Partner in Education Breakfast 2010

This Fall's Must Attend Event-
Partners in Education Breakfast

For educators and parents, here is why it is in your best interest to attend IEC’s annual Partners in Education Breakfast.Read More

Events

Partners in Education Breakfast
- November 24, 2010
Take Our Kids to Work 2010
-November 3, 2010
Westmount Volunteer Fair
- October 22, 2010
Path to Success 2010- Employment Awarness Event
- November 4, 2010
DECA Regional Event 2010
- November 9, 2010
Business Open House- Redeemer University College

Program Highlights- Passport to Proseprity

Passport to Prosperity – Discover your Future Workforce

Employer involvement is essential – after all who is more qualified to promote your business and mentor your future workforce than you are? Read More

Specialist High Skills Major –What does this mean for Employers?

Did you know that the Ministry of Education is revitalizing the high school curriculum by allowing students the opportunity to focus their education in a particular occupational area of interest?  What does this mean for you?  Read More

Introduce your Career to Young People- Speakers Bureau

Prepare for your future workforce now by highlighting your organization and chosen field to young people who are currently exploring and navigating their career-path.  Read More

Employerregistry.ca
Connecting employers and tomorrow’s workforce

Employer Registry is a free service aimed at connecting employers to tomorrow’s workforce.   Read More

Employers Spotlight

Harpers Garden Center-
Mentoring the future workforce in Horticulture

andscape Ontario projects that the Landscape Horticulture Industry is expected to double in size by 2021 and that 50% of the workforce is expected to retire in the next 5-10 years, leaving a big gap in skilled workers. Read More

Hamilton Health science helping High School Students to Realize their Dreams of Becoming Doctors and Health Researchers

Hamilton Health Sciences, in partnership with St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, provided students an opportunity to work shoulder-to-shoulder with health scientists and their research teams during the summer to learn the ins and outs of research. Read More

Workforce Tips

Employer Toolkit to help employers in recruiting and retaining apprentices.

An Employer Toolkit that will help employers learn tips on how to recruit and retain apprentices is launched by CAF-FCA. Read More

Community Employment Services at Mohawk College

Community Employment Services at Mohawk College can help you attract and recruit employees with the skills you need. Read More

Did you know....?

Who do young Canadians wish to work for the most?

The federal government grabbed the first spot as the employer of choice for young Canadian students.Which companies and organizations followed the government in the top workplace wish list of young Canadians? Read More

There is a big gap in quality of life among Hamilton Neighborhoods, reports HCF

When it comes to quality of life, Hamilton has two faces.  One face shows ‘an archipelago of affluent neighborhoods with healthy, well-educated residents enjoying an enviable quality of life’, while the other face reveals ‘shocking levels of poverty, curtailed education, high unemployment and ill health’, according to Hamilton’s Vital Signs. Read More

Community Highlights

Hamilton Pathways to Education

“The best part about Pathways was that I was able to receive most of the help that I needed, and have fun talking to Academic Mentors while I did my work” (a student at Hamilton Pathways to Education). Read More

Leah Morris Awarded as Literacy Champion

Leah Morris, the executive director of the Adult Basic Education Association in Hamilton, which has been promoting and supporting lifelong learning in the area since 1983, has been awarded the Ontario 2010 Council of the Federation Literacy Award. Read More