CONNECTIONS: A free 18-week Ontario Works Program that includes a 12-week, in-class training in computers, customer service and business English skills and six weeks of on-the-job co-op training, followed with ongoing employment support.

Eligibility:

• Newcomer to Canada (5 years or less)

• On social assistance

• Speak English as a second language (at a level 5/6)

Please contact us to register – spaces are limited.

THE NEXT SESSION BEGINS JANUARY 4TH

JOB CONNECT: employment program for youth, 15 – 24, out of school and out of work looking for full-time employment

SKILLS LINK: for youth 15 – 30, interested in full-time employment that is more career-oriented. Youth must not be in school or working full-time

ENTRY POINT: For post-secondary students or recent graduates (five years or less), or secondary school students in their final year and are applying for a post-secondary program.
Eligibility:

·       17 years of age or older

·       Student or graduate with a disability (i.e.: visual, hearing, mobility, learning, physical, psychiatric, cognitive, health)

·       Not eligible for Employment Insurance, Ontario Works and not receiving Private Insurance Benefits or WSIB (some exceptions apply)

THE MOBILIZER, our mobile resource centre, will be at Centennial Library, 578 Finch Avenue West (Finch and Bathurst) from December 15th – January 15th, 2010. To find out where the Mobilizer will be next, check out our website.