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In This Bulletin:
Member News
Meetings, PDWs and member only resources
South West Regional
Meeting
South East Regional
Meeting
News/Alerts
CBT related media reports, RFPs and
announcements
CBC INDEPTH: BUDGET
2005
Federal budget 2005:
what we needed and what we got
2005 Federal Budget
Plan would
shift thousands of federal civil servants
The Government of
Canada launches the Summer Work Experience 2005 program
Events
Skills for Change
Presents New Pioneers Awards (Toronto)
Working Skills Centre
Fund Raiser (Toronto)
Building Tomorrow
Today: a Conference presented by the Career Development Association of
Alberta (Edmonton)
Portfolio Development
for Career and Employment Practitioners (can be attended
from anywhere)
Essential Skills
Marketing Workshop (8 part series) (Kingston)
BC's 8th Annual Career
Development Conference (Vancouver)
Online Resources
Matthews' Report Says
Workfare Fails Families
Career/Lifeskills Resource
Inc.
DAWN Ontario
ACESS Checklist
Research Highlights Number 4:
What all Board Members of Non-profits Need to Know
Job Postings
Manager, Women In Successful Employment (WISE) (Toronto)
Employment Counsellor First Steps Program (Newmarket )
Administrative
Assistant First Steps Program (Newmarket )
Intake Worker
(Metro Toronto Area)
Employment
Planner (Metro Toronto Area)
Member News
March 4, 2004 10:00 am at WIL. An agenda will be made available prior to the
meeting.
Next meeting is on April 20, 2005, at YEAH Inc. at 10:30 am.
News/Alerts
Finance Minister Ralph Goodale delivered the Liberals' eighth straight
balanced budget Wednesday, with promises to spend billions of dollars on
military, national day care and cities, as well as offering some measure of tax
relief.
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for more information.
Federal budget 2005: what we needed and what we
got
The federal government missed a huge opportunity to use the massive Canadian
surplus to address the country’s large social and physical infrastructure
deficit. Canadians voted in a Liberal minority government, Canadians were
looking for a progressive budget. Instead what we got was a budget only a
conservative could love.
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for more information.
Minister of Finance Ralph Goodale announced today that Budget 2005 will
deliver on the Government’s commitments, while keeping Canada’s books balanced.
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for more information.
Plan would shift thousands of federal civil
servants
The federal government is planning major changes in the way it serves
Canadians
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for more information.
The Government of Canada launches the Summer Work
Experience 2005 program
OTTAWA, ONTARIO - The Honourable Lucienne Robillard, President of the Queen's
Privy Council for Canada, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of
Human Resources and Skills Development, today launched Summer Work Experience
2005. Summer Work Experience, a key component of the Youth Employment Strategy,
is the Government of Canada's commitment to help young students to find summer
jobs and help them develop the skills, knowledge and work experience to support
them on their career paths.
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for more information.
Events
Skills for Change Presents New Pioneers
Awards (Toronto)
Attend this inspiring celebration of diversity.
Click
here for more information
Working Skills Centre Fund Raiser (Toronto)
Support our Forthcoming Theatre Fundraiser - Ain't Misbehavin'
Click
here for more information
Building Tomorrow Today: a Conference presented by
the Career Development Association of Alberta (Edmonton)
"Building Tomorrow Today" is one of the largest gatherings of career
development practitioners in North America. BTT is a venue for interactive
consultation among practitioners in all areas of career development.
Click
here for more information
Portfolio Development for Career and Employment
Practitioners (can be attended from anywhere)
Professional portfolios are becoming more and more popular as a successful
job search tool for people from all professional backgrounds and walks of life.
This course is for career management practitioners who want to learn the theory
fundamentals of portfolio development, while experiencing the process of
building a portfolio. During the course participants will be coached to create a
portfolio for themselves and/or guide a client(s) through the process.
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here for more information
Essential Skills Marketing Workshop (8 part
series) (Kingston)
Open Book is offering a free new program, consisting of a series of 8
mini-workshops, targeted to people with literacy and employment issues.
Click
here for more information
BC's 8th Annual Career Development
Conference (Vancouver)
Delegates can explore innovative new strategies and promising resources to
enhance career development programs in their communities.
Click
here for more information
Online Resources
The Resource Library is an online searchable database of
information about community-based employment and training across Ontario and
beyond. Visit the ONESTEP Resource Library: www.onestep.on.ca/resource/intro.cfm
Below are some recent additions:
Matthews' Report Says Workfare Fails Families
Removing Barriers And Disincentives To Employment Is A "Must Do"
TORONTO – A new provincial government report on Ontario's welfare system says
that current social assistance programs are not doing enough to help people get
back in to the workforce.
Minister of Community and Social Services Sandra Pupatello released the
report today that summarizes the findings of discussions Parliamentary Assistant
Deb Matthews held with clients, community organizations and municipalities in
the spring and summer of 2004. The results call for the removal of barriers and
disincentives to employment and greater emphasis on meeting the individual needs
of clients to help them find and keep meaningful jobs.
Click
here for more information
Career/Lifeskills Resource Inc.
Comprehensive source of career, personal, professional and organizational
development training programs.
Click
here for more information
In order to help organizations and community groups be as accessible as
possible, the DisAbled Women's Network Ontario has released a bilingual Access
Checklist with helpful guidelines around various aspects of physical,
procedural, communication, attitudinal and financial access.
Click
here for more information
Research Highlights Number 4: What all Board Members of
Non-profits Need to Know
This Research Highlights examines the forces that threaten the sustainability
of non-profit enterprises and suggests measures to relieve some of the pressure.
This report builds on the findings of four previous CPRN reports: on the size
and characteristics of the sector and its workforce; on the quality of jobs in
the sector; on skill requirements and training in the sector, and; on the
sector's organizational and human resource strategies.
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here for more information
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