Career Spotlight: Aboriginal

Carleton University geography MA student Becky Mearns works for Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national Inuit organization.

As a young Aboriginal person in Canada, how can you take advantage of all of the unique opportunities available for Inuit, First Nations and Métis students to set yourself up for success?

As an Aboriginal Recruitment Consultant at Hydro One, Paul’s main role is to source qualified First Nations and Métis candidates.

PwC has been proactive by implementing a number of diversity and inclusion initiatives to create a culture where all types of diversity are embraced and celebrated.

It takes more than just engineers and field workers to keep the oil and gas industry running! Business and operations support professionals work “behind the scenes” at oil and gas companies and in government in a variety of occupations that support various aspects of the industry. Sounds kind of vague, doesn’t it? To get more […]

Kim is a Protection and Control Engineer from Rocky Bay First Nation on Lake Nipigon in northwestern Ontario who has been working at Hydro One for the past six years – ever since she graduated from Lakehead University.

Glenn Nolan, Vice President Aboriginal Affairs with mining company Noront Resources, says the mining industry has made significant improvements in recent years and the environment has become its top priority when planning mines around the world.

Renata Smoke, a third-year student at the University of Western Ontario, spent her summer working as a summer student with Noront Resources in the Ring of Fire district in northern Ontario doing core logging and geophysics.

With a 40% retirement rate and new deposits being discovered regularly, thousands of additional workers will be needed each year by mining employers to meet anticipated Canadian production targets to the year 2016.

I recently spoke with Hayden King, who is an Indigenous Studies professor at McMaster University, as well as a member of the Beausoleil First Nation on Chimnissing, and asked him some questions about the benefits of students taking Indigenous Studies classes.