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ONESTEP AGM Reminder |
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ONESTEP's Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday, September 20,2006 from 11:00am-1pm. The meeting will be located at the Holiday Inn on King Street in Toronto. Lunch will be provided. |
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In This Bulletin:
Member News
Meetings, PDWs and member only resources
CBT Agencies: SHARE
your financial vibrancy “Dos” and “Don’ts”!
South West Regional
Meeting
News/Alerts
CBT related media reports, RFPs and
announcements
ICE Report on
"Neighbourhood Action: What Works Locally" and Updated ICE Inventory
CARS
Internationally Trained Workers Project
Interested in
Electoral Reform in Ontario?
McGuinty Government
Helping People With Disabilities Find Jobs And Increase Their Income
Events
Understanding
Canadian Workplace Culture (Toronto (North
Etobicoke))
High-Demand I.T. Jobs
and the Skills Needed for them (Toronto (North
Etobicoke))
How to Get a
Professional Engineering License in Ontario (Toronto
(North Etobicoke))
ONESTEP Annual
General Meeting (Toronto)
Uncovering the
Genius: Enhanced Facilitator Training (Blind
River)
Online Resources
The Impact of Welfare State
Restructuring on The Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector in Canada and the
US
The Non-Profit
Sector in a Place-based Policy World
Job Postings
Executive Director (Toronto)
Communications
Specialist (Mississauga )
Member News
CBT Agencies: SHARE your financial vibrancy “Dos”
and “Don’ts”!
CBT Agencies: SHARE your
financial vibrancy “Dos” and “Don’ts”! Please refer to the following
attached documents: 1. The Lessons Learned Sharing
Guide 2. The Lessons Learned Sharing
Template
The
Paths to Financial Vibrancy Project Bold
change is needed in the community-based training sector to adapt and stay
effective in the new funding environment. There are
many paths to financial vibrancy – and we know that many of you have experienced
success in one or more of these paths. No
agency excels at all of them, but many have had success in some. We are
inviting CBT agencies, including member agencies of ONESTEP, OAYEC (Ontario
Association of Youth Employment Centres) and ACTEW (A
Commitment to Training and Employment for Women), to share their experiences,
successes, and lessons learned on financial vibrancy. We are asking that you
share – in point form if you wish – “do’s” and “don’ts” in any of the following
inter-related paths to financial vibrancy: By
gathering what community-based training (CBT) agencies have learned – large or
small, urban or rural – and regardless of the scale of their success, we will
come out knowing more collectively as a sector than ever
before. CBT Agencies: please SHARE your
lessons learned! Attached
are two documents to help us facilitate the knowledge-gathering
process: The Sharing Guide provides an overview of the project,
some background information about financial vibrancy, and instructions on how to
participate. Please refer to this Guide first to get you
started. The Sharing Template makes it easy for you to share your
experiences. Imagine yourself in a conversation with a peer in another agency
like yours. S/he has come to you for advice. What would be the most important
do’s and don’ts that you’d share? What things would you
warn them about? What, if anything, would you recommend they read? Insert as much space as you need on the
sections in the template. And only share your thoughts on the paths you feel
comfortable writing about. If you’d
rather share your thoughts through a bulletin-board type forum, we are also
hosting an Online Forum. It’s easy
to participate in this forum -- instructions on how to log-in are posted on the
home page. Check back as often as you like to add more thoughts or read and
respond to what others have written. To get
started: ·
Open
and read the attached Lessons Learned Sharing Guide (French and English
documents attached) ·
Open
and read the Lessons Learned Template (French and English documents
attached) ·
Type
right onto the Lessons Learned Template. Insert
as many lines as you need throughout. Please type your responses directly into the Template
and send it back to us. ·
Don’t
be put off by the length of this guide – remember to only share lessons learned
in those paths you and your colleagues are most comfortable in. If
you’d prefer to participate on the Online Forum, click HERE.
