TTB Board member Shane McCarthy was the keynote speaker at the apprenticeship graduation ceremony recently held in Mississauga. He was introduced by another TTB Board member, Cristina Selva. Shane is the Executive Director of the Joint Training Centre for Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning located in Brampton. Cristina is the Training Director at the Carpenter's Local 27 Training Centre in Vaughan. The TTB is planning to hold 3 forums on apprenticeship and the skilled trades in 2008-2009.
Labour
Market News
Toronto Star
Rita Trichur
July 4, 2008
Once considered as Canada's economic engine, Ontario's idling economy is now on track to record its weakest pace of expansion since the early 1990s. Growth is about to fall below
1 per cent for 2008 according to economists at two major banks. The Royal Bank of Canada and the Bank of Montreal released dismal provincial forecasts, while an Ontario government report confirmed the province is on the brink of a recession after its real gross domestic product declined 0.3 per cent in the first quarter.
City of Toronto
News Release
June 23, 2008
The City of Toronto will hold two public meetings in July to give Torontonians the opportunity to talk about poverty and how it can be reduced. Councillor Joe Mihevc, Chair of the Community Development and Recreation Committee, announced today that Community Conversations on Poverty Reduction will be held on July 9 and 10. The public sessions come at a time when the Government of Ontario is conducting consultations on the development of a provincial poverty reduction strategy. The Province has said it intends to introduce its strategy by the end of the year.
CTV. Toronto
CTV.ca News Staff
July 3, 2008
Canada's auto industry took another hit Thursday after Progressive Moulded Products Ltd., a Toronto-area manufacturing company, announced it would be slashing 2,000 jobs. The job cuts came after 11 Toronto-area plants, which made plastic trim parts for General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, were abruptly closed by the company this week.
Immigrants
Toronto Star
Nicholas Kung
June 27, 2008
Canada must develop service standards in its immigration system if it is to compete globally for investors and skilled talent, says a panel appointed by the federal government.
The panel recommended that Canada put more emphasis on immigration as an economic tool by making the system more selective and responsive in addressing labour market needs – reaffirming a trend already adopted by Citizenship and Immigration Canada in increasing the proportion of economic-class immigrants among the 250,000 newcomers let into the country each year.
Globe and Mail
Carly Weeks
June 6, 2008
The Ontario government announced recently that it plans to lift restrictions on foreign-trained doctors and fast-track applications to help them start practising as soon as they enter Canada. The move is designed to reduce the province's critical shortage of physicians and is part of a plan that will make Ontario the country's leader in integrating foreign-trained doctors. The proposed changes wil bring Ontario in line with other provinces, such as Alberta and British Columbia, which already have programs to tap into the talented pool of foreign doctors whose training is equivalent to Canadian requirements.
The province will also create a new “transitional licence” that would eliminate the need for foreign-trained physicians to wait years before being allowed to practise.
Youth
The Villager
Justin Skinner
July 3, 2008
More than 300 TDSB students from high priority neighbourhoods are taking a big step toward success this summer with help from the Toronto District School Board. The school board launched its 2008 Focus on Youth program at Rosedale Heights School of the Arts on Friday, June 27. The program gives young people jobs that will help them enhance their leadership skills while giving back to the community. The students were selected from a large number of applicants from across the city. They will work with children and youth in Toronto schools, in partnership with more than 100 Toronto-based community agencies. Participating youth will earn nearly $3,000 over the course of the summer for their efforts, with their salaries paid through funding from the TDSB and the United Way of Greater Toronto.
The Mirror
Justin Skinner
June26, 2008
A group of at-risk youth and young adults took an important step toward bettering their lives at a special ceremony at Frontier College June 20. The young men and women celebrated their achievements in the by completeing "Beat the Street" program classes, which helps provide a warm, welcoming educational environment for those who have struggled with conventional schooling. The program offers literacy courses, high school equivalency diplomas and computer classes to help students gain entry into the competitive job market, boost their self-esteem and enhance their life skills. The program focuses on youth who have recently dropped out of school or those who have recently become homeless.
YWCA Toronto
Cynthia Reason
June 26, 2008
YWCA's launched recently a Language Instruction for Newcomers (LINC), a free English language program developed specifically for immigrant women. The aim of the program is to help women feel more comfortable in their community and to empower them to pursue their goals. The YWCA is an organization run by women for women. Their mission is to help women better themselves in order to get gainful employment. By offering the course exclusively for women, the YWCA is hoping to ease the invisible cultural barriers women sometimes feel when placed in a co-ed classroom context. Funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada, LINC has been running classes since late April at YWCA locations.
Education
George Brown College
June 2008
George Brown commends the provincial government's new Second Career program to help laid-off workers find new career opportunities. The program will help unemployed workers who commit to a long-term training plan make the transition to new careers in growing areas of the economy. Second Career can help an applicant with the costs of tuition, books, living expenses and other costs associated with the training to build skills for a new career.
The Canadian Press
June 25, 2008
A large majority of domestic employers say governments and businesses are not doing enough to stop the talent drain to foreign countries, nor to attract skilled workers into the country, a new Manpower Canada survey has found. In the survey of 453 employers, 83 per cent said not enough is being done to slow the outward migration of talent or attract skilled workers from abroad, although only 19 per cent said it was a concern at present.
Canada News Wire
June 24, 2008
In a ground breaking report released by Bradford Consulting Canada's most senior business decision makers revealed just how significant the issue of talent shortage has become. 70% of those surveyed are experiencing a shortage of talent and a full 54% indicate that it is affecting their companies' financial success. Further, this situation is expected to worsen according to 62% of respondents, a reflection in part of the impending baby boom exit from the workplace. Together, these indicators raise concerns for how well, in a highly competitive global market, Canada's business leadership is positioned for future success. |
VOLUME 6
June 2008
TTB Higlights
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