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Association québécoise de pédagogie collégiale. Colloque (12e : 1992 : Montréal, Québec)

Macintyre, Jeanne

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Actes du CongrèsCOLLÈGES CÉLÉBRATIONS 92Conférence ProceedingsMONTRÉAL MAY 24 25 26 27 MAI 1992Effective Programming Partnerships :Assisting Aboriginal People to Meet Employer ExpectationsparJeanne MACINTYREKeyano Collège(Alberto)Atelier 2D46d'avenir^ Ai^ocisimn <te collège* «Jscoawm iiuctooia.' uccommunaulaircs dit Canada pcitimogiP colicçialc7000. rue Marie-Viclorin, Montréal (Québec) H1G 2J6 • (514) 325-0150. poste 2210 ■ Télécopieur: (514] 328-33302D46For the past twenty-five years, Keyano Collège and its predecessor hâve providedthe City of Fort McMurray and surrounding région of northeast Alberta with an everwidening spectrum of programs and services. The cumulative historical record is one oftwenty-five years of growth and response to community, régional and provincial needs forpost-secondary éducation, training and service.The development of the oil sands during the early 1970's was the most significantfactor in régional économie growth. This growth also had a major impact on the Collège.The rapid increase in population during that time and the régional industrial growthrequired Keyano Collège to expand programs and services. Increased employmentopportunities were available in Fort McMurray while the potential for increasedemployment elsewhere in the région did not exist. The régional assumption, during thisperiod of growth and expansion, was that everyone in Northeast Alberta would aspire toleave home and work in Fort McMurray.The available employment during this period of growth required additional éducationand training. Keyano Collège recognized the need to develop programs to provide thenecessary upgrading to make résidents employable in the oil sands industry. To facilitatethe transition from the home community to Fort McMurray, Keyano Collège built excellentfamily and single student accommodation units. However, the résidents of the région didnot relocate to Fort McMurray as anticipated. At first, many did move to the city but thedifficulties encountered resulted in many returning home with a résolve to not leave again.The Collège began to recognize the need for community based native programming aswell as on-campus programming.Native students from Fort McMurray and the région continue to attend KeyanoCollège. Native student crédit enrollment at Fort McMurray Campuses for 1989-90 schoolyear was 382. The native student crédit enrollment at the Fort McMurray campusesrepresented 15.3% of the total crédit enrollment during 1990-91. The crédit enrollment fornative students during the period September 1, 1991 to March 31, 1992 representsapproximately 16 percent of the total crédit enrollment. Employment aspirations, politicalconcerns, environmental issues and community development are some of the currentissues that are resulting in native people entering University Transfer, Computer BusinessSystems, Trades and Business Administration Programs as well as Académie Upgradingand Equipment Operator Programs.Keyano Collège has offered crédit and non-credit programs throughout the régionon an ad hoc basis. Programs offered frequently include Basic Job Readiness Trainingand Académie Upgrading. Thèse programs hâve been offered in Fort Chipewyan,Grégoire Lake, Janvier and Fort McKay.Spécifie programs hâve been offered as requested by each community. TheCommunity of Fort McKay has a Development Corporation which has transportationcontracts with Syncrude Canada and other developers within the région. The need for2D46résidents to achieve the license for Class II Bus Operator and Class I Truck Transport wasidentified. An appropriate program for each was designed and offered locally. Eightypercent of the successful participants are employed in transportation.The Syncrude Canada Ltd/Alberta Career Development and Employment/KeyanoCollège Program is designed to provide résidents of Conklin, Janvier, Anzac and GrégoireLake with the opportunity to combine académies and job placement. The selectedparticipants attend an on-site work placement one week and académie enhancementclasses during the alternate week in the home community. At the completion of the sixmonth program, participants who hâve demonstrated académie advancement as well asmeeting the employées expectation are offered employment with Syncrude.The most extensive community based programming offered by the Collège hasbeen in Fort Chipewyan. Keyano Collège began offering Basic Job Readiness Training inFort Chipewyan in 1976. Programs to date hâve included Adult Basic Education, CollègePréparation, Clerk-typist, Waiter/Waitress, Basic Management and Personal Management.Non-Crédit gênerai interest programs are offered as identified by the community. TheCollège has a small library that is used for program resources and is also open to thecommunity. In addition, the Reaching Out Program, a volunteer tutor/student literacyProject, has operated in Fort Chipewyan since 1983. Client spécifie programs hâve beenoffered as well. Keyano Collège was a partner in an innovative Pre-Carpentry Programinitiated by the Crée Band in 1991.In Fort McMurray, Keyano Collège has supported training of Native peoples by theestablishing of two positions, that of Native Counsellor and that of Native & InternationalEducation Co-ordinator. The Native Counsellor position has been instrumental infadlitating the process for students from the communities who are preparing to enterKeyano Collège. The position also provided support to students during their program.The Coordinator of Native and International Education is Program development oncampus as well as in the communities.Partnerships are as necessary in Fort McMurray