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Beyond 'check-marking a box': Getting Indigenous students into jobs paramount, advocate says


 
TORONTO
Getting Indigenous students into the corporate world and “bridging the gap” between academia and businesses is paramount, says Candice Loring of non-profit organization Mitacs.
Mitacs was created in 1999 and works with 70 universities and 6,000 companies, and both federal and provincial governments to build partnerships and social innovation in Canada.
Loring, who is a member of the Gitwangak Band of Gitxsan Nation, is the first Indigenous person to be hired at Mitacs.
She helped launch an initiative to link Indigenous-owned businesses and organizations with Indigenous students to help them take their first steps into the corporate world.
“It’s a win-win situation,” Loring said of the initiative on CTV’s Your Morning Wednesday. “In matching those top students in academia with real life businesses… they have an opportunity to gain experiential learning.” ....

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