Hydro One Provincial Lines/ Power Workers' Union

Hiring Hall Apprenticeship

The Hydro One /PWU Joint Lines Training Committee (JLTC) is responsible for the establishment and maintenance of a Lineperson apprenticeship training program as provided in Appendix "A" between Hydro One and the PWU.

Howard Green the Assistant Deputy Minister for Service Canada/Ontario Region and Craig Atkinson the Director for Regional Delivery HRSDC met with the SLAAMB Chiefs Political Group on Monday May 10, 2010.  Presentations were also made by officials from Wasaya Airways, Confederation College and the Menoyawin Health Center. 

The Deputy Minister's Awards of Excellence for Service Canada was recently held in Ottawa. Pictured in the attachment are June Trout, Amanda Kakekaspan and Harriet McKay of the Northwestern Region Sioux Lookout Office. They are also members of the Aboriginal Birth Registration Initiative Team. Each received an Award of Excellence from Assistant Deputy Minister Howard Green for their hard work and dedication. Also pictured is the Deputy Minister of Human Resources & Skills Development Mrs. Janice Charette.

My name is Celine Favell-Roulette and I am from Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation. I recently graduated from St. Lawrence College with my Early Childhood Education diploma. This program was funded by Equaywuk Women's Group and SLAAMB, and the program was delivered through distance education.

SLAAMB was successful in getting two (2) new proposals  approved by Human Resources Skills Development Canada (HRSDC). The two propoals are in partnerships with these AHRDAs - Shooniyaa Wa-Biitong (GCT# 3), U.O.I., O-GI, MNO and Mattawa First Nations Council.  These projects were approved to start September 28, 2009 and end March 31, 2011. Please see the descriptions below: