JEDI Launches ‘Build Your Future’ Trades Trailer for Indigenous Youth
The trailer is filled with a different interactive stations that help Indigenous youth learn about skilled trades, such as plumbing, electrical, carpentry, and more.
The trailer is filled with a different interactive stations that help Indigenous youth learn about skilled trades, such as plumbing, electrical, carpentry, and more.
The funding for this bold initiative is coming from the 2021 TD Ready Challenge, which awarded $750,000 to construct the mobile learning units. TD is giving away $10-million in total for those who entered the contest.
Savannah Simmons and her team work out of the kitchen of a one-bedroom apartment, where they make 900 wooden-wick soybean candles a season. She’s one of the eight entrepreneurs that took part in JEDI’s Indigenous Business Incubator Program this fall.
The toolkit compiles available grants and supports for hiring Indigenous people in the province. It includes a map of the First Nation communities in New Brunswick, along with tips for the recruitment process and tips for cultural awareness training and appreciation.
Science East’s NB Innovation Exhibition highlights innovative businesses in the province through video and hands-on components.
Based in North Fredericton, the Joint Economic Development Initiative, or JEDI, fosters economic growth for First Nations communities.
The software testing firm was one of six N.B. companies that made pitches to aerospace and defence, and shipbuilding companies like Lockheed Martin.