Digital Dreamers (Pa’ pai tapiiksi) Digital Marketing & Communications for Indigenous People
- Free
- Scheduled
- Full time
- Indigenous
- In person
- Daytime
Start a meaningful career in digital marketing & communications, including creative & promotional copywriting, social media management, understanding analytics, and web design.
Pa’ pai tapiiksi means Dream Beings in Blackfoot. We all have dreams: to be healthy, happy, and to do well for our family and community. We can help you bring those dreams to reality.
The Digital Dreamers (Pa’ pai tapiiksi) Training Program will introduce you to a meaningful career in digital marketing & communications, including creative & promotional copywriting, social media management, understanding analytics, and web design.
In partnership with SAIT, creation of this program was guided by Indigenous professionals, Traditional Elders, and Knowledge Keepers. Together, we have developed a program that combines Indigenous values and culture with the latest digital tools and in-depth training, building in-demand skills for this fast-growing industry.
The Digital Dreamers (Pa’ pai tapiiksi) Training Program is a 26-week (6 months) full-time, integrated training program that includes in-class learning, applied skills training at SAIT and hands-on work experience with an employer host.
The program will support you in building your critical life skills needed to be successful in the field of digital marketing & communications, provide you with more than 15 different digital information technology courses, and offer you engaging opportunities with successful employers and Indigenous people working in the field.
For more information, please read our Information Package.
What you will learn
Learn resume-writing, job search skills, and create a personal employment portfolio
Learn Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Train in Adobe Illustrator I, II, and Adobe InDesign I, II
Intro to Digital Marketing & paid content creation
Train in social media and web content distribution & management
Train in web design, User Experience (UX), User Interface Design (UI)
Learn how to analyze metrics and optimize SEO
Is this program right for you?
Do you qualify?
You identify as Indigenous (self-identifying First Nation, Inuit, or Métis)
You are between the ages of 18 – 40, all gender identities welcome
You are an underemployed (working less than 20 hours a week) or unemployed person
You live within Calgary, the Treaty 7 region, or Métis region 3
You enjoy working with computers
You are eligible for Alberta Government funding
You are ready, willing, and able to complete the program and work in the field of training
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Digital Dreamers (Pa’ pai tapiiksi) Digital Marketing & Communications for Indigenous People
Start a meaningful career in digital marketing & communications, including creative & promotional copywriting, social media management, understanding analytics, and web design.
Scheduled
Full time
Daytime
Indigenous
Free
In person
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