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In This Bulletin:
Member News
Meetings, PDWs and member only resources
South West Regional
Meeting
Renew your agency’s
membership today!
Toronto Niagara
Regional Meeting
South East Regional
Meeting
News/Alerts
CBT related media reports, RFPs and
announcements
ONESTEP's Response to
HRSDC’s Policy Directives
EARN Message: Wesley
Urban Ministries Closing Employment Centres Sent By Bob Burns
NDP Gets Parliament to
Investigate HRSDC Funding Fiasco
Non-profit agencies
frozen out
Ontario aims to reduce
RSI
Events
American Educational
Research Association Annual Conference (Montreal)
Employer Connections
2005: Opportunities in Skilled Trades (Kingston)
"Fire Within"
Employment Workshop (Kingston)
Portfolio Development
for Career & Employment Professionals (Flexible)
The Third Annual
Conference for Internationally Educated Professionals (Toronto)
CSTD Durham Chapter
Presents: EI in Leadership (Oshawa)
Online Resources
Establishing Value for HR
Technology
Human
Resources. Synopsis
RBC Financial Group: From
Accommodation to Inclusion
Job Postings
Instructor/Adult Education Resource Person (Sharbot Lake)
Employment
Support Worker (Mississauga)
Employment
Services and Programs Coordinator (Keswick - 17km North
of Newmarket)
Vocational Rehabilitation Counsellor, Creative Works Studio
(Metro Toronto Area)
Manager, Women in
Successful Employment (WISE) (Metro Toronto Area)
Administrative Assistant (Metro Toronto
Area)
Member News
Next South West Region meeting is on April 15th, 2005, 10:00 am. Location to
be determined, an agenda will be sent prior to the meeting.
Renew your agency’s membership today!
New membership fees effective April 1st 2005: Ratified at September 16, 2004
AGM.
Full members pay:
*Budget does not include stipends to clients but include education and
training funding for education, training, pre-employment activities.
Our Full Members:
As a full member, you can be confident that ONESTEP will be looking out for
you while you look out for your clients.
Toronto Niagara Regional Meeting
Next Toronto Region meeting is on April 6th from 9:30 am to noon. Location to
be announced. We will send out a fax notice before the meeting.
Next meeting is on April 20, 2005, at YEAH Inc. at 10:30 am.
News/Alerts
ONESTEP's Response to HRSDC’s Policy Directives
We are using this documents in an effort to inform HRSDC and politicians of
the issues that non-profits are facing in the CBT sector in Ontario.
Click here
for more information.
EARN Message: Wesley Urban Ministries Closing
Employment Centres Sent By Bob Burns
Wesley Urban Ministries Inc. has been advised by Human Resource Skills and
Development Canada (HRSDC) that the funding for our two Employment and Education
Resource Centres (EERC) will be ending. This decision by HRSDC is the result of
their initiative to consolidate the number of centres in Hamilton.
Click here
for more information.
NDP Gets Parliament to Investigate HRSDC Funding
Fiasco
OTTAWA – A Parliamentary Committee will investigate controversial new HRSDC
guidelines that are killing longstanding, credible community programs, thanks to
a motion today by NDP MP Tony Martin.
Click here
for more information.
Non-profit agencies frozen out
New Democrat Tony Martin admits he has no idea how big the problem is. Until
a few weeks ago, the Sault Ste. Marie MP thought it was a local outbreak of
bureaucratic stupidity. Then he started hearing similar stories from Toronto,
Vancouver and London. Now he can barely keep his e-mail basket cleared.
Click here
for more information.
Ontario has set up a panel of health and labour specialists to recommend
workplace policies aimed at reducing repetitive strain injuries by at least 20
per cent a year.
Click here
for more information.
Events
American Educational Research Association Annual
Conference (Montreal)
This year's annual meeting will focus on topics surrounding the theme of
"Demography and Democracy in the Era of Accountability."
Click
here for more information
Employer Connections 2005: Opportunities in
Skilled Trades (Kingston)
An Employer panel presentation with employer and school networking sessions,
geared to career changers, students, job seekers, and others who may be
interested.
Click
here for more information
"Fire Within" Employment Workshop (Kingston)
This 2-day workshop is designed for Aboriginal people who are seeking to
enter the work force, either for the first time or as part of an on-going
effort.
Click
here for more information
Portfolio Development for Career & Employment
Professionals (Flexible)
An unique opportunity for career management practitioners to learn about the
role of professional portfolios in career development and job search.
Click
here for more information
The Third Annual Conference for Internationally
Educated Professionals (Toronto)
Are you an Internationally Educated Professional (IEP) in the Toronto region
looking to advance your career?
Click
here for more information
CSTD Durham Chapter Presents: EI in
Leadership (Oshawa)
Louise Aspden will address how people deal with change, manage setbacks,
develop their most important relationships at work & home and become great
leaders.
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:
Establishing Value for HR Technology
From the Conference Board New York: This report examines the impact of HR
technology initiatives on overall corporate business strategies and explores how
these innovations are helping companies create value.
Click
here for more information
A small or medium-sized business can implement a variety of Internet
technologies to simplify and improve the management of its human resources.
Benefits realized include better systems, better information tracking, time
savings and cost savings.
Click
here for more information
RBC Financial Group: From Accommodation to Inclusion
RBC Financial Group: From Accommodation to Inclusion Anne Makhoul, January
2005
This community story profiles a Canadian employer with an exemplary attitude
and demonstrated ability to change its operations for the good of all employees.
By adopting the principle that everyone needs help accommodating to life
circumstances in some way – be it maternity or parental leave, religious
observance, recovery from an accident, coping with illness or managing a
disability – RBC Financial Group has established services and programs for its
employees and customers which make special needs a regular part of doing
business.
Click
here for more information
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