Unemployed Offered Educational Programs
By 250 News
Friday, September 11, 2009 10:37 AM
Prince George, B.C. - The University of Northern B.C. will be one of five post secondary institutions offering a total of 17 intakes across 10 different programs that will provide unemployed workers with general employment skills or job-specific skills, such as industrial material handling and logistics and software systems development.
The training program is part of a $5.2 million dollars from the Province to help the unemployed in B.C. acquire the skills they need to transition back to the labour force or into further education.
UNBC as well as BCIT, Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, Royal Roads University and Simon Fraser University were selected for the program.
To be eligible for these programs, individuals need to be unemployed and not collecting Employment Insurance. The Province is providing a totalof $1.5 million to the five institutions.
Another $3.7 million has been provided to fund a labour market consortium made up of 15 colleges and universities to fund training for at least 615 students across the province. The consortium model features a "hub" providing centralized co-ordination, support and shared expertise among the 15 member institutions that will deliver training in response to client
and labour demands in their respective regions.
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Posted by: hartbooks on September 11 2009 11:45 AM
individuals need to be unemployed and not collecting Employment Insurance.
So one must be on welfare? How does a student attend training while worrying about where to sleep and how to get food?
This is a good thing, but to exclude people that are on the dole is counter productive isn't it? If someone is on EI, then they are willing to work. If they are not on EI, then they have not had eligible employment in the past year or so, Or they have let there EI benefits run out. Either way, they are apparently not willing or able to work.