Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/6701363/coronavirus-ei-covid-19-emergency-benefit/ Anyone looking to apply for the new EI benefits, can visit the Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) website and follow the five steps. Gather supporting documents – You must have your records of employment (ROEs), but…
March 16, 2020 | Updated: April 27, 2020 Following the advice of Public Health authorities, Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment and Training will be providing online services to clients instead of in-person until further notice. We are doing this in order…
Funding will support businesses, job creation and skills training November 21, 2019 2:01 P.M. | Ministry of Indigenous Affairs | Direct Link Ontario's government is supporting Indigenous communities by investing in Indigenous entrepreneurs, businesses, communities and organizations. Today, Greg Rickford,…
SACHA GENDRON is young Métis woman from Etobicoke, Ontario Sacha first learned about Miziwe Biik a couple of years ago from a friend who successfully found employment through one of the programs offered at the Centre. Of her own experience,…
LYNN PAULA MAHMOOD was born and raised in Southampton Ontario by her Grandparents. She is a intergenerational Indian Residential School and Sixities Scoop Survivor from the ages of one to six years old. Lynn is from Saugeen First Nation and…
RICHARD PETERS is from two different areas, Tadoule Lake, Manitoba and Chimnissing, Ontario (Beausoleil First Nation). He grew up mostly in Ontario so, he self-identifies as belonging to the latter land base. Or rather, he prefers to say, “I identify…
PATRICIA MARTIN is from M’Chigeeng First Nation onManitoulin Island. She grew up in Toronto, Ontario and completed high school at William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute. Following graduation, a family member recommended she go to Miziwe Biik to help her with…
JOEL MORALES is a member of the Cowichan Tribes, located on Vancouver Island. He grew up in an urban environment with the Trans Canada Highway cutting a swath through the Reserve. When it was time to complete his university studies,…
CODY ISERHOFF CASTONGUAY is originally from Timmins Ontario. He self-identifies as non-status Cree. Cody learned about Miziwe Biik from a family member who had used its services in the past. She saw a Facebook posting that Miziwe Biik had placed…
Toronto Police Service JORDAN CHEVERIE was born in Souris, Prince Edward Island, but Jordan’s Indigenous heritage is derived from the Saulteaux and Peepeekisis First Nations in Saskatchewan. As a result of his father’s career though, most of his youth was…