Training and Jobs
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Qikiqtani Skills and Training for Employment Partnership (Q-STEP)
Increasing Employment and Training Opportunities for Inuit
In 2017, QIA in partnership with Bafflinland Iron Mines Corporation, the Government of Canada, the Government of Nunavut and Kakivak Association, launched a four-year Inuit employment and training project: Qikiqtani Skills and Training for Employment Partnership (Q-STEP).
Q-STEP provides certified and transferrable skills through training programs for Inuit across the Qikiqtani Region. The following training is offered through Q-STEP:
- Work Readiness Training
- Heavy Equipment Operators
- Mining Skills for Employment
- Trades Apprenticeships
- Mining Essential/General Skills
The primary goal of Q-STEP is to increase Inuit employment in the Qikiqtani Region in industries such as mining. Q-STEP also delivers training programs to unemployed Inuit, with a focus on women and youth (ages 18-30).
To access programs through Q-STEP you must register with QIA’s labour pool database, Tuttarvik.
For more information on how to register with Tuttarvik, please contact QIA at Tuttarvik@QIA.ca or register online through the Tuttarvik website.
To learn more:
Visit Tuttarvik.qia.ca
The Mary River Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement
Application Forms:
Q-STEP Heavy Equipment Operator Training Application
Skills and Partnership Agreement Form
Tuttarvik
Connecting Inuit to employment, education and skill development opportunities
In 2017, QIA launched Tuttarvik, an online labour pool database. Tuttarvik is a central resource to assist employers in recruiting Qikiqtani Inuit for employment or training opportunities.
Tuttarvik includes a job posting board and several free online learning courses.
The Qikiqtani Skills and Training for Employment Partnership (Q-STEP) program is one opportunity available through Tuttarvik.
For more information on how to register with Tuttarvik, please contact QIA at Tuttarvik@QIA.ca or register online through the Tuttarvik website.
To learn more:
Visit Tuttarvik.ca
Business capacity and start-up fund
Strengthening Inuit Business
The Mary River IIBA created the Business Capacity and Start-Up Fund. Inuit can use this Fund to improve their business or start a new business.
QIA and Baffinland each contribute $275,000 per year to the Fund. Inuit firms can access this money through the QIA non-profit subsidiary, Kakivak Association.
Eligible businesses must:
- Be registered on the Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Inuit Firm Registry
- Operate in the Qikiqtani Region (priority is given to businesses in the impacted communities)
- Be at least 51 per cent Inuit owned and controlled
- Have a net worth of less than $1 million
To learn more or to access the application:
Contact: Kakivak Association
Business Capacity Start-up Fund Guidelines
The Mary River Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement
Contact your Baffinland or QIA Community Liaison Officer