ONESTEP with the support of the Office of Learning Technology Launches Community Learning Network Project
	Along with Employment & Education Centre in Brockville, Victoria Country Career Services in Lindsay, and YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka in Midland, we are piloting a 30 month distance learning project in rural communities. Download our brochure to learn about this exciting project.

Member News

South West Region Meeting

Next ONESTEP South West Region meeting is on December 9th at 10:00 am at ATN, 141 Dundas Street, Suite 504, London. An agenda will be sent out prior to the meeting.

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News/Alerts

Sectoral Involvement in Departmental Policy Development (SIDPD)

Two reports on Sectoral Involvement in Departmental Policy Development (SIDPD) as a whole are now available.

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Events

EARN Meetings Change of Venue (Dundas)

EARN meetings are now to be held in the Council Chambers on the First floor at the Dundas Municipal Centre

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Toronto Training Board Forum on Contingent Work (Toronto)

The TTB will be holding a forum, “Understanding Labour Market Insecurity: Precarious Work", Alliance for Contingent Employment launches research on precarious work in Toronto.

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CAPLA & ACCC Present Fall Focus Workshop & Annual General Meeting (Toronto)

Come and join Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) and Qualification Recognition practitioners explore themes of recognition

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TECH 2005 -- Women at Work (Hamilton)

TECH 2005 -- Women at Work is coming up on November 29, 2005, and there are still spaces available.

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Call for Papers/Conference: Great Expectations and Competing Accountabilities: Challenges for Community Agencies  (Toronto)

The CASAE/ACEEA invites you to it’s Ontario Regional Conference, “Great Expectations and Competing Accountabilities: Challenges for Community Agencies on Friday, March 3, 2006. Deadline for call: Friday, November 25th.

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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:

Diversity Planning for Inclusive Employment (DPIE)

The DPIE is the most comprehensive research report in Canada regarding employers and persons with disabilities.

The primary purpose of this study was to gather information from identified, targeted employers about their awareness of the disability agenda and their obligations under the governing EEA and Human Rights Code as they relate to employing persons with disabilities.

The corollary purpose of the research was to assist the general disability community with concrete measures/methods that employers require to increase their capacity for enabling Canadians with disabilities to participate fully in the workplace.

OVER 700 employers provided information either through a focus group or through an on-line survey. We encourage you to review the final report and contact me to discuss any questions or concerns.

Seven key findings emerged from the project. These are:

• Attitudes and cultural biases within organizations continue to be a barrier against the hiring of persons with disabilities;
• Awareness of statutory obligations with regard to recruiting, hiring, and employing persons with disabilities remains quite low;
• Accountability for achievement of EEA targets is generally poor;
• Costs associated with the duty to accommodate can be and are used as rationales for not hiring job seekers with disabilities;
• There is low awareness of and expectation that government or community groups can provide effective support to help organizations deal with sensitivity issues related to working with persons with disabilities;
• There is a need for a centralized information source such as a single entry web-based portal; and, The requirements of the EEA to employ persons with disabilities and the prohibition in the Personal
• Information Protection Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) against asking individuals about disability creates a conflict that is seen as a “major problem” by employers in all sectors.

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