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Aboriginal Production Apprentice Program

Marnie Rice, Cultural Planner, Vancouver Commemorates Canada 150+ For the Nov 22, 2017 provincial forum Voicing Contested Histories

Musqueam First Nation Squamish First Nation Tsleil-Waututh First Nation

Vancouver’s Three Host Nations

Focus

• Capacity building, resource needs, (and to a lesser degree) planning

Main Challenges

• Without roadmap for our pilot program, we under-estimated our resource needs
• Required leverage of existing (and building new) relationships based on trust and respect
• Program for people living with multiple and complex barriers to employment

Lessons Learned

• Supporting low barrier access took transparency, time and (financial and human) resources
• Capacity building flowed in two directions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants
• Non-Indigenous allies in creative industries had the means and desire—

but not necessarily the relationships—to create room for Indigenous workers; those connections were made and supported by the Program Manager

Canada 150+ Signature Events

https://canada150plus.ca/events/

• Integrate pilot employment program into Canada 150+ framework
• Reduce barriers to Indigenous employment
• Create pathways to careers in live event industry
• Invest in future leaders
• Pay 14-weeks salary above METRO Vancouver’s living wage to 8 people
• Create, expand and maintain peer and industry relationships
• Provide safety certificates, training, tools, transit pass
• Enhance and share cultural values

Production Apprentice Program: Purpose

• Self-identify as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis (confirmed by ACCESS)
• Reside in the Lower Mainland including traditional territories of the three Host Nations
• Interested in pursuing a career in live event production

Eligibility

The Call

• Widest reach through Indigenous social media influencers
• Personal requests to share to existing networks, colleagues
• Call open: 3 weeks
• Reach: 3,000 shares
• Applications submitted: 92
• Interviews: 23
• Hires: 8

Four Components of 14-Week Program

• 1. Apprentices met each other, were introduced to Advisors and Mentors,
• btained OFA & WHIMIS certificates, tools, sage, and transit pass.
• 2. Apprentices then deployed to work placements with employer partners in

their area of interest and trained with professional mentors.

• 3. Apprentices used their training and experience as Production Assistants on

Canada 150+ signature events.

• 4. Apprentices met regularly, deepened connection with each other and

traditional values; networked with employers and civic cultural staff.

Employer Partners

• Brand live
• Coastal Jazz and Blues
• Gear Force
• Great Northern Way Scene Shop
• Riggit Services Inc.
• Scene Ideas
• Vancouver Folk Music Festival
• Vancouver Int’l Children’s Festival

Resources: Funders and Partners