unfavourable terms earlier this year<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThe transition of sites was necessary and we know that it\u2019s a bigger space that we\u2019re in,\u201d said John DeGiacomo, AETS\u2019s executive director.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a space that allows us to welcome those job seekers and have the wraparound supports that they need to be successful in the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n
DeGiacomo\u00a0explained that the agency also transitioned so that AETS could be able to offer more services and opportunities for clients.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got a space not only here but at Goods and Co. So collectively we have over 10,000 square feet to serve the clients with over 20 staff,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
AETS held its open house to help clients to become familiar with the space and acknowledge its\u00a0partners when delivering programs.<\/p>\n
The open house offered clients of the agency the chance to participate in a ceremonial tree planting, a barbecue lunch, office tours and all-age activities, including bouncy castles for children.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe event today is to celebrate the fact that we are in a new space on Algoma\u00a0and really to celebrate the fact that it is a revitalized space and we have a number of programs and services that we continue to deliver with the same great staff, just a different location,\u201d said DeGiacomo.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then the second reason is really to acknowledge those that we serve, along with our partners. We wouldn\u2019t be able to do this without the support of partners and those supports.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to the open house, AETS was also showcasing its construction craft worker and cement finisher training program.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019ll be partners such as unions that are here who help deliver our training programs, but also other partners that help with the wraparound supports to make sure when we have clients coming in from off reserve, they have the services that they need to be successful in their career choices,\u201d said DeGiacomo.<\/p>\n
With many clients AETS serves being parents, DeGiacomo added they were also there to acknowledge these clients and their children and get them familiar with the\u00a0space.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, they feel welcome and they know where their parents are going and they\u2019re either in an education program to help (with) getting a Grade 12 (diploma) or they\u2019re in a training program towards a certain sector. So that the employers can welcome in Indigenous clients… (who) are looking for work and to be retained in the workplace,\u201d said DeGiacomo.<\/p>\n
AETS\u00a0serves nine member First Nations\u00a0in Robinson-Superior Treaty area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anishinabek Employment and Training Services is now located at the former Dawson Court building, owned by Matawa\u00a0First Nations,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[28,134,16368],"class_list":{"0":"post-17468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-jobs","10":"tag-thunder-bayopen-houseanishinabek-employment-and-training-servicesnew-location"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}