Indigenous Employment and Skills Strategies in Canada

Acronyms and Abbreviations

APS	Aboriginal Peoples Survey
ASETS	Aboriginal Skills Employment and Training Strategy
BDC	Business Development Bank of Canada
BEST	(Aboriginal) Business and Entrepreneurship Skills Training
CAUAC	Calgary Aboriginal Urban Affairs Committee
CBP	Canadian Business Patterns
CCAE	Canadian Centre for Aboriginal Entrepreneurship
CCB	Canada Child Benefit
CFP	Community Futures Program
CIDI	Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion
CMA	Census Metropolitan Area
CRA	Canadian Revenue Agency
ECEC	Early Childhood Education and Care
ERG	Employee Resource Groups
ESDC	Employment and Social Development Canada
FNSI	First Nations Statistical Institute
FMM	First Ministers Meeting
ICT	Information, Communications and Technology
INAC	Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
ISIA	Intergovernmental Strategic Indigenous Alignment
LED	Lands and Economic Development
LEED	Local Economic and Employment Development
LFS	Labour Force Survey
LMI	Labour Market Information
MDSA	Municipal Development Service Agreements
MIAC	Mayor’s Indigenous Advisory Circle
NEET	Not in Employment, Education or Training
NACCA	National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association
NAICS	North American Classification Status
NGO	Non-Governmental Organisation
NHS	National Household Survey
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PIAAC	Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
PISA	Programme for International Student Assessment
POPCTR	Population Centre
PUMF	Public Use Microdata Files
RDA	Regional Development Agency
SES	Socio-Economic Status
SIN	Social Insurance Number
SME	Small and Medium-sized Enterprise
SPF	Skills and Partnerships Fund
SPI	Strategic Partnership Initiative
TRC	Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
UNDRIP	United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
VET	Vocational Education and Training