Friendship Centre looks at barriers – Portage Daily Graphic

April 20, 2015

The Portage Friendship Centre held an information session on what barriers aboriginal youth face when it comes to gaining employment.

The forum found that there were four priorities that need to be addressed in order to break down barriers that prevent aboriginal youth from achieving financial independence: education, employment and training, self-confidence, and racism.

“We narrowed it down to four priorities and then talked about goals, partnerships, gaps and actions,” said Kim Lavallee, director of Robertson College.

With education, the forum heard that there needed to be a more hands on courses and programs in a more practical setting that allowed aboriginal youth to learn by doing rather than in the traditional Western academic way of learning.

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