Programs & Services

Employment Services

The employment services are available to any individual who enters any of O-GI's Employment Units.

Services include:

• intake
• employment counselling
• resume/cover letter assistance
• application processing
• training or action plan development
• referrals
• job search

Employment and Training Programs

O-GI provides eligible individuals with interventions aimed at helping clients secure meaningful employment.

Programs include:

• employment supports
• on the job training
• self-employment assistance
• job-creation partnerships
• targeted wage subsidies
• skills enhancement
• training purchase
• mobility assistance
• apprenticeship skills training
• cultural industries

Client Eligibility

O-GI provides employment and training programs to the following individuals:

• Non-status individuals who do not consider themselves Métis or have no affiliation to a First Nation or Inuit Community
• Status Indians who have no connection to a band (have Status but are affiliated members of a band and who are generally listed on the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada's Indian Registry)
• Status or non-Status out of province individuals

Youth Programs

The youth program provides various employer and client based services to O-GI eligible youth aged 15-29 (30 if disabled).

The programs offered include:

• Summer Career Placement (SCP)
• Youth Internship
• Stay in School Initiative
• Youth Community Based Projects
• Student Career Initiative