Partnerships 2009-2010
Each year The Toronto Training Board leads, facilitates or participates in a number of partnerships. These partnerships respond to issues identified through the TOP process. Our partnerships engage our community partners to create innovative solutions to local issues.
If you are interested in working with the TTB on a partnership or project please contact us at info@ttb.on.ca.
2009-2010 Partnerships
Trend: Integrating Newcomers and Immigrants
Diversity: Strategies for the Changing Workforce
A one-day forum to explore key strategies to benefit from existing diversity in the workforce while creating a more flexible and inclusive workplace for the future.
Partners:Working Skills Centre and the Working Women’s Community Centre
By 2011, 80% of Toronto’s labour force growth will be made up of immigrants and visible minorities. Although statistics show that the newcomers arriving in Toronto are typically highly educated and highly skilled professionals, they often encounter multiple barriers to full integration into the labour market. Immigrants need flexible and accommodating workplaces in order to fit into the Canadian Workplace…<read more>
Working Together for Women’s Employment
Four information sessions on employment, training and resources for women in the Thorncliffe and Flemingdon Neighbourhood.
Partners: Don Mills Employment Resource Centre, Flemingdon Neighbourhood Services, MicroSkills, MPP Kathleen Wynne, Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office
Immigrants, especially women immigrants, face consistent barriers in career development and find it increasingly difficult to secure a “first” job. Often newcomers and women require additional training and skills to enter the Canadian workforce. These information sessions provided participants with important local labour market and employment opportunities.
St. James Town Youth Mapping Project
An online interactive map to help residents find resources and services in their neighbourhood
Partner: Ryerson University, Geographic Analysis Program, Downtown East Community Development Collective (DECDC)
Toronto is a large and multi-faceted city that can sometimes be difficult to navigate. For newcomers, finding local resources and services can be confusing, complicated and frustrating. The information is often scattered across various websites, sources and locations or else deeply rooted in local knowledge. This pilot project aims to test the effectiveness of online mapping for finding community resources.
Trend: Youth Unemployment
Kick-Start Your Own Business: Youth Entrepreneurship
A one day event for youth looking to start their own business
Partner: Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centers (First Work)
In Toronto, youth unemployment is nearly three times that of adults. Their labour market participation rate is only 58%- a rate that is almost 10% less than that of adults. This is most evident in the “inner suburbs” and the downtown core. Starting your own business is one route to self-employment but also a risky option with a high failure rate. This one day event invited “at-risk” youth interested in starting their own businesses to learn the do’s and don’ts of starting your own business. It also marked the launch of New Start Lounge- an online networking site for young entrepreneurs.
Youth Employment Partnerships:Going Green-More than just
Changing the Light Bulb
Information series for youth job developers on labour market information, training and job opportunities in the “green” sector.
Partner: City of Toronto, Youth Employment Partnerships
These days everyone is going “green”. But what does going green mean for employment and training opportunities in Toronto? Where will the jobs be? Toronto Training Board is holding a series of information sessions with the City of Toronto Youth Employment Partnerships to find out the where, what will be the green jobs of the future.
Trend: Green Economy
Transitioning to a Green Economy
Partners: Peel, Halton and Dufferin Workforce Board, York South Simcoe Training and Adjustment Board
Ontario is taking big steps in creating a more “green economy”. The Green Energy Economic Act promises to create 50, 000 new jobs over the next three years. To find out what these jobs will be, Toronto Training Board is doing research to determine employment opportunities currently available and those evolving. This research is primarily a collection of information, groups and associations, existing organizations and business that can be utilized to outline educational qualifications, training requirements, available training or education resources and potential sources of employment, salaries and industries in the Ontario marketplace.
Trend: Skilled Trades or Skilled Shortages
Toronto West Skills Networking Dinner
For nine consecutive years, Skills Canada Ontario has been offering the “Skills Work!® for Women” Networking Dinner Series, an award-winning program that introduces young women in high school to female mentors, who are currently working or studying in a skilled trade or technology field. Over the course of the evening, students have a chance to learn about each mentor’s career journey and experiences. Students also find out what they need to do now to pursue their future career goals and aspirations.
Trend: Changing Economy
Enterprising Not For Profits
A collaboration of 14 funders to provide seed money to not-for-profits to develop social enterprises. Toronto Training Board is proud to sponsor this great initiative for the second year. In the first phase, applications are reviewed by the partners and 11 organizations receive grants of $10,000 or less. This initiative is helping not-for profits become less reliable on government funding and expand employment and training opportunitie
