The original program
The Youth Work Experience Initiative (YWEI) Program (2004 – 2013), which worked with Indigenous young adults and immigrant professionals, achieved a 92% employment and back to school success rate!
Our Story
Founded by two staff and a core group of our original program, the Youth Work Experience Initiative graduates in 2010, The Momentum Centre, Inc. is recognized provincially and nationally as an innovator in providing life stabilization, meaningful employment, cutting edge professional development, trauma recovery, successful labour force attachment and community reintegration with:
Employment and Income Assistance Recipients
Indigenous and New Canadian Youth
Post-incarcerated Adults and Youth
Our vision
Building workforces and economies with resilience and opportunity in motion centered on equitable access and reconciliation.
Our mission
Facilitating reconciliation, equity, diversity, and inclusion by generating equitable access to employment and training with Indigenous and newcomer youth.
Building bridges between industry, youth and equity deserving groups that support business development, advance employability, and leadership skills while improving economic well-being, mental health, resilience capacity, and employment outcomes.
Our mission
Facilitating reconciliation, equity, diversity, and inclusion by generating equitable access to employment and training with Indigenous and newcomer youth.
Building bridges between industry, youth and equity deserving groups that support business development, advance employability, and leadership skills while improving economic well-being, mental health, resilience capacity, and employment outcomes.
REDI Kewords
Meet our incredible team
Our team has a breadth of talent committed to accelerating...
Kimber Corthey
CEO
Sophia Arigo
Executive Assistant/Admin & Program Support
Jyoti Singla
Finance
Rose Asuncion
Program Support
Alexa Sawatzky
Program Support
Shelby Byer
Receptionist
Ashley Johnson
Receptionist