Digital Skills Shaped by Community

Training Shaped by Community

Training works best when it’s shaped by the people it’s meant to support. Indigenous Peoples across British Columbia shared their experiences, barriers, and priorities related to digital skills and technology careers. Their voices are shaping how the First Nations Technology Council designs our training, ensuring it meets people where they are and supports long-term success.

What We Heard

We heard from Indigenous Peoples across British Columbia about their experiences with digital skills, technology careers, and emerging tools like artificial intelligence.

They told us training needs to be flexible, accessible, and community-centred. They asked for paid, hands-on learning and real work experience. And they raised important barriers like cost, limited infrastructure, and data sovereignty concerns.
What we heard shaped how training is designed, delivered, and supported so it stays practical, accessible, and rooted in community needs.

These insights will guide our work over the next three years as we modernize and expand digital skills training and career support for Indigenous Peoples across British Columbia.