Aboriginal Peoples Training & Employment Commission (APTEC)

APTEC is the employment and training division of the Native Council of Nova Scotia established to provide human resource development services to the rural, urban, off-reserve Mi’kmaq / Indigenous Peoples of Nova Scotia. APTEC offers the target group a range of employment and training services with the goal to obtain and maintain long-term sustainable employment. This is completed through assessment, employment counselling, a mutually agreed upon return to the work action plan, and where determined, funding support. Current support programs accessible to the target group consist of, targeted or wage subsidies, job creation partnerships, skills development and the self-employment program. A range of Youth programming is also available which are client-centred programs that respond to individual needs; the matching of post-secondary graduates with career-related work experience and summer work experience initiatives. APTEC also provides programs and assistance to Aboriginal persons.