BC AMTA Status Report January 30th 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
BC AMTA has not yet secured sufficient funding to continue its programs. Our ability to deliver results is in jeopardy and we may be forced to terminate programming as of March 31, 2012. Read more...
We have updated the BC AMTA video with the latest stats!
Monday, January 30, 2012
We have updated the BC AMTA video with the latest stats! Read more...
Seabridge Gold Contributes $100,000 towards Aboriginal Essential Skills Upgrading in Northwestern British Columbia
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Seabridge Gold Contributes $100,000 to BC AMTA. Read more...
BC AMTA Ariticle featured in Business in Vancouver Magazine
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Business in Vancouver highlights the need for governments and industry to continue supporting BC AMTA in its mission to increase Aboriginal education and employment in minerals exploration and mining. Read more...
BC AMTA: Dress for Success - Human Resources Management Certificate Students
Monday, December 12, 2011
BC AMTA Dress for Success Event Read more...
BC AMTA Global TV News Story
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Check out BC AMTA news story on Global News. There are links of other articles and news stories on the BC AMTA facebook page. Check them out! Read more...
BC AMTA article in the Western Native News!
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
BC AMTA article in the Western Native News! Read more...
BC AMTA and TRU program featured in BC One Call newsletter this month!
Monday, November 7, 2011
BC AMTA and TRU program featured in BC One Call newsletter this month! Read more...
Lorraine Labrosse - BC AMTA’s 200th Candidate To Obtain Employment
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
On September 13th BC AMTA reached a landmark of 200 employed candidates. To date BC AMTA has helped 210 candidates find employment. Read more...
Important! Pathways To Dogwood Application Process
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Students interested in enrolling in the Pathways To Dogwood program need to read the following application process. Read more...
Spotlight on BC AMTA Coaches
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Program Coaches are the "Magic" in the Formula of BC AMTA Success Read more...
Pilot mining program at NWCC goes national
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Mining Essentials: A Work Readiness Training Program for Aboriginal Peoples will soon be offered across Canada. Read more...
BCAMTA Video 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
BC AMTA releases a video story describing our training to employment program that offers real career opportunities for Aboriginal people. Read more...
AFN National Chief responds to Speech from the Throne
Friday, June 3, 2011
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo commented today on the Speech from the Throne opening the 41st session of Parliament with the theme "Stability, Prosperity, Security". "First Nations are crucial to the stability, prosperity and security of this country and we must be involved. Read more...
Human Resource Management Certificate Program Press Release
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
BCIT and BC Aboriginal Mine Training Association Form Training Partnership in Response to Economic Opportunities Read more...
Construction Craft Worker Program
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Starting in May 2011 BCAMTA will be offering the Construction Craft Worker Program. Read more...
Human Resource Management Certificate
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Together with BCIT, BC AMTA is offering a customized Management Certificate in Human Resource Management. Read more...
Ajax mine will be well studied, says head of mining association
Monday, May 2, 2011
The proposed Ajax mine will undergo a rigorous environmental review that will address a range of concerns, including social impacts, the president of the B.C. Mining Association said Monday. Read more...
New Gold has a clear direction for its Production by 2012
Saturday, April 30, 2011
New Gold has a clear direction for its New Afton Mine: commercial production by 2012, and believes its success is tied directly to the achievement of operational targets; hiring the right people; and developing its employees to be the best at what they do. Read more...
Crisis Meets Opportunity
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The April 2011 issue of BC Business magazine features a story about how Aboriginal young people are "willing, able and available to fill mining's potentially devastating skilled labour shortage." Read more...
Aboriginal mining program strikes gold
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
"Today, mining is the largest private-sector employer of First Nations in Canada. We have helped to stimulate new aboriginal businesses, improve literacy and training on and off reserves, create wealth, opportunity and hope. . . The northeast coal sector has 40 percent Aboriginal employment." Read more...
Canada's Aboriginal population: An untapped and growing labour force
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
The Aboriginal population may be a small proportion of the total Canadian labour force, but it's a large proportion in the provinces of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Read more...
First Nations may be answer to aging mining workforce
Sunday, January 30, 2011
OTTAWA — Canadian miners are getting old. The workers driving the trucks, controlling the big machines and heading underground everyday are growing grey and sooner rather than later will be headed for retirement just as commodity prices head through the roof, driven by demand from China. But Laurie Sterritt has a solution. Read more...
ASEPs: Changing People's Lives
Friday, January 21, 2011
BC AMTA is an Aboriginal Skills & Employment Partnership (ASEP) project - part of a Federal Government program established in 2003 to meet a very real need: increasing Aboriginal participation in the Canadian workforce. Read more...
Asset-making
Thursday, December 16, 2010
When Deb Camille got the call from New Gold, offering her a spot in their underground miner-training program, she nearly cried tears of joy. "For me, it's like winning the lottery," she says. Read more...
Staking their claim in a new career
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
University pilot project aims to attract aboriginal women into mining and exploration Read more...
Aboriginal Women Testing the Waters for Mining Careers
Friday, September 3, 2010
Nine aboriginal women start class at Thompson Rivers University later this month to learn what careers they might have in mining. Read more...
Mining industry launches $27 million training program
Monday, June 21, 2010
Natives in remote regions of the province to benefit from BC Aboriginal Mine Training Association initiative Read more...
Untapped Resource; Mining First Nations to Fill Labour Shortage
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
After a decade of exploration and financing, new mines in B.C. are set to open over the next three years. Read more...
British Columbia Aboriginal Mine Training Partnership Launched
Monday, January 18, 2010
The mineral exploration and mining industry, First Nations communities and organizations, and educational and government partners announced today the formation of a minerals and mining specific Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership (ASEP) Read more...
Real Life Stories
Walter Smith, B.Ed.
Walter Smith didn't grow up in British Columbia. And he doesn't work in BC. But we're profiling him because it's safe to say Walter has inspired many Aboriginal people across this province, as well as across Canada, to work in the mineral exploration and mining sector.