Innovating Employment: Recent Episodes
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Innovating Employment is OCWI's new podcast series. Our podcasts feature experts from across the workforce development sector, exploring a broad range of topics and issues impacting the day-to-day work of employment and training professionals across Ontario. We encourage audiences to follow along, as guests share the latest knowledge and innovations on topics such as hiring practices, engaging employers, and the changing nature of work.
Lise Béland and Isabelle Ayotte, VP Central-Southwestern Ontario, and Director of Employment Services at Collège Boréal, join the program to discuss employment service delivery through community colleges.
Helen Hirsch Spence, CEO and Founder at Top Sixty Over Sixty joins the program to discuss empowering older workers (over the age of 55) to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset.
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Top 60 Over 60 https://www.topsixtyoversixty.com
In this bonus episode, we look back at our first year, and revisit a favourite moment from each episode.
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John Prgomet, Business Development Manager at SSMIC, and featured guest Lisa Taylor, Founder and President of Challenge Factory, join the program to discuss preparing employees and employers for the future of work.
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Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre https://ssmic.com
Challenge Factory http://challengefactory.ca
Louie DiPalma, Discover Ability Project Coordinator, and featured guest Tiffany Kelly, Program Lead of the Disability Confident Employer Program, join the program to discuss how to provide employers with the tools to make work practices more inclusive for persons with disabilities.
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Discover Ability Network www.discoverability.network
The Disability Confident Employer Program www.ccrw.org/i-am-an-employer/disability-confident-employer-program/
Léonie Tchatat, fondatrice et présidente de La Passerelle-I.D.É. et la commissaire à la Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne, se joindra à nous pour discuter des considérations et des défis particuliers lorsqu’il s’agit de servir les nouveaux arrivants et arrivantes en Ontario.
Léonie Tchatat, founder and president of La Passerelle-I.D.É and commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, joins the program to discuss unique considerations and challenges when serving Francophone newcomers to Ontario.
Hanna Kitchingman, Program Director at Girls Inc. Limestone, joins the program to discuss employment readiness programming for girls and young adults. We also check in with OCWI Research Associate, Dr. Christopher Rastrick. He provides his insights on how employment service providers within his research portfolio at OCWI are working towards better serving youth.
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Twitter http://www.twitter.com/OCWI_COIE
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LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/ontario-centre-for-workforce-innovation
Girls Inc. Limestone http://girlsinclimestone.ca
Danielle Scott, Ontario Adult Apprenticeship Program Lead at The Centre for Skills Development & Training, joins the program to discuss effective methods for supporting successful apprenticeships and promising models, such as the shared apprenticeship model.
Danielle Scott, responsable du Programme d'apprentissage pour adultes de l'Ontario au Centre for Skills Development and Training, se joint à nous pour discuter des méthodes efficaces à l'appui des programmes d’apprentissage réussis et des modèles prometteurs, comme le modèle d'apprentissage partagé.
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LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/company/ontar...
The Centre for Skills Development & Training http://www.thecentre.on.ca
Denis Shank, directeur général de la Northeastern Ontario Construction Association, se joint à notre émission pour discuter des points de vue des employeurs sur les défis de la main-d'œuvre dans les métiers spécialisés, y compris les défis uniques que représente le travail dans le Nord, les possibilités d'emploi pour les jeunes en apprentissage et les pratiques exemplaires pour combler les lacunes dans les compétences.
Denis Shank, Executive Director of the NorthEastern Ontario Construction Association, joins the program to discuss employer perspectives on workforces challenges in the skilled trades – including the unique challenges of working in the North, the opportunities for youth in apprenticeships, and best practices to bridge the skills gap.
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LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/ontario-ce…kforce-innovation/
In this special episode, we speak to Professor Mark Banks of the University of Leicester and Dr. Miranda Campbell of Ryerson’s School of Creative Industries, at the Ryerson Faculty of Communication and Design (FCAD) Future of Work Conference. Recorded in partnership with CJRU 1280AM, this episode explores important questions and challenges that both employers and employees in the cultural sectors face in regards to the future of work.
Dans cet épisode spécial, nous nous entretenons avec les professeurs M. Mark Banks de l'Université de Leicester et Mme Miranda Campbell de l'école des industries créatives de l'Université Ryerson à la conférence Future of Work de la faculté des communications et du design (FCAD) de Ryerson. Enregistré en partenariat avec CJRU 1280AM, cet épisode étudie les questions et les défis importants auxquels font face les employeurs et les employés des secteurs culturels en ce qui concerne l'avenir du travail.
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Creative Justice: Cultural Industries, Work and Inequality www.rowmaninternational.com/book/creati…a571f00c787
Everyday We're Hustling www.everydaywerehustling.com
CJRU 1280AM www.cjru.ca
On this episode of Innovating Employment, Angela Hoyt, President and founder of Evolution Group, joins the program to discuss effective approaches to organizational development and employer engagement strategies for service providers – including common challenges/misconceptions, examples of success stories, and tips to consider in your day to day practice.
Angela Hoyt, présidente et fondatrice chez Evolution Group, discute d’approches efficaces au développement organisationnel et de stratégies d'engagement des employeurs pour les prestataires de services, ainsi que des idées fausses, des défis communs, des exemples de réussites et des conseils à prendre en compte dans leur pratique quotidienne.
On this episode of Innovating Employment, Amie Haughn, Director of Employment Programs at the Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced Education, joins the program to discuss how they developed a collaborative approach to reforming their employment and training landscape, using an approach that empowered service providers to gather together and determine how to restructure employment services in their community.
Amie Haughn, directrice des programmes d’emploi au ministère du Travail et de l’Enseignement supérieur de la Nouvelle-Écosse, se joint à nous pour discuter de la façon dont sa province a développé une approche collaborative pour réformer le milieu de l’emploi et de la formation au moyen d’une approche qui a permis aux prestataires de services de se réunir pour déterminer comment restructurer ses services d’emploi.
On today’s episode we’re joined by Susanna Williams, an independent workforce development consultant, and founder of BridgEd Strategies. We sat down with Susanna in Toronto to discuss skills-based hiring, and the Innovate+Educate, Close It Summit, happening this October.
Dans l'épisode d'aujourdhui, nous accueillons Susanna Williams, consultante indépendante en développement de la main-d'œuvre et fondatrice deBridgEd Strategies. À Toronto, nous avons discuté avec Susanna des pratiques d'embauche axées sur les compétences et du sommet Close It organisé par Innovate + Educate, qui aura lieu en octobre.