Aboriginal Apprenticeship Board of Ontario (AABO) - North West Link Committee
The purpose of this initiative is to:
- Enhance the relationships between AETS with both unionized and non-unionized apprenticeship employers as well as the other six Aboriginal Skills Employment and Training Agreement Holders
- Host meetings with Northwestern Ontario Industry and all seven of the following Aboriginal Skills Employment and Training Agreement Holders, to form a sustainable AABO – Northwestern Ontario LINK working committee to increase Aboriginal recruitment, training, employment and apprenticeship in the skilled trades:
- Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment & Training Services (KKETS)
- Metis Nation of Ontario
- Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (i.e.: Thunder Bay Indian Friendship Centre)
- Ontario Native Women’s Association
- Shooniyaa Wa-Biitong (Grand Council Treaty # 3)
- Sioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Management Board (SLAAMB)
- Union of Ontario Indians
See Aboriginal Apprenticeship Board of Ontario (AABO) Website Link: www.aabo.ca
See Northwestern Ontario ASETA Holders Map Link: https://www.aets.org/nw-ontario-aseta-holders
See linked draft AABO Terms of Reference below:
Minutes-May 2016
nwo-link-may-2016-minutes-draft.pdf