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Call for Nominations
Extended to Oct 9-
 Have
you sent your nominations yet for the 2002 New Pioneers Awards?
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- Hurry and send in the nominations for any of these six
categories:
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 arts,
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community
service,
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entrepreneurship,
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science
and technology,
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youth
or
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Skills
for Change Graduate.
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Be
residents of, or work in, the Greater Toronto Area.
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Be
over 18 years of age (with the exception of the youth award)
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Be
born outside of Canada
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Have
overcome barriers in starting a new life in Canada
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Have
demonstrated commitment to fellow immigrants, refugees and the community
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Have
made outstanding achievements in Canada
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 The
selected award recipients will be honoured at a gala awards evening
Thursday, March 21st., 2002 at the Westin Harbour Castle. All winners must
agree to be publicly recognized and be available to attend the awards
evening.
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or on our website.
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Consular Spouses Visit
- by Lisa-Anne
James
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 On
September 20th SfC was pleased to host the Consular Spouses
Association of Ontario. Our guests for the morning represented
Belize, Cypress, France, Greece, Jamaica, Lithuania, Portugal,
Syria, Trinidad, USA, Netherlands, and Philippines.
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- The group later wrote that the "...planning
abilities and immense energy of Skills for Change produce brilliant
outcomes for the whole nation."
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Calling All SfC Graduates!
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SfC Alumni Committee encourages active participation of program
graduates in supporting the work of SfC through social events or
fund-raising activities and in creating a network for information.
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 The
Alumni Committee held their first meeting on May 8, 2001.
Since then, a dedicated group of graduates have been meeting each
month, sharing ideas, information and experiences in order to
promote the mission of SfC. A work plan was developed and as a first
step in obtaining feedback from graduates, the Alumni Committee put
their heads together and developed a questionnaire to be conducted
over the telephone.
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- The results
of the telephone survey indicate that graduates are appreciative of
the services provided to them by SfC and are interested in receiving
the e-newsletter that would keep them in touch with the agency and
provide information on job opportunities.
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Staff Changes
Welcome to...
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Lourdes
Vicente
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Pat
Sinervo
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Susan
O'Rourke
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- Goodbye and good luck to...
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Ghenet
Musa
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Divinia
Tupe
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Manock
Lual
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Comments
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we would like to hear from you.
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Annual General Meeting
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 The
Skills for Change Annual General Meeting will be held Wednesday,
October 24, 2001 starting at 6:00 p.m. with a reception. The
business of the AGM will start at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is
welcomed.
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Feature presentations include: Faces of Toronto's Communities
photo exhibit by Berge Arabian
(Contrast
Photo Agency) and Vasyl Popadiuk (violinist).
For more information call 658-3101 x218.
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Information Session for
Teachers
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by Jalileh Helalat, IAT Program Coordinator
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- If you are an Internationally Trained teacher interested in
teaching in Ontario, join our information session October 30 at 6:30
p.m.
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Mentor Appreciation Evening
- by Farida Zuberi, Program Coordinator
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 The
Mentoring Program
hosted an Appreciation Evening to say ‘thank you’ to all the
volunteers who make the delivery of this program possible. Apart
from the 20 mentors and volunteers, friends and supporters of the
program also attended the event. We welcomed the
United Way, along with our funders from the K. M.
Hunter Family Foundation, as well as our partners from
Ryerson University
and
Ontario Power Generation.
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The Ins-and-Outs of Retail
- by Cristina Pernia, Job Developer
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 Over
the past year, SfC has had the opportunity to work in partnership
with Canada’s largest retailer, the
Hudson’s
Bay Company, and the
Toronto Catholic
District School Board. The EPRS (Employment
Preparation for Retail Services) program includes a 6-week work
placement at various Bay locations throughout the GTA.
Here the students learn the ins-and-outs of what it’s really like to
work in retail.
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- In total, 26 students have completed placements
and a number of them have been offered employment at The Bay.
Twenty more students will be starting placements in early November.
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 Many
thanks to The Bay (Sherway, Yorkdale, Bloor, Centrepoint) for
their cooperation and support. Special thanks to Candace
Stuart, HR Coordinator at the Bay Sherway, for all her dedication in
spearheading this program. We look forward to enjoying our
continued success with The Bay!
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York University Field Study
- by Peggy Edwards, SfC Executive
Director
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 SfC
is a host organization in this fall's MBA Strategy Field Study
Program of the
Schulich School of Business at York University. We welcome and
extend deepest appreciation to the 7-member student team who have
chosen Skills for Change as a focus of their Study. They are as
follows: Antonio M. Dias (team liaison), Joachim James Tan, Rania
Abi-Ghanem, Keith Eng, Ronald Eng, Song-Min Cho, Sharon Bachra.
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United Way Events Calendar
 What
do pizza, the CN Tower, and bowling have in common? There are
all part of the SfC annual fund raising campaign for the United Way.
Click here to
view our events calendar!
Acronym Soup
Confused? Don't be. Here's a list
of our agency acronyms, what they mean and (where applicable) a
link to the program web page.
CES - Clerical Employment Services
EAS - Employment Assistance Program
EPRS - Employment
Preparation for Retail Services
ERC - Employment Resource Centre
FOAP - Finance and Office Assistant Program
IAT - Intake, Assessment and
Training
JSC - Job Search Centre
JSW - Job Search Workshop
LINC - Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada
NPA - New Pioneers Awards
STIC - Sector Terminology Information & Counselling
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