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Welcome to our new members!

Welcome to our three new members: iSisters Technology Mentoring, VPI Inc. – York Region, and VPI Inc. – Danforth Employment Zone for Youth. iSisters Technology Mentoring is located in Ottawa and connects women in need with technology through mentoring. VPI Inc. is an assessment and youth employment organization with several locations in the GTA region.
> iSisters Technology Mentoring: http://www.isisters.org
> VPI Inc.: http://www.vpi-inc.com/vpihtml/home.html

ACTEW RECEIVES MINISTRY OF ATTORNEY GENERAL FUNDING FOR "CONSIDERATIONS OF VIOLENCE" PROJECT

The Ministry of the Attorney General’s Ontario Victims Services Secretariat has funded ACTEW, in partnership with Springtide Resources, to develop and pilot workshops for employment practitioners on employment-related issues for abuse survivors. ACTEW and Springtide Resources will work to bridge the information gap between the career development and violence prevention sectors, and to develop and deliver a series of professional development workshops for front-line career development practitioners.
> more: http://www.theconstellation.ca/actew/news.shtml?x=95943

ACTEW's Strageic Planning Begins

ACTEW is embarking on a strategic planning and resource development process, funded through the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Through contributions and participation from our members and select key stakeholders, we will create a framework to support, sustain, and strengthen the employment and training sector servicing women in Ontario. This month ACTEW members can expect to hear from ACTEW as we gather information and resources that will inform this process.

ACTEW Brings Together Service Providers & Government

Through our Putting Women in the Picture project, ACTEW co-hosted two meetings in the last four weeks to discuss regional concerns about labour market development policy and the devolution of funds from Service Canada to the Province’s Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities through the Labour Market Development Agreement. Service providers from the Ottawa region met with all levels of government in May, while in June over 180 employment deliverers of the Golden Horseshoe area heard from MTCU. Read more about these meetings on the ACTEW blog:
> Ottawa: http://actew.org/blog/labels/Meetings_and_Events.html
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> Golden Horseshoe: http://actew.org/blog/labels/Meetings_and_Events.html
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Surveying Employers on Intimate Partner Abuse & the workplace

Moving On To Success is an employment readiness-program for intimate abuse survivors, collaboratively run by ACTEW, YWCA Toronto, Springtide Resources, and Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies at York University. The YWCA is currently surveying employers through its LinkstoJobs Employer Network on workplace issues related to intimate partner abuse. Employers wishing to share their experiences and concerns about this issue are invited to contact mots@actew.org to access an online survey. The results of this research will shape resource packages and workshops for employers.
> more: http://www.actew.org/projects/current/MOTS.html

Members' Meeting: Provisioning

Many of ACTEW's new members joined us on June 22 for this networking event followed by a presentation by Sandra Tam on "Provisioning: Thinking Holistically About Women's Work". Highlights of Sandra's research are available on the ACTEW web site:
> more: http://www.actew.org/projects/workshops.html#provisioning

ACTEW's SUMMER STUDENT

ACTEW welcomes Danielle Olsen, joining us as Strategic Planning Coordination Assistant. Danielle will assist in laying the initial foundation for ACTEW's strategic plan and will be getting in touch with all ACTEW members in the coming weeks as she compiles resources and information for the strategic plan and member resources. Danielle is a second year student in International Development Studies at York University. She also works with the Fred Victor Employment Resource Centre.

ACTEW Executive Directorship

ACTEW is still in the process of hiring an Executive Director. In the meantime, Deanna Yerichuk, long-time manager of various ACTEW projects, has taken on the role of Interim Executive Director. Deanna welcomes any questions or concerns related to this transition. You can reach her at: deanna@actew.org

Become an ACTEW member! For more information visit: http://www.actew.org/about/membership.html

THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMPLOYMENT INNOVATIONS FUND FOR 2007/08

A year ago, the Ontario government launched a new $4 million Employment Innovations Fund. The ministry is now accepting Letters of Interest for 2007/08 funding under this initiative. The Employment Innovations Fund aims to engage employers in expanding job opportunities for people on social assistance, including people with disabilities. Municipalities, not-for-profit organizations, as well as employer associations, chambers of commerce and boards of trade may apply to this fund. Individuals and individual employers are not eligible in their own right, but may apply as part of a group.
> more: http://www.theconstellation.ca/actew/news.shtml?x=96851

FUNDING FOR ABORIGINAL ORGANIZATIONS

Service Canada is presently accepting funding applications from Aboriginal organizations interested in obtaining financial assistance to deliver Aboriginal Human Resources Development programs, to assist Métis people in Ontario (formerly served by the Ontario Métis Aboriginal Association) in preparing for, obtaining and maintaining employment.
> more: http://www.theconstellation.ca/actew/events.shtml?x=94544

STUDY REVEALS – LITTLE CHANGE IN WAGE GAP

More young women are getting a university degree, which generally translates into a higher income, but they're having a hard time closing the wage gap with men. A Statistics Canada study released recently found university educated women in their 20s earned 18 per cent less than men from 1991 to 2001. This was only slightly better than in 1991, when women earned 20 per cent less than men. This gap narrowed only slightly despite the sharp increase in the proportion of young women with university degrees.
> more: http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/11F0019MIE/11F0019M
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More news available on ACTEW's web site: http://www.theconstellation.ca/actew/news.shtml

Events

WORKING TOGETHER FOR WOMEN’S EMPLOYMENT

This collaborative information series on "Women at Work" looks at issues relevant to women job-seekers and career practitioners in the GTA. A Women's Employment Forum to discuss women's employment opportunities in Toronto is taking place on July 14th at the Thorncliffe Neighborhood Office Youth Centre. For more information, contact the Toronto Training Board at info@ttb.on.ca.

More events available on ACTEW's web site: http://www.theconstellation.ca/actew/events.shtml

CHILD CARE & women's employment

As women enter the workforce in record numbers, childcare - or the lack of it - plays a key role in Ontario's labour market development. ACTEW's newest fact sheet in the series on women's employment issues provides statistics, facts and resources on Canada's child care system as it relates to working women and women looking for work. Learn how policies relate to the labour market in our June issue of InFocus, ACTEW's policy e-bulletin.
> the facts: http://actew.org/projects/pwpsite/snapshots/childcare.html
> the policies: http://actew.org/InFocus/june07.html

FINANCIAL VIBRANCY.ORG

FinancialVibrancy.org is an online community of practice in Ontario's nonprofit employment and training sector. Over the past year, the Paths to Financial Vibrancy Project partners (ACTEW, ONESTEP and OAYEC) pooled the collective experiences of Ontario's Community-Based Employment and Training sector. This web site consolidates the Lessons Learned and Success Stories to share with the sector as a whole. Join the peer-to-peer learning community, add your own success stories and help build the capacity of the non-profit sector.
> more: http://financialvibrancy.org

More resources available in ACTEW's Resource Library: http://www.theconstellation.ca/actew/elibrary.shtml

Anti Violence Coordinator (VAW Program)
Riverdale Immigrant Women’s Centre
view posting: http://www.theconstellation.ca/actew/jobs.shtml?x=96445

Executive Director
CultureLink
view posting: http://www.theconstellation.ca/actew/jobs.shtml?x=96477

Project Coordinator/Job Developer
Skills for Change
view posting: http://www.theconstellation.ca/actew/jobs.shtml?x=96643

More jobs available on ACTEW's web site: http://www.theconstellation.ca/actew/jobs.shtml