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Contribution: Youth Employment and Skills Program

Kanaka Bar Indian Band

$14,000.00

Work Experience

FY 2020-21 · 2020-06-08

Summary
​The objective of the project is an Indigenous government that provides economic, social, and cultural, educational, employment, and health services to its community members, including the local youth through various community-based initiatives. The community is pursuing its vision of utilizing land and resources in a self-sufficient, sustainable, and vibrant way while becoming resilient and adapting to climate change. The intern will assist Kanaka Bar with the Food Security Initiative as per the Summer Plan 2020.  They will be involved in many aspects of gardening, farming and permaculture including but not limited to seeding and transplanting of greenhouse and outdoors, bed preparation, seed saving, processing, irrigation, harvesting, planting of new trees and capacity building. They will also participate in full cycle of the food system from growing to consumption to waste.
Program
Youth Employment and Skills Program
Location
Lytton, British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Indigenous recipient
Business Number
803142025
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions

As published

Additional Information
Funded under COVID-19 initiative
Additional Information (French)
Financé dans le cadre de l’initiative relative à la COVID-19
Agreement End Date
2021-03-31
Agreement Number
YESP2021-1746-NW
Agreement Start Date
2020-06-08
Agreement Title
Work Experience
Agreement Title (French)
Expérience de travail
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$14,000.00
Amendment Number
0
Description
​The objective of the project is an Indigenous government that provides economic, social, and cultural, educational, employment, and health services to its community members, including the local youth through various community-based initiatives. The community is pursuing its vision of utilizing land and resources in a self-sufficient, sustainable, and vibrant way while becoming resilient and adapting to climate change. The intern will assist Kanaka Bar with the Food Security Initiative as per the Summer Plan 2020.  They will be involved in many aspects of gardening, farming and permaculture including but not limited to seeding and transplanting of greenhouse and outdoors, bed preparation, seed saving, processing, irrigation, harvesting, planting of new trees and capacity building. They will also participate in full cycle of the food system from growing to consumption to waste.
Description (French)
L’objectif du projet concerne un gouvernement autochtone qui fournit des services économiques, socioculturels, éducatifs, d’emploi et de santé aux membres de sa communauté, notamment aux jeunes, par le biais de diverses initiatives communautaires. La communauté applique sa vision d’une utilisation des terres et des ressources qui soit autosuffisante, durable et dynamique, qui devient de plus en plus résiliente et s’adapte au changement climatique. Le stagiaire aidera le Kanaka Bar dans le cadre de l’Initiative pour la sécurité alimentaire, conformément au Plan d’été 2020.  Il participera aux diverses tâches liées au jardinage, à l’agriculture et à la permaculture, notamment aux tâches d’ensemencement et de transplantation en serre et en plein air, de préparation des lits, de conservation des semences, de transformation, d’irrigation, de récolte, de plantation de nouveaux arbres et de renforcement des capacités. Il participera également au cycle complet du système alimentaire, de la culture à la consommation et à la gestion des déchets.
Expected Results
The intern will acquire career-related work experience.
Expected Results (French)
Le stagiaire acquerra une expérience de travail axée sur la carrière.
NAICS Code
1151
Organization Code
aafc-aac
Organization
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
Program Name
Youth Employment and Skills Program
Program Name (French)
Programme d'emploi et de compétences des jeunes
Program Purpose
Youth Employment and Skills Program provides funding to organizations for the creation of agricultural internships that provide career-related work experiences to youth and youth facing barriers.
Program Purpose (French)
Le programme d'emploi et de compétences des jeunes offre du financement aux organismes souhaitant créer des stages en agriculture qui procurent des expériences de travail aux jeunes et aux jeunes confrontés à des obstacles.
Recipient Business Number
803142025
Recipient City
Lytton
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Kanaka Bar Indian Band
Recipient Postal Code
V0K1Z0
Recipient Province or Territory
BC
Recipient Type
A
Reference Number
235-2020-2021-Q2-00463
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