FREDERICTON, NB, Jan. 17, 2023 /CNW/ – Immediately, PLATO introduced it’s now a majority Indigenous owned firm with a Licensed Aboriginal Enterprise (CAB) designation by the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Enterprise (CCAB).
The CAB designation is awarded to firms which might be 51% or extra owned and managed by an Indigenous individual(s). Immediately’s announcement comes after latest investments by Kitsaki Administration Restricted Partnership and different Indigenous traders.
“PLATO has had sturdy Indigenous illustration in any respect ranges of the corporate since its inception, and turning into a CAB is a big milestone,” stated Keith McIntosh, Founder and CEO of PLATO. “We have now fastidiously partnered with traders who care simply as a lot as we do about serving Indigenous communities and rising the Indigenous financial system.”
PLATO’s software program testing and know-how providers are trusted by shoppers world wide. Along with offering its shoppers the best high quality software program testing providers, the corporate is creating careers in know-how for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis individuals from coast to coast to coast via its modern train-and-employ mannequin.
PLATO’s train-and-employ program has up to now led to the employment of 266 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis individuals in significant know-how careers. Up to now, PLATO has injected over $12 million in salaries into the Indigenous financial system, impacting over 61 communities.
“You must see it to be it,” stated Denis Carignan, Government Vice President, Indigenous Influence and Innovation at PLATO. “PLATO is inspiring Indigenous youth and younger adults to pursue careers in know-how via distinctive and uncommon publicity to Indigenous individuals within the trade. Immediately’s announcement will assist create much more alternatives for Indigenous Canadians.”
PLATO is devoted to creating an enduring and measurable affect for each the shoppers and the world by constructing a extra inclusive know-how workforce. When partnering with PLATO you are not solely working with a few of Canada’s greatest software program testing specialists, you’re taking part in a vital position in supporting know-how careers for First Nations, Inuit and Métis individuals.
For extra data on PLATO’s providers, careers, and software program testing coaching program, together with new coaching alternatives please go to www.platotech.com.
About PLATO
PLATO is Canada’s solely Indigenous software program testing and know-how providers firm. PLATO’s full suite of software program testing providers embody take a look at automation, practical testing, efficiency testing, take a look at advisory, ERP testing, accessibility testing, content material migration, and content material high quality assurance. Along with offering shoppers the best high quality software program testing providers, PLATO is creating careers in know-how for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis individuals from coast to coast to coast via its modern train-and-employ mannequin. PLATO has workplaces surrounding Indigenous communities throughout Canada, with supply centres positioned within the following cities:
Vancouver, B.C.
Victoria, B.C.
Kamloops, B.C.
Calgary, AB
Regina, SK
Sault Ste.Marie, ON
Toronto, ON
Ottawa, ON
Fredericton, NB
Mirachimi, NB
Halifax, NS
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