In partnership with Community Futures Treaty Seven (CFT7), Aboriginal Futures offers a First Nations Summer Career Placement program designed to assist First Nations Treaty Status students secure summer employment that will prepare them for their future entry into the labour market. By providing financial assistance towards the wage of a student, Aboriginal Futures and CFT7 encourage employers to hire secondary and post-secondary students for summer employment whom they would not normally hire in the absence of First Nations Career Placement funding.
The benefit of the program is two-fold:
- For employers, the program reduces the cost of hiring a new employee and can help create new
or additional jobs - For a student, career related work experience is obtained and prepares the student for future labour market participation
