Two Manitoulin Island Indigenous agencies are receiving funding to train Personal Support Workers known as PSWs.
The Wiikwemkoong Development Commission is receiving $250,000 to train up to 17 Indigenous PSWs while the Kenjgewin Teg Educational Institute is receiving just over $217,000 to train another 15 Indigenous PSWs.
The announcement is part of a $37 million investment by the Ontario government to help 15,000 people upgrade their skills and train for new jobs.
The announcement was made by Minister Monte McNaughton at a press conference at Science North in Sudbury.
Other agencies also received funding as follows:
- $428,870 for Science North to provide tech-sector training for up to 905 students, teachers-in-training and underemployed adults.
- $500,000 for the Shwe Miikaan and Confederation College Construction Trades Training Project to prepare up to 32 Indigenous community members for careers in local construction infrastructure, specifically to work on the twinning of highway 69/400 between Parry Sound and Sudbury.
- $487,000 for Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology to train up to 75 public administration employees in northern municipalities around Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie.
- $96,220 for Near North District School Board to train up to 1,000 students in financial literacy and job-specific computer skills.