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In the 10 years since the University of Lethbrtidge's BESS program started, about 100 students have graduated. An equal number are currently attending, says Kate Chiste, one of the rapidly growing program's co-ordinators.

BESS, short for Business Enterprises and Self-Government Systems for Indian, Inuit and Metis People, is an innovative attempt to provide training in administrative skills, finance and tourism to Aboriginal people.

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In the 10 years since the University of Lethbrtidge's BESS program started, about 100 students have graduated. An equal number are currently attending, says Kate Chiste, one of the rapidly growing program's co-ordinators.

BESS, short for Business Enterprises and Self-Government Systems for Indian, Inuit and Metis People, is an innovative attempt to provide training in administrative skills, finance and tourism to Aboriginal people.

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The first class of Nakoda Sioux carpenters turned the sod on what will be the site of a new trade school at the border of their reserve between Banff and Calgary.

The Southern Alberta Institute of Native Technology will function as a satellite of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, and is being funded by the provincial Ministry of Advanced Education and Career Development.

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The first class of Nakoda Sioux carpenters turned the sod on what will be the site of a new trade school at the border of their reserve between Banff and Calgary.

The Southern Alberta Institute of Native Technology will function as a satellite of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, and is being funded by the provincial Ministry of Advanced Education and Career Development.

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Can finding a job be as easy as using an instant teller machine at a bank?

It can if you visit the Be-Wab-Bon Metis and Non-Status Indian Association office in Port McNicoll, the site of a Canada Employment Centre job bank machine.

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Can finding a job be as easy as using an instant teller machine at a bank?

It can if you visit the Be-Wab-Bon Metis and Non-Status Indian Association office in Port McNicoll, the site of a Canada Employment Centre job bank machine.

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"I am not old by many people's standards, but I have gained wisdom, mostly by learning things the hard way!" says Stephan Pertschy, a 31-year old Inuvialuit of Edmonton, Alta. Pertschy believes furthering his education and the experiences he had as a student have made him wise beyond his years.

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"I am not old by many people's standards, but I have gained wisdom, mostly by learning things the hard way!" says Stephan Pertschy, a 31-year old Inuvialuit of Edmonton, Alta. Pertschy believes furthering his education and the experiences he had as a student have made him wise beyond his years.

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Northern Saskatchewan residents could soon be benefiting from a deal between federal, provincial and Aboriginal agencies.

The Multi-Party Training Plan Agreement was officially signed Oct. 5, 1994 in Prince Albert, Sask. Under the agreement, which is in effect until 1998, $10.5 million will be spent to train northerners for new mining jobs.

Between 500 and 600 jobs will be created in northern Saskatchewan mines in the five-year period.

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Northern Saskatchewan residents could soon be benefiting from a deal between federal, provincial and Aboriginal agencies.

The Multi-Party Training Plan Agreement was officially signed Oct. 5, 1994 in Prince Albert, Sask. Under the agreement, which is in effect until 1998, $10.5 million will be spent to train northerners for new mining jobs.

Between 500 and 600 jobs will be created in northern Saskatchewan mines in the five-year period.