OPPORTUNITIES Conference Moving Forward to Renewal - Spring 2007
	April 30th – May 2nd, 2007 Doubletree Plaza Hotel Toronto, Ontario Watch this space for conference information to be published as it becomes available.

Member News

Have you completed your survey?

Calling all staff in ONESTEP member agencies. We need every one to fill out an online survey to assist us in our Human Resource Study. Go to www.onestep.on.ca its easy and so much fun! Don't be the last in your agency to experience the gratification of participation in this very important study.

New Rates for Youth Projects

The following flat rate percentage has been assigned for the Skills Link Program only:
1. 4% for Other Direct Project Costs (type 1C) = multiplied by the sum of cost 1A + 1B; and
2. 10% for Organizational Infrastructure Costs (type 2) = multiplied by the sum of cost types 1A + 1B + 1C

All of our Service Canada Centres (SCC) have been notified and this information should be posted on the Service Canada web site soon.

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News/Alerts

Summary of CUPE Submission for Federal Budget 2006 Consultation

The following is a summary of the submission that CUPE will be making to the Federal Finance Minister in preparation for the 2006 federal budget.

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Budget 2006

The Ministry of Finance's Presentation of the 2006 Budget.

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FEDERAL BUDGET 2006: ANALYSIS

When senior federal Liberals talk about what went wrong in the recent election campaign, they point to the fact that they let Stephen Harper become the champion of working families in this country.

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Alternative Federal Budget 2006

For over a decade the Alternative Federal Budget has been providing Canadians with a new way to look at federal budgets. We start from the premise that budgets should first be about people, and provide an alternative approach to handling the nation’s finances that is both fiscally and socially responsible.

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Systems of Survival, Systems of Support: An Action Plan for Social Assistance in the City of Toronto

The Action Plan puts forward a new direction for social assistance and employment services to respond to the needs of Toronto’s more than 500,000 low income residents.

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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.

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Events

Learn How To Contact Employers  (Toronto)

Are you ready and unable to find employment? Join this workshop to learn more about how to get employers to meet with you.

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Self-Marketing Your Skills (Toronto)

In this helpful workshop you will learn new and effective ways to market your skills for finding employment.

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Understanding Canadian Workplace Culture (Toronto (North Etobicoke))

MicroSkills Employment Resource Centre invites you to attend a workshop on Understanding Canadian Workplace Culture.

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Employee Rights in Ontario (Toronto (North Etobicoke))

MicroSkills Employment Resource Centre invites you to attend a workshop on Employee Rights in Ontario.

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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:

Towards an Action Plan for Canada 'Our Vision, Values and Actions'

In November of 2005, 144 of us – randomly selected youth between the ages of 18 and 25 – met in Ottawa for a three and a half day dialogue and summit organized by Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN). The challenge was to determine the kind of Canada we, the youth of Canada, want. Over the course of our dialogue we discussed in detail what we value about Canada and what we would like to change. This is our vision. We worked with CPRN, youth and older facilitators, decision makers and experts to turn our vision into an action plan that includes recommendations in five key areas: learning, work, health, environment and citizenship.

Click here to download action plan.

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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.

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