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March 6, 2008

Ontario Helping Women Work In The Skilled Trades

Ontario is providing 152 low–income women with training in carpentry, welding, horticulture, painting-decorating, cooking and landscaping.

The $1.5 million investment from the province’s Women In Skilled Trades program will help address this worker shortage by giving low-income women the skills training they need to build a higher quality of life.

The training is being provided in Burlington, Hamilton, Hawkesbury, Kenora, Fort Frances, Waterloo and Toronto.

Burlington
The Centre for Skills Development and Training will receive $202,592 to deliver training to 20 women in enhanced general carpentry. The program includes 30 weeks of in-class and on-the-job training, and a 16-week work placement.

    Contact information:
    Ecaterina Jallad
    The Centre for Skills Development and Training
    860 Harrington Court
    Burlington, ON L7N 3N4
    Tel: 905-333-3499 ext. 121
    Fax: 905-634-2775
    Email: jallade@thecentre.on.ca

Hamilton
AAT School Hamilton Inc. will receive $260,000 to deliver training in landscaping to 20 women in Hamilton. The program includes 30 weeks of in-class and on-the-job training, and a 10-week work placement.

    Contact information:
    John Dime
    AAT School Hamilton Inc.
    41 Stuart St.
    Hamilton, ON L8L 1B5
    Tel.: 905-521-1121
    Fax: 905-521-8169
    Email: john.dime@aat-school.ca

Hawkesbury
La Cité collégiale will receive $179,490 to deliver training in welding to 14 Francophone women in Hawkesbury. The program includes 30 weeks of in-class training and a 20-week work placement.

    Contact information:
    Danielle Brazeau
    La Cité collégiale
    801 Promenade de l'Aviation
    Ottawa, ON K1K 4R3
    Tel:      613-742-2493 ex: 2597
    Fax:     613-742-2479
    Email: dbraze@lacitec.on.ca

Kenora and Fort Frances
Confederation College will receive $208,000 to deliver a cook training program to 28 Aboriginal women in Kenora and Fort Frances. The program includes 24 weeks of in-class training and an eight-week work placement.

    Contact information:
    Janet Arinobu
    Confederation College
    P.O. Box 398, 1450 Nakina Drive
    Thunder Bay, ON  P7C 4W1
    Tel:  807-475-6370
    Fax:  807-626-9584
    Email:  arinobu@confederationc.on.ca

Waterloo
Conestoga College will receive $290,000 to deliver training in general carpentry to 25 women in Waterloo. The program includes 28 weeks of in-class training and a 10-week work placement.

    Contact information:
    Tanja Gancevich
    Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
    108 University Ave. E.
    Waterloo, ON N2J 2W2
    Tel.: 519-885-0300 ext. 252
    Fax: 519-884-8736
    Email: tanjag@conestogac.on.ca

Toronto
Ontario Industrial and Finishing Skills Centre will receive $173,212 to deliver a painter-decorator training program to 20 women in Toronto. The program includes 30 weeks of in-class training and a 10-week work placement.

    Contact information :
    Harry Lush
    Ontario Industrial and Finishing Skills Centre
    130 Toro Road
    Toronto, ON M3J 3M9
    Tel: 416-635-7300
    Fax: 416-635-9100
    Email: harry@oifsc.com

Toronto
Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning will receive $188,350 to deliver a horticulture training program to 25 women in Toronto. The program includes 20 weeks of in-class training and a 10-week work placement.

    Contact information :
    Shayline Lyttle
    Community MicroSkills Development Centre
    1 Vulcan Street
    Etobicoke , ON
    M9W 1L3
    Tel: 416-247-7181 ext. 2213
    Fax: 416-247.1877
    Email: slyttle@microskills.ca 

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Contacts:
Stephanie Kupiec, Minister’s Office, (416) 212-3394
Michel Payen-Dumont, Communications Branch, (416) 314-7010

News Release: Helping Women Work In The Skilled Trades

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