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New program at The Centre helps young people focus their career direction

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Helping newcomers succeed through language training

Citizenship and Immigration Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins visited Mississauga company Panalpina on October 27, 2010, as part of English as a Second Language (ESL) Week. The event helped to raise awareness of Ontario’s investment in education and skills training of … Continue reading

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CIC begins interim measures for Hamilton newcomers

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New employment network launched

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The Centre for Skills Development & Training and Eden Oak team up – New Homes

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Jodee's a role model

Graduate of Scott Steel Erectors program at The Centre makes good by Patricia Whyte, DoorWays Coordinator, The Centre for Skills Development & Training – June 18, 2007 On a cold November day, I stopped by a steel-building construction site in … Continue reading

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The Future Builders

Students learn skills on the job site while helping to build a home for Mattamy by Diane Tierney, Special to The Toronto Star It's not every day that construction workers get to meet the people for whom they're hammering nails … Continue reading

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The Future Builders: Students learn skills on the job site while helping to build a home for Mattamy

by Diane Tierney, Special to The Toronto Star It's not every day that construction workers get to meet the people for whom they're hammering nails and hanging drywall. But when Michael Kiskunas spoke with Michael and Crysta Phillips, the moment … Continue reading

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Women in hard hats changing the trades

By Sharon Aschaiek, Special to The Toronto Sun Building your own dream home: it's a fantasy that many of us have, but who actually rolls up their sleeves, puts shovel to dirt and does it themselves? Fifty-two-year-old Gemma Gadishaw, that's … Continue reading

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New Faces on the Site

by Tracy Hanes, Toronto Star Challenging, well-paying construction jobs are drawing more female workers to the industry. Parents, teachers need to do more to promote careers in skilled trades to girls. As an industrial lift carries her high above the … Continue reading

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