Funding Opportunities for BEAHR Training

If you’re interested in funding opportunities for training in your community, we invite you to take a look at a comprehensive list of resources we’ve gathered for you. The following is a list of resources available to nations to help offset the costs of BEAHR Training at a regional level and is updated as of July 2020.

Please note that additional funding opportunities may be available beyond what is listed in this Establishing partners with local industries and academic institutions can be effective ways in lowering training costs and establishing partnerships to support BEAHR graduates in securing employment upon graduation.

Provincial Government: Training and Employment Programs

First Nations Municipal Collaboration Programs

Federation of Canadian Municipalities (Indigenous Partnerships) (Cando)

Indigenous Services Canada

British Columbia

• BC List of Funding Opportunities For Clean Energy Projects led By First Nations
• First Nation Clean Energy Business Fund (FNCEBF)
• BC New Relationship Trust
• BC Northern Development Initiative Trust
• BC Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust
• BC First Citizens Funding
• BC Employment For Indigenous People
• BC Columbia Basin Trust (Energy Sustainable Grants)
• BC Nechako-Kitamaat Development Fund Society (NKDF)

Alberta

• The Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation Act
• AB Aboriginal Business Investment Fund (ABIF)
• Community and Regional Economic Support Program (CARES)
• Alberta Employment Partnerships Program (EPP)
• Education Partnership Program(EPP)
• Alberta Indigenous Employment Training (AB Works)
• First Nation Training to Employment Program
• Green Infrastructure Program (AB)
• Alberta Community Resilience Program
• Watershed Resiliency and Restoration Program
• Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership
• Water for Life

Saskatchewan

• SK Saskatchewan Indian Equity Foundation Inc (SIEF)
• Clarence Campeau Development Fund
• SK FN & Métis Consultation Participation Fund
• SK Indigenous Business Funding Programs
• SK SaskMétis Economic Development Corporation (SMEDCO)

Manitoba

• First Peoples Fund

Ontario

• Funding for Indigenous Economic Development (IEDF)
• Community Investment Initiative For Northern Ontario (CIINO)
• Regional Innovation Ecosystems
• Grants Ontario
• Regional Partnership Grant Program

Quebec

• Secrétariat Aux Affairs Autochtones
• Aboriginal Consultation Support Fund

New Brunswick

• Joint Economic Development Initiative (JEDI)
• Environmental Trust Fund

Newfoundland and Labrador

• Labrador Aboriginal Training Partnership
• InvolveNL

Nova Scotia

• Aboriginal community Development Fund

Yukon

• Yukon Regional Economic Planning and Capacity-Development Funding

Northwest Territories

• Northern Aboriginal Economic Opportunities Program (NAEOP)
• Support For Entrepreneurs and Economic Development (SEED)
• Environment and Natural Resources
• Waste Reduction and Recycling Initiative Funding

Nunavut

• CANNOR Program Funding
• Strategic Investments Program
• Department of Economic Development

For more information on Indigenous training, visit eco.ca/beahr