The second
step of the knowledge-gathering phase of this project will be an exciting
two-day Think Tank Forum scheduled
for September 20th and 21st in Please return the Template by August
11th. Agencies have until mid-September to
send in their Guide and/or contribute to the online forum but if you’d like your
agency to be considered for the Think Tank Forum in When
emailing your Template back, send it to both Adam Lodzinski and THANK
YOU!! Le
projet des voies du dynamisme financier
Dans le
secteur de la formation en milieu communautaire (FMC), nous devons modifier en
profondeur nos méthodes afin de nous adapter au nouveau cadre de financement
tout en demeurant efficace, mais nous devons également exploiter le potentiel
existant. Dans
l’immédiat, notre objectif est de mettre en commun notre expérience, nos
connaissances et notre compréhension collectives – notre « sagesse
collective » si l’on veut – des leçons tirées sur le dynamique financier. À
long terme, nous souhaitons, certes, que le secteur de l’emploi et des services
au marché de l’emploi soit plus efficace, mais aussi que les organismes
deviennent sans cesse plus dynamiques au plan financier. Les voies
du dynamisme financier sont nombreuses, et nous savons que beaucoup parmi vous
ont connu du succès en utilisant une ou plusieurs de ces voies. Aucun organisme
n’excelle dans toutes les facettes, mais nombreux sont ceux dont les efforts
dans certaines d’entre elles ont été couronnés de succès. Bref,
nous vous demandons de nous indiquer – dans un style télégraphique si vous
désirez – quelles sont vos règles de conduite (choses à faire et à ne pas faire)
et vos mises en garde, compte tenu de vos réussites passées avec l’une ou
l’autre des voies du dynamisme financier :
·
GOUVERNANCE
·
DÉVELOPPEMENT
DE L’ENTREPREUNARIAT ET DU COMMERCE ·
ÉLABORATION
DE PROGRAMME ·
GESTION
FINANCIÈRE ·
GESTION
DES RESSOURCES HUMAINES ·
SUIVI
DES RÉSULTATS ·
UTILISATION
DE LA TECHOLOGIE ·
CRÉATION
DE RELATIONS ET COMMUNICATIONS ·
UTILISATION
DE LA RECHERCHE En
compilant les connaissances acquises par les organismes de FMC – grands et
petits, urbains et ruraux – et, en faisant abstraction de l’échelle de la
réussite de l’une ou l’autre de ces voies, le secteur tout entier ressortira
enrichi de cet exercice. Les
questions relatives à la politique occupent une grande place dans le financement
et seront abordées dans le cadre du projet. Personne n'ignore qu'au cours des
dernières années, les politiques du gouvernement fédéral, en particulier, ont
posé d’énormes défis au secteur dans lequel nous évoluons. Cependant, la
signature de l’Entente Canada-Ontario sur le développement du marché du travail
(ECODMT) nous permet d’espérer que des politiques plus souples et plus réalistes
verront le jour. Guide
d’échange des leçons
tirées Nous avons
fait parvenir le Guide d’échange des
leçons tirées à environ 200 organismes
de FMC, dont des organismes membres de Réseau ontarien des
organismes pour le développement de l’employabilité
(ROODE/ONESTEP), l’Association
ontarienne des centres de consultation pour l’embauche des jeunes (AOCCEJ/OAYEC)
et l’organisme ACTEW (A Commitment to Training and
Employment for Women). Les documents sont joints (en Anglais et en Francais). Outre la
compilation des leçons tirées dans le présent guide, nous hébergeons un forum
sur Internet – cliquez
ici.
Dans un
cas comme dans l’autre, il est facile de partager vos connaissances, vos
expériences et vos impressions. Ce projet
comportera également un Forum de réflexion de deux jours les 20 et
21 septembre prochain à Toronto. Pour l'occasion, nous réunirons un groupe
représentatif de 40 organismes de FMC provenant de tous les coins de la
province qui ont connu du succès avec l’une ou l’autre des voies du dynamisme
financier, afin d’échanger leurs connaissances et leurs
perspectives. Ne laissez
pas la longueur du présent guide vous intimider. Rappelez-vous que nous vous
invitons à relater que les leçons apprises pour les voies que vous-même et vos
collègues connaissez le mieux. NOTA
: Dès la
réception du présent fichier, attribuez-lui un nom en utilisant la fonction
« enregistrer sous » et en incorporant, par exemple, le nom de votre
organisme dans le nouveau nom de fichier. Nous vous
prions de faire parvenir le document rempli à Adam Lodzinski et DÉLAI
IMPORTANT : Dans la mesure du possible, veuillez nous faire parvenir votre
guide d’ici au 11 août. Veuillez
cependant noter que vous devez nous fournir votre guide (ou participer à notre
forum de discussion sur Internet) d’ici au 11 août si vous voulez que votre
organisme ait la chance d’être invité à notre Forum de réflexion à Toronto.
