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VAFCS Employment, Life Skills and Training (ELST) program
The Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society offers a comprehensive Employment, Life Skills and Training (ELST) program, open to anyone who self-identify/self-declare as First Nation, Metis or Inuit.
This program offers all services at no cost to participants and include skills and certification trainings, food, working gear, computer and transportation supports during the training, along with various career and employment related workshops as well as financial literacy and indigenous cultural practices workshops. We will be offering the following short term trainings within our cohorts: Food Safe, First Aid, Selling-It-Right / Serving-It-Right, Mental Health First Aid, Digital Skills Training, Drum Making and Financial Wellness workshops. All sessions are delivered in-person at the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Center, either one-on-one or in groups, and anyone may join the program at anytime.
Seats for any trainings are limited and anyone interested are asked to email employment@vafcs.org to join.
Registration
If you have any questions or would like to register, please email employment@vafcs.org to arrange a short in-person meeting. This meeting is required to confirm your spot in the program.
July 9
FOODSAFE Level 1 - 8 (eight) hours - Certificate by ADVANCE Continuing Education
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
July 9
FOODSAFE Level 1 - 8 (eight) hours - Certificate by ADVANCE Continuing Education
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
July 10
Ocean Wise Kelp nursery tour at PSEC, 4160 Marine Drive, West Vancouver
10 a.m.
July 10
Ocean Wise Kelp nursery tour at PSEC, 4160 Marine Drive, West Vancouver
10 a.m.
July 14, 15 and 16
Basic Digital Skills Training- Certificates By ON-TRACK
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Event Details
July 14, 15 and 16
Basic Digital Skills Training- Certificates By ON-TRACK
12 hours (3 days/4 hours each day, mandatory for ELST students) - WORD, AI, and OUTLOOK
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
July 17
The Fine Art of Being Interviewed - Certificates By ON-TRACK (4 hours, mandatory for ELST students)
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
July 17
The Fine Art of Being Interviewed - Certificates By ON-TRACK (4 hours, mandatory for ELST students)
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
July 21
Serving It Right and Selling It Right- 8 (eight) hours - Certificates by Pro-Safe Training School
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
July 21
Serving It Right and Selling It Right- 8 (eight) hours - Certificates by Pro-Safe Training School
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
July 22
Sean Resume and cover letter writing workshops
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
July 22
Sean Resume and cover letter writing workshops
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
July 23
Financial Wellness - 2-hour session - By Public Guardian and Trustee of BC
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
July 23
Financial Wellness - 2-hour session - By Public Guardian and Trustee of BC
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
July 24
Mental Health First Aid - 7 (seven) hours - Certificate by Mental Health Commission of Canada
10 a.m. to 5 p.m..
July 24
Mental Health First Aid - 7 (seven) hours - Certificate by Mental Health Commission of Canada
10 a.m. to 5 p.m..
July 27
Basic First Aid Level 1 - 8 (eight) hours - Certificate by CISH Care Institute of Safety & Health
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
July 27
Basic First Aid Level 1 - 8 (eight) hours - Certificate by CISH Care Institute of Safety & Health
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
July 28
Celebration Ceremony
10 a.m. to 12 noon
Event Details
July 28
Celebration Ceremony
(mandatory for ELST students)
10 a.m. to 12 noon
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VAFCS recognizes and acknowledges that their office rests on the traditional and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples and supports all Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island.
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