s economic recovery.”
Seaspan Shipyards invests $1.35M in Indigenous marine skills training
Seaspan Shipyards announced a $1.35 million investment to increase training and apprenticeship opportunities for Indigenous students aged 19 through 30 interested in building a career in the trades, including in the growing shipbuilding and marine sector.
The three-year investment is being made in the Aboriginal Community Career Employment Services Society (ACCESS), a non-profit organization that has been providing education and employment training for the urban Indigenous community since 1999.
Seaspan’s investment will support skills upgrading and technical training in welding and metal fabrication through the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). Beginning in 2022, Seaspan’s investment will also help establish a Trades Sampler Program to introduce Indigenous high school students in five Lower Mainland districts to career opportunities in the trades. Seaspan’s investment will also support an an
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