GITPO Consultants Ltd. is a multiservice national Aboriginal consulting practice with a focus on respectful cooperation and collaboration amongst First Nations, Indigenous peoples and organizations, private sector and industry, non-governmental organizations, and governments at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels.
The GITPO team includes Chief Roger Augustine, AFN Regional Chief for New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, Tom Mann, former New Brunswick Deputy Minister and Aboriginal relations specialist, and Don Ferguson also a former Deputy Minister. Together they provide a combined over 100 years of First Nations and Indigenous relations, health and social services, and consultation, mediation, and government experience.
Indigenous Cultural Awareness Program
Success through engagement and respect – Presented by GITPO Consultants Ltd
These webinars are designed to advance the membership’s level of understanding of the social, cultural, and business landscape in play in the Canadian economy. Participants will be exposed to information designed to enhance their appreciation for the current and evolving landscape in conducting their business on the unceded, un-surrendered traditional lands of the Mi’gmaq, Wolastoqey and Passamaquoddy People.
A series of eight webinars will be presented in two sessions June 3-June 17 and September 9- October 7 in a Lunch & Learn format between 12:00-1:30 pm. The webinars will be facilitated by Tom Mann of GITPO Consultants.
The program is designed to advance the orientation and enhance the membership’s level of understanding of the social, cultural, and business landscape in play in the Canadian economy. Participants will be exposed to information designed to enhance their appreciation for the current and evolving landscape in conducting their business on the unceded, un-surrendered traditional lands of the Mi’gmaq, Wolastoqey and Passamaquoddy People.
A desired outcome for the Association is to begin the development of a respectful relationship with First Nations and their staff and organizations. The relationship would lead to a codification of mutual values and understandings in a Protocol.
Deliverables
Advanced appreciation and understanding of the legal and social context for the relationship between Canada and the Indigenous peoples.
Participants will receive a certification of completion for the complete program, if they attend all 8 webinars.
Webinars
A series of eight (8) webinars will be presented in two session (May 27-June 10 & September 9- October 7) in a Lunch and Learn format from 12:00-1:30 pm. The webinars will be facilitated by Tom Mann.
The goal is to establish a foundation of understanding and appreciation of the evolving business environment and the required relationship and engagement with First Nations and Indigenous communities and their leaders and staff.
Session one (closed)
#1 June 3 Welcome to the Program and Overview of the Landscape #2 – June 10 Reconciliation; a non-Indigenous Person Perspective #3 June 17 The Legal Framework
Session two (open)
#4 – September 9 Beyond the Legal Framework #5 – September 16 Respecting Treaty Rights in 2021 Part I #6 – September 23 Respecting Treaty Rights in 2021 Part II #7 – September 30 Now Is the Time #8 – October 7 Best Practices and Success Stories
Co-operative education is a three-way partnership between the university, students and employers. Students apply their classroom knowledge in a series of four-month work experiences. You, the employer, enhance a student’s education, while reaping the unique benefits of CO-OP employees.
Most work terms run at least 15 weeks, or four months. They can be no shorter than 13 weeks. Some master’s students, as well as some science and engineering students, are available for 8 or 12 months’ work terms.
All jobs are reviewed by a CO-OP Program Coordinator, and only those providing students with work experience related to their professional development are approved. Administrative activities involved in a job should be less than 10% of the entire workload.
When you first contact SSC, you are assigned one of our Program Coordinators, depending on your discipline of interest. This person is your main contact in our office. As you move through the recruitment process, you also work with a representative from CO-OP Administrative Services, who assists with job posting and interview scheduling.
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Internships offer usually one discipline-specific, supervised, structured paid or unpaid, and for academic credit work experience or practice placement.
Internships may occur in the middle of an academic program or after all academic coursework has been completed and prior to graduation. Internships can be of any length but are typically 12 to 16 months long.
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Work Experience intersperses one or two work terms (typically full-time) into an academic program, where work terms provide experience in a workplace setting related to the student’s field of study and/or career goals.
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Community Service Learning (CSL) integrates meaningful community service with classroom instruction and critical reflection to enrich the learning experience and strengthen communities. In practice, students work in partnership with a community-based organization to apply their disciplinary knowledge to a challenge identified by the community.
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Co-op alternating consists of alternating academic terms and paid work terms. Co-op internship consists of several co-op work terms back-to-back. In both models, work terms provide experience in a workplace setting related to the student’s field of study. The number of required work terms varies by program; however, the time spent in work terms must be at least 30% of the time spent in academic study for programs over 2 years in length and 25% of time for programs 2 years and shorter in length.
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Field Placement provides students with an intensive part-time/short term intensive hands-on practical experience in a setting relevant to their subject of study. Field placements may not require supervision of a registered or licensed professional and the completed work experience hours are not required for professional certification. Field placements account for work-integrated educational experiences not encompassed by other forms, such as co-op, clinic, practicum, and internship.
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Apprenticeship is an agreement between a person (an apprentice) who wants to learn a skill and an employer who needs a skilled worker and who is willing to sponsor the apprentice and provide paid related practical experience under the direction of a certified journeyperson in a work environment conducive to learning the tasks, activities and functions of a skilled worker. Apprenticeship combines about 80% at-the-workplace experience with 20% technical classroom training, and depending on the trade, takes about 2-5 years to complete. Both the workplace experience and the technical training are essential components of the learning experience.
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Entrepreneurship allows a student to leverage resources, space, mentorship and/or funding to engage in the early-stage development of business start-ups and/or to advance external ideas that address real-world needs for academic credit.
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Applied Research students are engaged in research that occurs primarily in workplaces, including consulting projects, design projects, and community-based research projects.
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Both the Ontario and the Quebec governments provide a Co-operative Education Tax Credit to businesses hiring students enrolled in a recognized CO-OP education program.
NEW: Enhancing the Co-operative Education Tax Credit
The 2009 Ontario Budget introduced enhancements to the Co-operative Education Tax Credit (CETC), effective for eligible expenditures incurred after March 26, 2009, that will:
increase the 10 per cent CETC rate to 25 per cent and the enhanced 15 per cent rate for small businesses to 30 per cent;
increase the maximum tax credit available from $1,000 to $3,000 per work placement.
There are opportunities that could help financial support employers.
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Internships offer usually one discipline-specific, supervised, structured paid or unpaid, and for academic credit work experience or practice placement.
Work Experience intersperses one or two work terms (typically full-time) into an academic program, where work terms provide experience in a workplace setting related to the student’s field of study and/or career goals.
Community Service Learning (CSL) integrates meaningful community service with classroom instruction and critical reflection to enrich the learning experience and strengthen communities. In practice, students work in partnership with a community-based organization to apply their disciplinary knowledge to a challenge identified by the community.
Field Placement provides students with an intensive part-time/short term intensive hands-on practical experience in a setting relevant to their subject of study. Field placements may not require supervision of a registered or licensed professional and the completed work experience hours are not required for professional certification. Field placements account for work-integrated educational experiences not encompassed by other forms, such as co-op, clinic, practicum, and internship.
