Community & Partnerships
INDIGENOUS/FIRST NATIONS INITIATIVE
- Barrier Group is committed to engaging in and maintaining positive, long term, trusting relationships with Indigenous communities from where we operate.
- Respecting Indigenous connection to the Land, Spiritual, and Cultural sites lays at the heart of Barrier
BARRIER/NAIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
- Barrier is pleased to offer a dedicated Annual Scholarship for Indigenous/First Nation Students to attend NAIT’s School of Skilled Trades, which will reflect a decade of support for Indigenous/First Nations education/mentorship.
- NAIT’s School of Skilled Trades is a leading training provider to students in apprenticeship or pre-employment certificate/diploma programs.
For more information, please contact NAIT’s Student Service Centre.
FIRST NATIONS PROGRAM
Our vision is to build long-term relationships & garner participation with First Nations and Indigenous groups, respecting traditional treaty agreements, based upon distinct lifelong land relationships.
- Industry Involvement
Industry Involvement allows Barrier to interact with other business to gain partnerships & connectivity. Barrier is a standing member of the Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business, a premier point of industry networking and integration and is currently working towards a Bronze PAR certification.
- Affiliation Agreements
Barrier Group Inc. is a proud partner with over twenty-four Indigenous communities throughout Canada. Since its inception, Barrier has believed in going above and beyond in doing its part for economic and social reconciliation.
Barrier continues to build and establish relationships with impacted communities throughout the regions where we work.