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Member News

South East Region Meeting

Wednesday November 12, 10:30 am at YEAH, Brockville. A draft agenda and map are available in the member section of the website.

ONESTEP Wage Survey: DRAW Winners

Y.E.S. Toronto wins one registration to OPPORTUNITIES 2003!

Final Deadline for wage surveys is December 1, 2003.

Toronto Niagara Regional Meeting

November 20th from 2:00 to 5:00 pm at YES. Draft agenda and map to be posted in the coming weeks.

John Fox will be invited to present on HRDC's Labour Market programs and Services Strategy.

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News/Alerts

Leading Lights – Forging Tomorrow’s Leaders Conference in February 2004

Members of the CBT sector in Canada are gearing up for a national conference on leadership to be held February 19 and 20, 2004 in Vancouver. The conference, Leading Lights – Forging Tomorrow’s Leaders Conference will be presented in collaboration with ASPECT, the Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training. Stephen Lewis will be the conference’s keynote speaker.

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ONESTEP membership ratifies new Board of Directors

On September 24th the ONESTEP membership ratified the new ONESTEP Board of Directors and sets next year's list of priorities.

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JobTrack Centre to Offer Help for Those with Jobs Affected by SARS

SARS cost you your job or cut your hours? We can help.

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Statistics Canada Releases up to November 4, 2003

Click here to go to Statistics Canada.

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Events

Skills for Change (Toronto)

Cordially invites you to join them for their Annual General Meeting "New Frontiers in Service Excellence"

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Developing rapport skills (2 parts) (Kingston)

Career Consultant & Certified trainer Jan Miller focuses on soft skills & behavioural change in her workshops. She uses interactive practical exercises & role-playing for self-evaluation.

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teleseminar: "Power up your voice!" Speak with confidence to anyone! (Gananoque)

A teleseminar is an interactive seminar conducted over the telephone. Participants take part in exercises, ask questions & give feedback. You benefit from a professional development opportunity without the cost of travelling.

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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:

Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

The Federal government's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act will be fully enacted in January 2004. This is a guide prepared for the non-proft sector. Please see the links for further information.

To assist you, in advising, or working within your organization, in meeting the challenge of the above, please see a new Privacy Tool-kit, available at http://www.ccp.ca/public_affairs/pdf/Privacy_101_A_Guide_to_Privacy_Legislation.pdf

Clearly written with non-profit organizations, and their consultants in mind, the rules will apply to all “commercial activity”, and are therefore highly relevant to co-operatives and businesses as well.

The PIPEDA law has been in force for organizations within federal jurisdiction since January 1, 2001, and there is considerable experience with it. See, for instance, the Federal Privacy Commissioner’s Findings, at http://www.privcom.gc.ca/cf-dc/2003/index2-3_e.asp

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Canadian Subsidy Directory

PRESS RELEASE

The new revised edition of the Canadian Subsidy Directory 2003 is now available.

The new edition is the most complete and affordable reference for anyone looking for financial support. It is deemed to be the perfect tool for new or existing businesses, individual ventures, foundations and associations.

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Interesting Ideas and Good Practices at Immigrant-Serving Agencies

ISAP Program Review

RealWorld Systems sought examples of successful approaches for meeting the needs of clients and organizations in the settlement sector at various stages of the ISAP program review. Different stakeholders in the process commented on excellence in programs, services, and agencies. These included successful services and interesting programming, innovative policies, and good practice.

These ideas provide a perspective on potential improved practices for the settlement sector. Since most of them have not been examined critically or evaluated for effectiveness, we cannot call them ‘best practices’ at this point. Further research is required to understand how and whether broader implementation and sharing is valid.

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