Innovating Employment

Jane Tuer, Executive Director at Project READ joins the program to discuss the Bridges out of Poverty framework.

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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.

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.

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In this bonus episode, we look back at our first year, and revisit a favourite moment from each episode.

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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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Challenge Factory

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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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The Disability Confident Employer Program

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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.

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.

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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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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.

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