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Centre for Skills Development Virtual Open House – August 19

By Jennifer Vanderbeek

Join us for our Virtual Open House on August 19 to learn all about our free programs and services that can help you on the path towards career success! Register for one of our three sessions: 10:00am: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlcuqgpz8qHty1KWXYl1tOqJ1Bu2D2lHRv 1:00p.m.: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEuceGhpj0uGtX5XBcJN6GltciU56JkOnis 3:00p.m.:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvdOCqrzMjEtfk39KVxuha8zjR9GlBKKSu

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Newcomer Builds His New Career

By Jennifer Vanderbeek

The year 2015 was a big one for Mohamad. After immigrating to Canada from Turkey with his parents and siblings in August that year, Mohamad began working two jobs to support his family. Looking to learn more about the Canadian workplace and …

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Black Lives Matter

By Jennifer Vanderbeek

Many of us have been devastated by the violent, unprovoked actions by Minnesota Police officers, which led to the recent death of George Floyd. At marches in Toronto and Burlington recently, Canadians rallied to honour George Floyd and to combat …

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Workshops Tailored to the Now

By Jennifer Vanderbeek

Left or right. Apples to oranges. Black or white. These are some of the comparisons we’ve had to how drastic the methods for instructing workshops our Employment Services team had to face in the matter of days. In the midst …

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Mental Health Week

By Jennifer Vanderbeek

he Canadian Mental Health Association has marked the week of May 4 through 10 as Mental Health Week. It is time when we encourage one another to join in on the conversation around mental health, combat the stigma and create positive …

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MEP & WIST Programs Postponed

By Jennifer Vanderbeek

As the situation with COVID-19 continues, the Government of Ontario has mandated all non-essential businesses to be closed at this time. Therefore,  our Industrial Millwright Mechanic & Electrical Pre-Apprenticeship Program for Youth and Women in Skilled Trades: Enhanced General Carpentry program both originally scheduled to …