Indigenous Adult Learning & Literacy

JEDI's Indigenous Adult Learning & Literacy (IALL) training program helps Indigenous peoples achieve their goals by linking them to opportunities to obtain their GED, master the 9 Workplace Essential Skills, and/or enhance their computer skills.

The Indigenous Adult Learning & Literacy Program offers:

  • Career-planning programs,

  • Links to Workplace Essential Skills (WES),

  • Links to GED,

  • Digital Literacy,

  • Personal Cyber Safety,

  • Financial Literacy,

  • Upskills for Work,

  • Customized learning for First Nations communities and Indigenous peoples in New Brunswick,

  • Cultural Awareness.

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If you are interested in learning more about JEDI’s Indigenous Adult Learning & Literacy Program or the Traditional Teaching Fund, contact info@jedinb.ca  or 1-506-444-5650.

Traditional Teaching Fund

Indigenous Traditional teachings and ways of knowing can be added onto your community workshops through JEDI’s Traditional Teaching Fund. The Indigenous Adult Learning & Literacy program will support traditional teaching activities in collaboration with provincial Workplace Essential Skills (WES) and Adult Learning and Literacy initiatives for Indigenous learners at a maximum of $750.00 per initiative. Examples of activities supported are Elder/Traditional Knowledge Keeper, Beading, Sweetgrass picking, basket making, sweat lodge ceremony, Blanket Exercise, longhouse construction/teachings, etc.  

This funding is only available to Indigenous workshops in New Brunswick.

Guidelines for the Traditional Teaching Fund:

  • The activity must include Indigenous traditional teachings/ways of knowing and to be incorporated into an IWES or Adult Learning and Literacy initiative.  

  • Applications must be approved before any requests for reimbursement.  

  • Reimbursement will be issued upon receiving receipts/documentation and the activity completed.  

  • Maximum of $750.00 per initiative.  

Application Process:

  • Community Employment & Training Officers and/or DPETL Program Officer may apply for funding through the IALL Coordinator.