Item - 2021.AA11.3

Tracking Status

  • This item was considered by the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee on June 18, 2021. The Committee received the item for information only. No further action will be taken on this item.

AA11.3 - Ryerson's Learn for Empowerment Program

Decision Type:
Presentation
Status:
Received
Wards:
All

Committee Decision

The Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee received the item for information.

Decision Advice and Other Information

Tracey King, Indigenous Human Resources Lead, Ryerson University and Member, Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee, and Scott Sunday, Indigenous Program Coordinator, Ryerson University, gave a presentation on the Learn for Empowerment Program.

Summary

Tracey King, Indigenous Human Resources Lead, Ryerson University and Member, Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee, and Scott Sunday, Indigenous Program Coordinator, Ryerson University, will provide an overview of the Learn for Empowerment Program, a trauma-informed, community-based program with the goal of providing a cohort of Indigenous participants with a collaborative culturally-safe, strength-based learning, and work experience to assist them in finding work at Ryerson University or elsewhere.

Background Information

(June 18, 2021) Presentation from the Indigenous Human Resources Lead, Ryerson University, and the Indigenous Program Coordinator, Ryerson University on Learn for Empowerment Program
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/aa/bgrd/backgroundfile-168070.pdf

Speakers

Katherine Gandy, Matriarchal Circle of Toronto
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council