Nunavut fisheries training group gets $857,000 for mentoring, business programs
Federal funding ‘will help train next generation of Inuit fishers,’ federal Northern Affairs Minister says
Visitors to the 2019 Nunavut Trade Show in Iqaluit check out the Nunavut Fisheries and Marine Training Consortium booth. The organization received more than $850,000 in federal funding to develop a mentorship program. (File photo)
The Nunavut Fisheries and Marine Training Consortium is getting $857,000 from the federal government to develop an Inuit mentoring program.
The funding, announced Wednesday by Northern Affairs Minister Daniel Vandal, will be used in areas such as development of a mentoring curriculum, training of Inuit mentors and mentees, and evaluation of a business management certificate currently in development, a news release issued Wednesday said.
The mentorship program “will help train the next generation of Inuit fishers who will lead their industry to new successes while generating economic growth for themselves, their families and their communities,” Vandal said in the release.
The consortium has been in operation since 2004, according to its website. It aims to provide Nunavut Inuit with “the skills and knowledge to become self-sustaining.”
Executive director Elisabeth Cayen said the organization is “grateful” for the funding which will allow the program and fishing industry to grow.
“For many years, we have concentrated on training geared toward entry level jobs,” she said in the release.
“It is time for a movement toward higher levels of jobs which will lead to an increase in economic growth for the crew, their families and their communities.”
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