| United Food and Commercial Workers Union,
Local 2000 |
Aboriginal Computer Based Education and Support
System |
UFCW Local 2000 Training Centre in partnership with Visions First Nations
Planning Group, the provincial Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission,
Centra Gas and the Industry Adjustment Services will develop a Distance
Education Introductory Training System for the aboriginal community. This
project builds from a Regional Initiative for Skill Enhancement (RISE) III which
had created an accessible and responsive distance learning option for 28 workers
who had erratic skills and/or no access to traditional educational courses. UFCW
Local 2000 will explore culturally appropriate basic skills upgrading programs
available on-line. UFCW will also evaluate, modify and/or develop components of
the Basic Skills on- line curriculum. The curriculum would have an applied focus
with an emphasis on the trades and would appropriately address first nation
requirements for accessibility. A second component to this project, funded by the
Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission, will be the delivery of training,
including curriculum addressing computer technology, and how to learn on-line.
This initiative will help create a vision of career options, which would act as
incentives to aboriginal people to up-grade their basic skills on-line and in class.
This will provide aboriginal participants with employment options related to their
choice of trade. An evaluation with identified measures will be maintained
regularly. A written report will be submitted to the NLS. |