HALIFAX — Closing the employment gap for Indigenous youth in Atlantic Canada is key to easing the region’s acute labour shortage, new research released…
The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council said employment outcomes for the region’s growing Indigenous youth population have improved in recent years, but still lag non-Indigenous youth.
Increasing funding for Indigenous youth training, skills development and entrepreneurship would help improve labour market outcomes of Indigenous youth, the report said. APEC senior policy analyst Fred Bergman, the report’s lead author, said Atlantic Indigenous youth living off-reserve have experienced substantial improvements in labour market outcomes between 2007 to 2021.Article content“Reducing barriers and closing gaps is essential to promote economic development in Indigenous communities,” Bergman said. “This will also expand the pool of skilled workers in our economy to help address ongoing labour shortages across the region.
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