Funding assistance was approved for the purpose of providing a proposal writing workshop.

Funding assistance was to deliver a proposal writing workshop in Fort Fraser.

The project was funded in partnership with the Prince George Nechako Aboriginal Training Association with significant contributions of staff time from the proponent. It delivered entrepreneurial training for people aged 21 to 50 near their remotely located communities. Drawing participants from the Cheslatta-Carrier, Skin Tyee and Nee Tahi Buhn communities, the program resulted in ten graduates. The training introduced the students to computers, business planning, map and compassing, GPS, how to probe for pine beetles, how to estimate forestry project costs, and how to start a tourism business.

This project was to address needs for improved public safety, partly in response to the increased traffic and industrial activity associated with the ?beetle wood? harvest. When this project was approved there was no local doctor nor ambulance and a reduction in Francois Lake Ferry service made it necessary to have locally-based emergency services. In partnership with the Southside Volunteer Fire Department, this project was successful in equipping and training six Southside residents to achieve Level 3 First Responders with spinal endorsement.

This project has seen the negotiation of new partnerships and joint ventures for forest business development, creating prospects for significant employment for the Haisla people. The project builds on Alcan?s agreement to transfer forested land in Minette Bay to the Haisla Nation. Matching funding was from the Economic Measures Fund of BC?s Treaty Negotiation Office.

This is the first project the NKDF has funded in the Nee Tahi Buhn community. The activities focus on the business consulting, legal advice and training the community requires to enter the forestry business. The goal was to enable band members to work in as many aspects of the industry as possible, starting with Silviculture, driving trucks and operating heavy equipment. The matching funds came from the Burns Lake Native Development Corporation.

After entering into a forestry venture, the Skin Tyee people identified the need for training in chainsaw safety, fire suppression, hazard recognition and first aid. With the NKDF paying for the training (mostly through the College of New Caledonia), ten people once on social assistance are now employable.

The NKDF agreed to cover the price of tuition for one of SEDA?s staff to complete the ?Community Economic Development for Professionals? Certificate program at Simon Fraser University. This remove barriers hampering the area?s ability to design and manage projects and get proposals to the NKDF and other funders.

This is an innovative project that sprang from the applicant?s participation in a social enterprise workshop in Vancouver in September. They brought the lessons learned there into the northern service area, by means of a symposium and a 5-day workshop for the 12 most successful participants in the symposium. The goal of the symposium was to lead to a ?co-operative business venture? operated by Aboriginal youth (ages 19 to 29).

This project was to assist with building capacity within the Haisla First Nation in the science and technical field, where lack of capacity has been an ongoing barrier. The project entailed a selected Haisla member with post-secondary science courses spending an allotted amount of time job shadowing with the Environmental Manager and time in Smithers working on various projects learning the inner workings of the Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection. The funding is to pay for boat costs for the selected recipient?s travel to and from work sites. The project did not reach the agreement stage as conditions were not met.

The goal of this project was to purchase SCUBA gear and provide the training for four Haisla members to become Certified Scuba Divers. The certification is designed to provide all the training, experience and gear necessary to put the graduates to work in the Scuba Diving profession and to capitalize on employment opportunities with Alcan, Eurocan, Forestry and Fisheries.

In the summer of 2004, ABDC organized and hosted an entrepreneurial training program for Aboriginal Youth aged 13 to 15. The camp was for youth interested in learning more about Aboriginal culture and entrepreneurship. NKDF provided the funding toward sponsorship of awards for entrepreneurial projects and towards the printing of T-shirts for graduate participants.

The GOABC has featured a Professional Guide Outfitter Training School since 1968. The goal of the project is to train twelve adult students to work in the Guide Outfitting Industry, with all graduating students to be employed upon completion of the school. The training qualifies graduates to work as Guide Outfitters, Guides Assistants, or Wranglers. The NKDF funding was approved conditional to participants being selected from within the investment area. This project did not reach the agreement stage.

The Southside community hosted a four-day event during late July 2005, attracting a large number of visitors and participants to the area. The Homesteader?s Centennial event was the celebration of 100 years of non-aboriginal settlements on the Southside, while attracting visitors to the area and raising overall awareness about the Southside and what it has to offer. Funding partners for this project include the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako and SEDA.

The purpose of this project was to purchase equipment simulator technology and equipment for a new Forest Equipment Operators Program at the College of New Caledonia. After successful completion of a pilot session of the program with leased simulators, the applicant approached NKDF for assistance with the purchase of simulators. The funding assistance helped to reduce delivery costs and increase the accessibility to students by lowering tuition fees. The purchase of the simulators has enabled CNC to deliver the program a number times at different regional campuses, two of which are within the NKDF investment area (Burns Lake and Vanderhoof). This project has been strongly supported by industry and funding partners include the College of New Caledonia and Vancouver Foundation.

The purpose of this project is to train local workers for employment in a block processing plant owned by BLNDC. During the start-up phase of the operation, workers will receive OFA, Transportation Endorsement, Safety and transitional on-the-job training, This project is funding in partnership by NKDF, BLNDC and PGNAETA.

CFDC of Stuart Nechako will partner in bringing the CFDC Annual Fall Conference 2008 to the north. The Conference will attract CFDC and non-CFDC economic development professionals from BC and Alberta. The purpose of the conference is to develop leadership skills and focus on attraction and retention of human recources. NKDF has approved funding toward the cost for speakers.

Nadleh Whut'en First Nation will train 6 youth to record and document the activities of the Nadleh Bunk'ut Cultural Immersion Camp at Ormand Lake in July and August 2009. The six students (3 from Nadleh Whut'en and 3 from Stellat'en) will record activities for the three-week cultural camp, and then prepare a documentary. NKDF approved funding to assist with training costs.