Labour Market Programs

• To help unemployed First Nation individuals start their own businesses or become self-employed;
• To provide unemployed First Nation individuals with employment opportunities through which they can gain work experience to improve their long-term employment prospects;
  
• To help unemployed individuals obtain new skills;
• To support organizations that provide employment assistance services to the unemployed;
• To support employers, employee, or employer association, community groups, and communities in developing and implementing strategies for dealing with labour force adjustments and meeting human resource requirements;
  
• To support research and innovative projects to identify better ways of helping First Nations People prepare for, return to, or keep employment and be productive participants in the labour force;
  
• To support the developments and implementation of labour market development programs that are tailored to address the special needs of First Nations.