Connect to Jobs and Opportunities

Help Connect Trainees to Jobs and Opportunities

The addition of a Bridging to Employment coordinator would go a long way to help trainees and apprentices transition to employment and self-employment. There are currently a lot of work opportunities in the region, and generally a shortage of workers. The jump from training to regular employment is jarring for most trainees. 

Additionally, it is important to advocate and support trainees to get into fair jobs for their training level. Consider that according to ITA BC, roughly half of Indigenous apprentices do not get hours recognized in their trade. Also consider that Indigneous people face systemic racism and discrimination in workplaces, sometimes resulting in being given jobs and tasks below their skill and training level. 

The following would help improve employment outcomes:

  • Dedicated staff to assist trainees bridge to employment and self-employment
  • Monies for pre-employment programming at Tea Creek
  • Monies for job-ready training programs at Tea Creek
  • Assist with networking to key private sector supporters



Support ITA BC Designation

ITA BC Designation Will Open More Doors! We need your help!

The Industry Training Authority (ITA BC) is the organization that issues trades tickets and Red Seals. We currently have a MOU with ITA, and would like to take the next step and be a designated training provider. ITA Designation may open doors to multi-year budgets and more steady funding. Funding challenges are our biggest challenges, so this could be key to future success and stability.

To be designated, we will need to develop curriculum at least in Horticulture, and we need to meet standards for our site. The good news is that we already teach basic horticulture, and we nearly meet the requirements. The bulk of work would be curriculum development.

We already have experienced instructors and active trades training programs on site.

Please contact us if you can help with funding or in-kind support!

Indigenous Curriculum Development

Support our land-based, Indigenous-led, culturally-safe programming with the creation of Indigenous-led curriculum and learning content. Examples of what is needed include:

  • Program outlines that include Indigenous content
  • Culturally-safe outlines and learning content
  • Teaching/ instructional videos created with Indigenous people leading and learning 

The ways this can be supported include:

  • Hiring an Indigenous curriculum writer
  • Training and hiring an Indigenous media crew to record and edit lessons
  • Working with an Indigenous online curator to create and maintain online learning assets

Examples of learning videos include:

Priorities for curriculum development are for our most requested training and programs:

  • Indigenous Ag/ Horticulture 
  • H.E.O
  • Carpentry 
  • Cannabis
  • Indigenous Pro Cook
  • Implementation of the Tea Creek Model in communities/ Nations

Indigenous Story Telling

Support Indigenous Storytelling

Tea Creek provides a perfect environment for trainees to learn new storytelling skills and put them into practice. Last year we ran two pilot projects using Indigenous instructors and mentors and it went very well. In the future, we'd like storytelling training and work to be built into all our activities - part of the vision is to have Indigenous-led, Indigenous-created videos to help other nations learn from our work.

Some Ideas:

  • Support purchases of New Media tools such as cameras, drones, gear, and editing computers
  • Support the wages of Indigenous instructors and mentors.
  • Fund a Trainee to attend an 8-week cohort including gear and meals.
  • Support a Storytelling cohort.
  • Support 1 year of Storytelling including weekly podcasts, photos, and video.