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| “Diversity: Strategies For The Changing Workforce" New Technologies-Cultural Diversity-Generation Y Save the Date! New Publications New publications are now available from the Toronto Training Board. "Following the Sucess: Promising Workplace Learning Practices in Marginalized Youth Employment" reports on work with employers,their youth employees and self-employed youth to understand what leads to successful youth employment.
Labour Market News Labour Force SurveyThe DailyStatistics Canada July 10, 2009 Full-time losses in Ontario in June (-56,000) were offset by part-time gains (+57,000), leaving total employment unchanged. The unemployment rate edged up to 9.6%, the highest rate in 15 years. Since last October, employment in the province has fallen by 232,000 (-3.5%), with over half of the losses in manufacturing (-126,000). Celestica Sheds JobsMetro TorontoThe Canadian Press July 24, 2009 Celestica Inc. will eliminate six per cent of its workforce under another major restructuring program aimed at cutting unused manufacturing capacity. Celestica, which produces electronics for brand-name companies, said the restructuring will affect approximately 2,000 employees worldwide, but wouldn’t give any details as to which operations will be affected. It has already consolidated most of its Canadian operations in its Don Mills campus in Toronto.Celestica has been restructuring its operations almost continually and has laid off tens of thousands of people since 2001 — mostly in higher cost countries in North America and Western Europe — as it closed factories and moved operations to lower cost places. ImmigrantsAdjusting The Balance: Fixing Canada's Economic Immigration PoliciesMaytree FoundationNaomi Alboim July 2009 According to this report, Canada needs a national vision for economic immigration. A strong, cohesive, long-term vision will help Canada to be competitive in attracting people with the skills needed to develop and support an innovative, productive and knowledge-based economy. This goal cannot be achieved without fixing Canada’s economic immigration policies. Recent federal policy changes have been reactive and have not given due regard to the root causes of the problems or the cumulative impact. Fixing these policies and enhancing labour market services will help Canada to become the destination of choice for future citizens from around the world and to benefit from their enormous potential. YouthOut Of Work And Going PublicGlobe and MailTavia Grant July 23, 2009 The worst labour market in a decade is causing young workers to radically revisit their career plans. In many cases, they're moving to the perceived stability of the public sector, such as health care and community services, according to enrolment data compiled by community colleges and universities. Until last year, labour shortages meant people in their 20s and 30s could have their pick of jobs, wrangle higher salaries and hop from one position to another. Now, a deteriorating job market for young people is forcing a major rethink. Nursing, paramedics, police foundations training, early childhood education, social work and fish-and-wildlife conservation are seeing the biggest jump in applications for fall terms in Ontario schools, according to Ontario College Application Service data.Youth entrepreneurship is growing across Canada, according to statistics from the Toronto-based Canadian Youth Business Foundation. It has recorded a 42-per-cent surge in applications and startups this year. EducationCentennial Offers Options For Aspiring MechanicsToronto MetroEva Lam July 27, 2009 Centennial’s School of Transportation, the largest of its kind in Canada, offers five types of programs for aspiring mechanics, otherwise known as technicians: Post-secondary, apprenticeships, co-ops, modified apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeships. The school’s many industry partners, including Ford, GM and Bombardier, allow students to get valuable hands-on training, says the school’s dean. The programs also prepare students for the provincial qualification exam that will earn them a Certificate of Qualification, a requirement of workers in certain skilled trades including automotive service technician and refrigeration and air conditioning mechanic. However, not all skilled trades call for certification. Aircraft mechanics, or officially, aircraft mechanical engineers (AMEs), are instead licensed through Transport Canada. Trades Program Launched At George BrownToronto MetroLeyla Emory July 13, 2009 George Brown has recently introduced a new one-year Construction Trades Techniques program. The Chair of Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship at George Brown indicates that the program is the tour of trades and the only program of its kind. The students get to experience in actually eight trades with a lot of hands-on work. The program gives them an overview of the construction industry as a whole so they have a better notion of what they want to do. Typically, a path into the trades involves completing high school, finding a job, which, with a contract between the employer and the ministry, qualifies as a registered apprenticeship. Other NewsThe HST Will Likely Cause Toronto’s Construction Slump To Be ProtractedJournal of CommerceJohn Clinkard June 11, 2009 The economic pulse of the Toronto census metro area (CMA) has slowed significantly over the past twelve months. Probably the best gauge of this deterioration in economic health is the growth rate of total employment. Since May 2008, year-over-year job growth has slowed from +2.5% to -2.9% in May of this year. This dramatic drop in the rate of job creation has caused Toronto’s unemployment rate to jump from 6.6% to 9.1%, the highest level in over 12 years and the seventh highest unemployment rate among the country’s 27 CMAs. Across Toronto’s major industrial sectors, almost nine out of every 10 jobs lost over the past year have been in the construction industry. |
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