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	<description>Community Insights Advancing Youth Employment</description>
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		<title>Leadership Summit &#8211; May 15th, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Sly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On behalf of the Service Delivery Advisory Group or Employment Ontario, First Work is organizing the upcoming Employment Ontario Managers Leadership Summit to be held in Toronto on May 15th, 2012. Registration deadlines are approaching for the Summit. You and other senior staff from your Employment Ontario organization are now invited to register online for this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Join the National Youth Employment Coalition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bwilliams</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[national youth employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national youth employment dialogues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This coalition was founded in late 2011 by leaders and organizations that recognize the need to mobilize nationally in support of better career development and employment prospects for Canadian youth. It works towards the advancement of solutions for all youth counselling clients and all Canadian regions and communities. Read the coalition&#8217;s operating principles here. The coalition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar PV Training Launches in South-West Ontario</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Sly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Skills Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training Opportunities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First Work is pleased to announce that the Green Skills Networkwe will be offering our Solar Panel Installation Assistant course in May 2012 in Ingersoll in partnership with Conestoga College and Community Employment Services Woodstock. This course will prepare youth for entry level roles in rewarding green jobs by covering the fundamentals of residential and commercial solar PV system installation, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early Bird Registration for Futures 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Sly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Futures Conference]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Work is accepting advance registrations for this year’s Futures Conference, allowing organizations and staff to reserve their place. Futures is happening October 17-19, 2012 at Blue Mountain Resort and is Canada’s largest professional development opportunity for those working with young people seeking employment.  The conference is a three-day event, attracting over 375 delegates from youth employment counselling centres, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Three Strategies for Maximizing Professional Development</title>
		<link>http://www.firstwork.org/wp/2012/03/top-three-strategies-for-maximizing-professional-development/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=top-three-strategies-for-maximizing-professional-development</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Sly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The youth employment landscape is constantly changing. A commitment to the professional development of staff at the beginning of the fiscal year is essential for maintaining the highest standards of service delivery, and will help to employ the three key strategies to empower your centre. 1. Planning Ahead Ensures Future Success Setting a development calendar at the beginning of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report on Ontario&#8217;s Social Assistance Review Commission</title>
		<link>http://www.firstwork.org/wp/2012/03/report-on-ontarios-social-assistance-review-commission/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=report-on-ontarios-social-assistance-review-commission</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Sly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ontario Disability Employment Network has released its report on Ontario&#8217;s Social Assistance Review Commission, which outlines 37 recommendations for helping more people who have a disability find work, in a way which will save taxpayers millions of dollars. Press Release Full Report]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Career Orientation Guide Right for Your Clients?</title>
		<link>http://www.firstwork.org/wp/2012/03/is-the-career-orientation-guide-right-for-your-clients/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=is-the-career-orientation-guide-right-for-your-clients</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstwork.org/wp/2012/03/is-the-career-orientation-guide-right-for-your-clients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Sly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Career Orientation Guide or GROP (Guide de Recherche d’une Orientation Professionnelle) is an interest, values and personality inventory intended for use with clients in a variety of sectors, such as education, human resources and employment. Evidence undertook a review of the GROP as part of our ongoing efforts to identify and develop tools to support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Closed: Service Canada Centres for Youth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Sly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Work is deeply concerned about the closure of Service Canada Centres for Youth. The decision caught us by surprise, and impacts thousands of youth and dozens of communities across the province. Rather than close centres, the federal government should have been consulting with us and our network on how to provide effective services more efficiently. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Drummond Report and What It Means for Employment Services</title>
		<link>http://www.firstwork.org/wp/2012/02/the-drummond-report-and-what-it-means-for-employment-and-training-services/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-drummond-report-and-what-it-means-for-employment-and-training-services</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstwork.org/wp/2012/02/the-drummond-report-and-what-it-means-for-employment-and-training-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Sly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recommendations affecting Employment Ontario (EO) have been put forward in the Drummond Report, a comprehensive report to the provincial government. The report outlines the deteriorating state of employment in Ontario, and has put forth nine recommendations to improve the delivery of employment and training services. Among them are suggestions to focus efforts on clients requiring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Stephen&#8217;s on CBC&#8217;s The Current</title>
		<link>http://www.firstwork.org/wp/2012/02/st-stephens-on-cbcs-the-current/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=st-stephens-on-cbcs-the-current</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Sly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the CBC: &#8220;Ontario for so long the dominant province is confronting cold calculations that confirm its industrial, economic and demographic power is on the wane. The consensus out of the latest census is that the very things that made Ontario surge now make it sluggish and the center of the universe is tilting West. [...]]]></description>
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