• Maintaining links with Aboriginal institutions and organizations and finding ways for students to participate in research projects in their communities.
• Providing job coaching services.
• Improving career planning for adult learners.
• Providing sufficient resources to provide career and employment specific services for Aboriginal student labour market participation.
• Providing more direct links to employment and better long-term follow-up with graduates.
• Increasing workplace programs for Aboriginal students, in particular more on-reserve programs for which there are jobs on reserve or close to reserve.
• Adopting a “Structured Pathways” approach whereby students are already introduced to jobs related to their field of study, and support in finding work. This approach is based on the premise that learning is enhanced when there are more direct links to students’ eventual careers, or even knowing that upon program completion they will have a job.
• Work closely with Aboriginal high schools in the area of career planning so that students are able to make more informed decisions about their post-secondary programs.

Cross-cutting suggestions proposed by colleges and institutes for the enhancement of Aboriginal programs and services:

• Develop an institution wide strategic plan for Aboriginal education that will address the development of programs and services aimed at improving Aboriginal student success.
• Ensure college and institute policies are congruent with Aboriginal needs, culture and ways of knowing.
• Improve practices and systems for identifying Aboriginal learners at mainstream institutions.
• Improve access to learner and program funding.
• Working proactively to identify risks before they happen.
• Provide effective institutional research services which have the capacity to collect college/institute enrolment statistics and conduct labour market and training needs assessments which compare employers' needs to college/ institute enrolment participation trends, and employment trends of college/institute aboriginal graduates to help ensure that Aboriginal graduates will attach to the labour market. This type of service should also analyze barriers to participation, reasons for dropping out, etc. and this information can help to develop more tutorial sessions, financial and personal counselling, daycare facilities etc.
• Conduct environmental scans and specific needs assessments to support new and improved initiatives.