Success stories are the fuel that keeps
many organizations striving toward their
goals. Ontario’s Aboriginal Skills and Em-
ployment Training Strategy Agreement
(ASETA) holders work tirelessly to prepare
their clients for the workforce. Here are
just a few of the people they’ve helped
find success:
• As a child, Jordan Peltier ofWikwemikong
First Nation loved to play outdoors and
build tree forts. He enrolled at Cambrian
College in Sudbury and earned his Level
One in general carpentry. Today he works
for BCP Construction inThreehills, Alberta.
• Craig Montour from Six Nations of the
Grand River Territory began his journey
to become an electrician in 2010. He at-
tended the Pre-Apprenticeship program at
Ogwehoweh Skills & Trades Training Cen-
tre, graduated in 2011 and began his ap-
prenticeship. Today, he is a member of the
Canadian Union of Skilled Workers and is
employed by Hydro One.
• Ashley Porter of Six Nations of the Grand
River Territory and a member of the Mo-
hawk nation is a mother to four children
and a graduate of the Work Ready Aborigi-
nal People (WRAP) program and the Elec-
trical Pre-Apprenticeship program offered
through Grand River Employment and
Training. She began her first job as an elec-
trical apprentice in 2013 and is one of less
than 100 female members of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Local 105. Ashley is on a five-year plan to
become an electrical journeywoman and
build a home for her family.
• Daylan Adams of Mohawks of Ak-
wasasne had a taste of heavy equipment
operation during a three-day course in De-
cember 2012. He went on to participate in
a 10-week course in early 2013 in grader
and excavator machine operation, and now
works for Powell as a heavy equipment
operator.
• Christiane Roussel of Fort Albany First
Nation is a single mother of four girls who
began welding in April 2013 through the
Greater Sudbury Employment Service, en-
rolling in a one-year course at College Bo-
real Enterprise. She joined the Local 800
of the Plumbing and Pipefitters Union and
became a welder apprentice in 2014.
• James Thurston of Serpent River First
Nation is a Toronto-born Ojibway who as-
pired to own his own business. He attend-
ed Centennial College and became a self-
employed eco-energy auditor but changes
to industry regulations led to his company’s
closure. He enrolled in the pre-apprentice-
ship program offered by the United Asso-
ciation of Plumbers and Steamfitters Local
46 and is working successfully towards his
new career.
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