Our Children’s Medicine is building a future where Indigenous and diverse job seekers have equal access to, and are properly represented amongst Canadian business.
Our Children's Medicine (OCM) achieves this through a dual approach focusing on employment systems and job seeker development.
Employers
- OCM works to ‘Indigenize’ current recruitment policies to reflect the values and traditions of the Indigenous community.
- We will develop an education module about Indigenous history for all managers to experience, particularly those who will be working with Indigenous job seekers and/or employees.
- Provide practical advice and suggestions about how to become involved with the Indigenous community outside of employment.
- OCM keeps employers honest and accountable by providing feedback on success to ensure a business is ‘walking the walk’.
- Advise on further systems change to open lines of communication between departments, spread awareness and understand of your relationships with OCM enterprise wide to ensure the success of Indigenous employees and our partnership.
Job Seekers
- Indigenous targeted, assessment-based job postings on OCM’s HigherMe platform allows Indigenous job seekers to shine by utilizing lived, practical and cultural skillsets.
- Mobile optimized application process allows job seekers to apply with ease and no resume required!
- Using individual feedback from employer partners, OCM works with job seekers to refine future applications and suggest minor tweaks to ensure a greater chance of achieving employment.
- OCM uses a ‘skills-based approach’ to recommend employment opportunities to job seekers in OCM’s Talent Pool.
- Continuous talent development and safety through SMS text support.
- Recommendation for further education and training via partner organizations.
'As we built out a new team at EDC focusing on Indigenous-led businesses across Canada, we wanted a bright student to join us but were a bit stuck on where to start! OCM was fantastic at educating us about hiring practices that are inclusive to Indigenous students. The OCM was so helpful with everything from wording in our job poster, crafting a hiring platform with questions unique to our role, and connecting us with students who were interested in our business. We are thrilled with the student we hired and he is contributing in great ways to the work we are doing in the Indigenous-led exporting space'.
- Gaby Patenaude, Talent Acquisition Advisor, Export Development Canada
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Our Partners
Thank you to our generous supporters!
John & Jan MacIntyre
Toronto Foundation
Peter and Catherine Hellyer
Amanda and John Sherrington
Chris Voorpostel
Calamor Fund
Birch Hill Equity Partners
Canadian Foundation for Mental Wellness
Since September 2017, we've set the course towards building a sustainable, national employment tool.
95+
businesses have hired with OCM
21,000+
candidates in our Talent Pool
71%
of interviews lead to hires
1067
jobseekers employed
since Sept 2017
Our Children's Medicine
Our Children's Medicine is a Canadian registered charity: 790064885 RR 0001 .
Oversight and governance is provided by Birch Hill Equity Partners.