Firefighter Pre-Screening Resources
These links to information and resources may help you with our pre-screening process. If you belong to a community group, association, religious or other organization, we recommend contacting them to investigate if they provide support to job seekers.
Financial assistance
- Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS) - Education financing
- Calgary Youth Employment Centre - Next Steps - Financing your school years
- Enough for All
- Future Firefighters
- Government of Canada - Education and training benefits
- Government of Canada - Funding programs for jobs, training, and social development projects
- Human Services Alberta - Financial support
- Indspire - Indigenous students - Bursaries, scholarships and awards
- Lakeland College - Financial Aid & Awards
- Louis Riel Institute - Scholarships and bursaries for Manitoba Métis students
- Riel Institute for Education and Learning - Funding and financial assistance for aboriginal students
- Rupertsland Institute - Education & training funding for Métis students
- Student Aid Alberta - Before you apply
Career planning and skill training
- Alberta Works - Employment and training programs
- Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS) - Career planning
- Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS) - Resources for indigenous peoples
- Calgary Catholic Immigration Society - Employment and training services
- Calgary Immigrant Women's Association - Employment support and bridge to work programs
- Calgary Immigrant Education Society - Employment and training programs
- Calgary Public Library - Career Coaching
- Calgary Public Library - Interview Skills
- Calgary Youth Employment Centre - Assistance
- Free Horse Family Wellness Society - Continuing education of First Nations people
- Future Firefighters
- Inform Alberta - Information and training to find a job
- Momentum - Skills training
- Volunteer as a Firefighter in Alberta
- Youth Employment Centre - Next Steps - Education and training
Language skills
- Bow Valley College - English Language Learning
- Calgary Board of Education - Chinook Learning Services - English second language
- Calgary Catholic Immigration Society - English second language
- Calgary Immigrant Educational Society - Learn English for free
- Calgary Immigrant Women's Association - Literacy and language training programs
- Calgary Public Library - English second language
- Directory of church-based English second language programs
- Immigrant Services Calgary - Directory of english second language programs and services
- Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada
- Mount Royal University - Languages Institute - English language program
- Music-based English Second Language Program - Run by volunteers
- The Women's Centre - Practice English
- Understanding language requirements for particular jobs
- University of Calgary - English second language
- YWCA - Language instruction