for successful learningopportunités as they are in the communities. Programs which hâve been offered in FortMcMurray include: Process Operator, Syncrude Heavy Equipment, Suncor GêneraiWorker, Stand Tending, Bank Customer Service, Employment Skills for Today's Workplaceand Aboriginal Women in the Workplace.Partnerships That WorkedThe Syncrude Canada/Alberta Career Development and Employment/KeyanoCollège Program has been successful. The community was involved in the initialdiscussions to décide the logistics and sélection process. Industry involved the on-linesupervisors in the participant sélection. Attendance was equally important for académie2D46enhancement and work placement. The participants became models within theircommunities. the program required the on-going attention of ail the partners. Theparticipants who were successful were offered employment.The Crée Indian Band in Fort Chipewyan recognized that each year contractorswere hired for rénovation and construction of homes. The Band invited Keyano Collège,the Chipewyan Band, Métis Local 124, Alberta Career Development and Employment andCanada Employment to partner with them to indenture local résidents as apprentices. Theprogram meant labourers ranging in éducation level (0-12) would be released from theworkplace for 199 hours of académie enrichment, 128 of trades related theory and 45hours of employment orientation skills. At the end of eight months, five participants hadcompleted year I of the apprenticeship program (theory and practical).Suncor was interested in developing a strategy for employing native peoples. Itwas believed the line supervisors must be involved. Ownership for the project by Suncoremployées would be necessary for success. Suncor/Fort McMurray Régional JobTraining Association/Keyano Collège worked with the local Native Employment andTraining agencies to develop a potential participant list. The potential participants wereinterviewed by the line Supervisor as well as the usual participants. Participants entereda 24 week program with the last 16 weeks being on-the-job training. The first eight weeksincluded académie enhancement, employment orientation skills, and gênerai workertraining. The program has been offered twice and 83% of the participants are employedwith Suncor.Stumbling BlocksIn providing programs we believe failure only occurs if you repeat the same actionin the same manner or if you do not share and this leads to someone else repeating thesame action. However, there hâve been and there continues to be stumbling blocks andlearning opportunities for each of us. I will share one or two with you.A Guide Training Program was developed in consultation with Community leadersand potential funders. The idea was energizing for everyone so much so that we forgotto talk to the potential participants. The program needed to be cancelled, there were noparticipants.Some stumbling blocks you can not overcome but you can prépare the participantsfor coping with them. By the completion of a program the industry has had a hiring freezeand cannot hire as agreed at the beginning.The FutureSome programs for the future include: (A) Native Addiction Worker CertificateProgram. This will be a partnership between Keyano Collège and Nechi Institute. (B)Partnering with the community of Fort Chipewyan to develop and offer an Extended Care2D46Worker Program. This is part of the community"s plan to hâve their elders remain athome. (C) Partnering with the Crée Band to provide security training to native people foremployment on the security contract the Crée Band has with Syncrude Canada.Another type of partnership is working with the Community of Conklin to developan Adult Learning Centre. This project is community initiated and is progressing as thecommunity identifies the steps. It is anticipated the facility will be completed and the firstprogram offered this fall.Keyano Collège recognizes the native communities within the région are eachunique with their own history, culture and concerns. The philosophy of "what is good forone is good for ail" will generally prove ineffective in the context of community individuality.Communities are rarely ready for the same program at the same time and will not identifyail of the same felt needs.Programming priorities need to focus on the developmental process and onrelationship building rather than focusing on numbers of programs or courses offered.Programs offered in the context of educational quality and community need hâve greaterpotential for lasting, positive impact on community life. The amount of available financialresources will always be a crucial variable in programming décisions as well.Programs developed within strong college/community partnerships can form afoundation for community development. The programs developed in such partnershipsrecognize the cultural identity of the participants as well as providing the participants withthe skills for personal, community and économie development. ACCC (1989) in a brief tothe Honourable Barbara MacDougall states:Particular attention must be given to respecting thediversity/complexity of the native communities as well as thedésire within many of the communities to provide leadershipin both the identification of needs and in the designing ofresponses to those needs.Education and training are vital to the development of humanistic and physicalinfrastructures within the native communities. Utilizing both community resources andcollège resources, the partnerships must identify priorities in relation to long term goalsand then cooperatively work towards achieving such goals. For Keyano Collège this isreflected in our mission statement:promûtes individual and communitydevelopment that will improve the quality of lifein our région and throughout Alberta.

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