Comme nos ressources financières ne nous permettent pas d’accueillir plus de
quarante représentants de différents organismes, nous avons besoin d'un certain
temps pour constituer un éventail optimal
d’organisations. MERCI!
The next South West Regional meeting is to take place September 29th, 2006.
An agenda and location information will be sent out prior to the meeting.




News/Alerts
ICE Report on "Neighbourhood Action: What Works
Locally" and Updated ICE Inventory
The Intergovernmental Committee for Economic and Labour Force Development in
Toronto have recently added a report from the ICE Network Meeting on
Neighbourhood Action: What Works Locally and updated and improved the ICE
inventory of over 100 government programs and almost 40 intergovernmental
projects related to economic and labour force development in Toronto.
Click here
for more information.
CARS Internationally Trained Workers Project
The Canadian Automotive Repair and Service Council (CARS) is undertaking a
study to determine why internationally trained workers do not work in the
automotive sector in Canada.
Click here
for more information.
Interested in Electoral Reform in Ontario?
The Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform will be conducting an assessment
of Ontario's electoral system by holding discussions and reviewing public
feedback between September 2006 and April 2007.
Click here
for more information.
McGuinty Government Helping People With
Disabilities Find Jobs And Increase Their Income
The McGuinty government is helping people with disabilities gain greater
financial independence and increase their standard of living by improving the
Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Minister of Community and Social
Services Sandra Pupatello announced today.
Click here
for more information.
Events
Understanding Canadian Workplace
Culture (Toronto (North Etobicoke))
MicroSkills Employment Resource Centre invites you to atttend a workshop on
Understanding Canadian Workplace Culture.
Click
here for more information
High-Demand I.T. Jobs and the Skills Needed for
them (Toronto (North Etobicoke))
MicroSkills Employment Resource Centre invites you to attend a workshop on
High-Demand I.T. Jobs and the Skills Needed for them.
Click
here for more information
How to Get a Professional Engineering License in
Ontario (Toronto (North Etobicoke))
MicroSkills Employment Resource Centre invites you to attend a workshop on
How to Get a Professional Engineering License in Ontario.
Click
here for more information
ONESTEP Annual General Meeting (Toronto)
The ONESTEP AGM will be held on Wednesday September 20th at 11:00 am in
Toronto. Details regarding the key note speaker and the location will be
announced shortly. Mark your calendars now!
Click
here for more information
Uncovering the Genius: Enhanced Facilitator
Training (Blind River)
YOUR MIND IS YOUR GREATEST TECHNOLOGY! Click
here for more information
THIS PROGRAM TEACHES YOU HOW TO USE
IT
TO REACH YOUR FULL POTENTIAL
* Increase your ability to inspire your
clients to succeed
* Improve overall participation and performance
*
Motivate clients to take control of their lives
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:
The Impact of Welfare State Restructuring on The
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector in Canada and the US
Building on a previous study in the state of Delaware and a review of
research done in other locations in the US, I recently investigated the impact
of welfare state restructuring on the nonprofit social services sector in two
provinces in Canada, British Columbia and Ontario. Research in the US has shown
that welfare state restructuring has produced unforeseen (and largely negative)
consequences for nonprofit sector capacity and inter-organizational
relationships. Welfare reform has increased the demand for services from the US
nonprofit social services sector.
Manuscript
Click
here for more information
The Non-Profit Sector in a Place-based Policy World
The value of the non-profit sector has never been clearer. In addition to its
age-old role of providing social goods and services that the market and public
sectors have failed to deliver adequately, the sector is a key player in the new
social policy era. So argues David Hay, Director of CPRN’s Family Network. Hay
says that despite the challenges inherent in funding regimes, reporting
requirements and regulations, the sector is still a major source of social
innovation. Its committed workforce, experience, knowledge, flexibility and
creativity, its entrepreneurial capacity and its holistic approach are its
strengths. Hay suggests that non-profits are well placed to play an increasingly
important part in place-based policies of the future.
Click
here for more information
Summary
of Findings
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