First Nations and Inuit Youth Employment Strategy

Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)'s First Nations and Inuit Youth Employment Strategy supports initiatives to provide First Nations and Inuit youth with work experience information about career options and opportunities to develop skills to help gain employment and develop careers.

The strategy is part of the Government of Canada's effort to enhance education, participation in the labour market and economic success of Indigenous people in Canada. It is a component of the Government of Canada's Youth Employment and Skills Strategy led by Employment and Social Development Canada.

ISC is responsible for employment and skills development for First Nations and Inuit youth under the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy.

The annual budget for this strategy is $26 million. Since its launch in 1997, it has provided close to 150,000 opportunities to First Nations and Inuit youth. More than 600 First Nations and Inuit communities design and implement projects each year.

The strategy also helps First Nations and Inuit youth, between the ages of 15 and 30, who are ordinarily resident on reserve or in recognized communities to:

ISC delivers 2 programs under the First Nations and Inuit Youth Employment Strategy:

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