Are you an Indigenous postsecondary student or a recent grad? We are currently seeking five Indigenous students/recent graduates to join our amazing team. This year we will be planning the TorontoMet Student Pwaaganigaawin (Pow Wow) and Indigenous Education Week in-person. The gathering is hosted at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) from September 19 to 23, 2023. Located on the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee, and the Huron-Wendat nations.Â
Everyone is to work together as a team, harmoniously, and report to the Pwaaganigaawin (Pow Wow) Coordinator.Â
Click the button to read more about the five positions.
We are seeking three young people to join us this summer for our 2023 paid Apprenticeship in Public Space Performance Program. You may be an emerging artist. You may be dedicated to activism and social justice. You may be inspired by community engaged arts. You may be someone who wants to use art to explore the urgent issues of our day. This summer, you’ll get a chance to dive into all of these areas as a performer-puppeteer in Dufferin Grove Park in Tkaronto where we will offer performances, parades and pageantry using large puppets, masks, song, and movement.
The BCCF Community Programs Trainee will work with our Farm Education team to deliver programming for children, adults, youth and seniors. They will also work with Farm Park
staff to care for the themed gardens (i.e., medicine wheel garden, children’s and seniors’ gardens, etc.), food forest and trail system on-site at BCCF. This includes caring for annual crops, as well as perennial fruit-producing shrubs, herbaceous plants and trees.
The Community Programs Trainee will develop community engagement and group facilitation skills, working with visiting schools, community members, and volunteer groups, and engaging them in programming. The Community Programs Trainee will also support outreach, community events, and the farm’s community food access and distribution initiatives.
We work with Indigenous community members in the Greater Toronto Area to support them in navigating employment and training services. Contact us to see how we can support you.
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Voice over: Toronto can be very overwhelming
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Voice over:Â and, you know, skyscraper buildings, the loud noises
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Voice over:Â the people in suits it can be very hard to maneuver here for the very first time
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Voice over: and I like to think of Miziwe Biik as that home base where you can start
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Voice over: Miziwe Biik, it connotates the idea of dropping a pebble in the water and that ripple effect
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Voice over: so Miziwe Biik aboriginal employment and training is intended to have a ripple effect in the community.Â
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Voice over: When people come visit Miziwe Biik they come at many different stages of their career and many stages of life. If they’re youth maybe it’s academic upgrading or getting their GED.Â
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Voice over: Maybe they’ve been in career or going to job after job and not really kind of finding the meaning
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Voice over: or the passion that they’re really looking for, so they might come and do a job fair with us.Â
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Voice over: Maybe they, you know, want to speak to an employment counselor and understand what opportunities are available to them.Â
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Voice over: Maybe they’ve been in the trades and came through our trades program but now want to do something in technology and they have the opportunity to do that here.Â
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Voice over:Â We have clients placed in all of the indigenous organizations,
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Voice over:Â we have a lot of employer partnerships.
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Voice over:Â I actually used Miziwe Biik services when I was doing my undergrad. When you come, when you go to university you feel this bit of isolation and then when I came to Miziwe Biik again it just felt like a family [clips of various people working and teaching], and what’s really great about us is, like, you walk in and we’re really working with you on your time. We’re not just trying to fill a job, we’re trying to fill your dream job, and that’s really the difference.
Voice over: In my lifetime what I’ve observed is this wave of indigenous youth coming into the market. So Miziwe Biik is building the capabilities and the readiness for indigenous clients to become innovators, to become indigenous leadersÂ
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Voice over:Â setting people up for success not just for tomorrow’s job but for the future jobs.
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Jamie-Lee landed in Toronto and connected with Miziwe Biik as an introduction to the city’s Indigenous community and economy. She found herself in a role at imagineNATIVE.
Check out our job board, with listings created specifically for Indigenous community members. We also have various Paid Training positions, specifically created for the First Nations, Inuit and Metis community that reside within the GTA. Many of these positions do not require previous experience, so are a great way to build up your resume.
We offer a variety of funded workshops and courses, from single-day certifications to year-long pre-apprenticeships and training.
We fund training courses in a variety of different trades. Then when you’re ready to find a job we can connect you with industry contacts and help you apply.
Our team of specialists are trained to support and help you in whatever way you need.
Email us to set up an appointment.
Miziwe Biik offers different funding programs to organizations and businesses, which all aim to assist with employing or training our clients.
Our specialists can help you develop a business plan. You may also be eligible to receive business grants – we can help you find and apply for them.
Contact reception to find out more.
We provide funding for study materials and transport. You can get 1 on 1 support and help with applying to courses. Email Tim@miziwebiik.com to find out more.
The Miziwe Biik Development Corporation (MBDC) can help you with a downpayment for a home. We also provide loans for housing developers.
Currently all services are provided online.
167-169 Gerrard Street East, Toronto ON M5A 2E4
Monday-Friday: 9:00-4:30
(in person services by appointment only)