Dear ESCLM Members;

Welcome to your new Weekly Update. Thank-you in advance for your patience while we work out the bugs. This Update can also be found on our website.

We welcome your feedback and please let us know if you have any problems with this new format.

Carol Stewart, Project Leader, ESCLM   carol@esclm.ca

Additional Client Services Available

The London Area Management Project is providing additional support to local job seekers through Employment Ontario service providers and Action Centres. Employment Ontario service providers and Actions Centres will have access to additional personal counselling, financial counselling and on-line tools to address a spike in demand for service. This project runs until June 2010.

Contact: Martin Withenshaw, Project Coordinator, Elgin Middlesex Oxford Local Training Board martin@localboard.on.ca

Display spots still available

On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 we are hosting a free information and education fair, Life Losses: Finding Your Way. We now have 10 spots left for displays. Please send in your registration as soon as possible. We are expecting well over 400 people to attend and have broadly promoted this event to the employment sectors in Middlesex, Elgin, and Oxford. I know you aren't looking for more business..... But you may be very helpful for people just trying to find their way!.

Please find attached:
• An invitation for you to participate by setting up a display
• Our promotional flyer (we hope you, your staff, and your clients are able to attend and gather information from over 30 displays as well as from 13 Corner Talk presentations and 4 keynote speakers!)

If you have questions, please contact bonnie@dayacounselling.on.ca or visit our website: http://www.dayacounselling.on.ca/

Creative Communities Prosperity Fund

The Ontario Ministry of Culture is introducing a new Creative Communities Prosperity Fund that will invest $9 million over four years to help municipalities develop culture as a key part of their economic development strategies. It will also help not-for-profit organizations establish innovative cultural partnerships and promote new economic opportunities.

Read more here.... Contact Ms. Michelle Jones, Culture Programs Advisor in the Ministry's Programs and Services Branch, at (416) 314-5171 or by e-mail at michelle.jones3@ontario.ca.

The deadline for applications is October 15, 2009.

New Fanshawe Training

Fanshawe College has launched a new Occupation Specific Language Training program for internationally trained professionals. This practical and innovative course will:
• Help individuals identify with Canadian workplace culture
• Assist in clearly and effectively interacting with individuals specific to an internationally trained professional's occupation such as supervisors, colleagues, clients and officials
• Allow international professionals to develop strong interviewing, networking and career-building communication skills.Courses starting in September, 2009 include:

Business, with a focus on Entrepreneurship and Small Business Enterprise
Health, with a focus on dental hygiene
Courses starting in January, 2010 include:
Business, with a focus on accounting
Technology, with a focus on engineering

For more information regarding this program, please contact Petra Bosma, Project Officer at pbosma@fanshawec.ca or by phone at (519) 452- 4430 ext. 4730. Additional information can be found on our website at http://www.fanshawec.ca/gateway

In the Spotlight:

What some are saying about Links2Work and the Advisor Services. To find out more.... Click here

Job Posting:

The City of London is accepting applictions for the following position:

Manager, Ontario Works

Deadline: August 21

Labour Force Survey

Attached please find July 2009 Labour Force Survey results from Statistics Canada in Adobe Acrobat format. When viewing the Labour Force Survey results, please click Bookmarks for ease in navigating the document

Apprenticeship Sessions

Please see the attached schedule for the upcoming apprenticeship information sessions.

Subscribe to the Weekly Update Online!

Staff, clients, and colleagues can subsribe (and unscubsribe) on the ESCLM website at: www.esclm.ca

Win a Chapters Gift Card

Enter our brief survey on our community's Literacy and Employment Sectors, and you will be entered to win a $50 gift card from Chapters Books

Send us your Sector Information:

Carol Stewart
Project Manager carol@esclm.ca