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BCES receives funding for shoreline awareness campaign Baker Creek Enhancement Society is increasing awareness of the importance of Cariboo Chilcotin shorelines and providing one person with work experience, thanks to more than $11,000 in provincial funding. Over 34 weeks, the local participant, Amanda Dreager, will put together a public campaign to encourage people to help protect shorelines on lakes, rivers, creeks and wetlands in the Cariboo Chilcotin. The campaign
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will be directed at people who have a regular connection to the shorelines: anglers, miners, realtors and shoreline residents. Protecting shorelines will help safeguard the habitats of fish, invertebrates and birds, as well as water quality. The project gives Dreager an opportunity to expand her existing skills. A horticulture technician by training, she will develop a communications strategy, eco brochures, presentations, posters
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and Social Media campaigns. Government is taking action to address the rapidly changing labour market. Through the BC Skills for Jobs Blueprint, government is re-engineering our education and training programs towards a data-driven system that focuses our investment on jobs that are in demand. The Community and Employer Partnerships program is featured in B.C.’s Skills for Jobs Blue-
print and provides more support to people who are struggling to gain a foothold in the job market. It helps build stronger partnerships with industry and labour to connect British Columbians with classroom and on-the-job training, while making it easier for employers to hire the skilled workers they need – when and where they need them. To date, the program has helped more than 900 job-seekers benefit
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from work experience and funded nearly 200 projects throughout the province. “Cariboo North will reap benefits from this project for years to come as this Job Creation Partnership raises awareness of the importance of our shorelines and their ecosystems,” Cariboo North MLA Coralee Oakes said. “This is important for everything from clean drinking water to recreational opportunities in this beautiful area.”
“The project and funding provides a unique opportunity in the Cariboo Chilcotin to partner with non-profit organizations, government agencies and community groups to fill in the gaps in relation to outreach and education to residents living on water,” Baker Creek executive director Tracy Bond said. “Amanda is gaining valuable work experience and training, through the program, that she will be able to carry with her into the future.”
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