Innovating Employment

By OCWI-COIE

Innovating Employment is OCWI's new podcast series. Our podcasts feature experts from across the workforce development sector, exploring a broad range of topics and issues impacting the day-to-day wor... more

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How many episodes does Innovating Employment have?

The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.

Innovating Employment episodes:

March 19, 2019 Episode 12: The Bridges out of Poverty framework
Jane Tuer, Executive Director at Project READ joins the program to discuss the Bridges out of Poverty framework.
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27min
February 19, 2019 Épisode 11: La prestation de services d'emploi par l’entremise des collèges communautaires
Lise Béland and Isabelle Ayotte, VP Central-Southwestern Ontario, and Director of Employment Services at Collège Boréal, join the program to discuss employment service delivery through community colleges.
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28min
January 22, 2019 Episode 10: Empowering older workers to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset
Helen Hirsch Spence, CEO and Founder at Top Sixty Over Sixty joins the program to discuss empowering older workers (over the age of 55) to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset.
LINKS:
Twitter
www.twitter.com/OCWI_COIE
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www.facebook.com/OCWICOIE
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ontario-centre-for-workforce-innovation/
Top 60 Over 60
https://www.topsixtyoversixty.com
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26min
December 11, 2018 Bonus Episode: A year in review - conversations about employment innovation
In this bonus episode, we look back at our first year, and revisit a favourite moment from each episode.
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22min
November 20, 2018 Episode 9: Preparing employees and employers for the future of work
John Prgomet, Business Development Manager at SSMIC, and featured guest Lisa Taylor, Founder and President of Challenge Factory, join the program to discuss preparing employees and employers for the future of work.
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Twitter
www.twitter.com/OCWI_COIE
Facebook
www.facebook.com/OCWICOIE
LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/company/ontario-…force-innovation
Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre
https://ssmic.com
Challenge Factory
http://challengefactory.ca
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19min
October 23, 2018 Episode 8: Making work practices more inclusive for persons with disabilities
Louie DiPalma, Discover Ability Project Coordinator, and featured guest Tiffany Kelly, Program Lead of the Disability Confident Employer Program, join the program to discuss how to provide employers with the tools to make work practices more inclusive for persons with disabilities.
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Twitter
www.twitter.com/OCWI_COIE
Facebook
www.facebook.com/OCWICOIE
LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/company/ontario-…force-innovation
Discover Ability Network
www.discoverability.network
The Disability Confident Employer Program
www.ccrw.org/i-am-an-employer/disability-confident-employer-program/
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37min
September 18, 2018 Épisode 7: En parlant des résultats de l'emploi pour les arrivants francophones
Léonie Tchatat, fondatrice et présidente de La Passerelle-I.D.É. et la commissaire à la Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne, se joindra à nous pour discuter des considérations et des défis particuliers lorsqu’il s’agit de servir les nouveaux arrivants et arrivantes en Ontario.
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Léonie Tchatat, founder and president of La Passerelle-I.D.É and commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, joins the program to discuss unique considerations and challenges when serving Francophone newcomers to Ontario.
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29min
August 21, 2018 Episode 6: Employment readiness programming for girls and young adults
Hanna Kitchingman, Program Director at Girls Inc. Limestone, joins the program to discuss employment readiness programming for girls and young adults. We also check in with OCWI Research Associate, Dr. Christopher Rastrick. He provides his insights on how employment service providers within his research portfolio at OCWI are working towards better serving youth.
LINKS:
Twitter
http://www.twitter.com/OCWI_COIE
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/OCWICOIE
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ontario-centre-for-workforce-innovation
Girls Inc. Limestone
http://girlsinclimestone.ca
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26min
July 24, 2018 Episode 5: Successful apprenticeships in the skilled trades - methods and models
Danielle Scott, Ontario Adult Apprenticeship Program Lead at The Centre for Skills Development & Training, joins the program to discuss effective methods for supporting successful apprenticeships and promising models, such as the shared apprenticeship model.
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Danielle Scott, responsable du Programme d'apprentissage pour adultes de l'Ontario au Centre for Skills Development and Training, se joint à nous pour discuter des méthodes efficaces à l'appui des programmes d’apprentissage réussis et des modèles prometteurs, comme le modèle d'apprentissage partagé.
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http://www.twitter.com/OCWI_COIE
Facebook
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LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/company/ontar...
The Centre for Skills Development & Training
http://www.thecentre.on.ca
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34min
June 26, 2018 Épisode 4: Les défis de la main-d'œuvre dans les métiers spécialisés
Denis Shank, directeur général de la Northeastern Ontario Construction Association, se joint à notre émission pour discuter des points de vue des employeurs sur les défis de la main-d'œuvre dans les métiers spécialisés, y compris les défis uniques que représente le travail dans le Nord, les possibilités d'emploi pour les jeunes en apprentissage et les pratiques exemplaires pour combler les lacunes dans les compétences.
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Denis Shank, Executive Director of the NorthEastern Ontario Construction Association, joins the program to discuss employer perspectives on workforces challenges in the skilled trades – including the unique challenges of working in the North, the opportunities for youth in apprenticeships, and best practices to bridge the skills gap.
LINKS:
Twitter
twitter.com/OCWI_COIE
Facebook
facebook.com/OCWICOIE/
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/company/ontario-ce…kforce-innovation/
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33min

FAQs about Innovating Employment:

How many episodes does Innovating Employment have?

The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.