Aboriginal Canada Portal

The Aboriginal Canada Portal is hosted by the federal government and provides a comprehensive listing of on-line resources, contacts, information, and government programs and services for Aboriginal peoples. The portal includes employment resources and links to Aboriginal businesses, organizations, and associations, such as the Native Women's Association of Canada.
Phone #: 1-888-399-0111
E-mail: ACP@inac.gc.ca

 

Advocates for Community-Based Training and Education for Women (ACTEW)

The ACTEW website hosts an on-line women's training community, complete with job postings, a discussion forum, employment resources and a searchable database listing training opportunities.
Phone #: (416) 599-3590
Address: 215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 350, Toronto, ON M5T 2C7
Fax: (416) 599-2043
Email: info@actew.org

 

Enablelink's Employment Services Directory

A project of the Canadian Abilities Foundation, EnableLink is designed to provide web-based information to Canadians with disabilities. The website includes a directory for employers, employees and job seekers with disabilities as well as a listing of agencies that provide assistance and training to people with disabilities. The site also includes resources for disabled women who have experienced violence.
Phone #: (416) 923-1885
Fax: (416) 923-9829
Address: 340 College Street, Suite 401,Toronto, ON M5T 3A9
E-mail: info@abilities.ca

 

Financial Services Commission of Ontario

The Financial Services Commission provides information to pension-plan members through publications such as Understanding Your Pension Plan: A Guide for Members of Employer-Sponsored Pension Plans. The following issues will be of particular concern to women:

• splitting pension credits after marriage breakdown.
• termination of employment
• pensions for surviving spouses
• informed use of spousal waivers

Contact: Financial Services Commission
Phone: (416) 250-7250

 

Focus For Ethnic Women (Kitchener-Waterloo)

Focus for Ethnic Women Provides job training, skills development, counselling and employment services to immigrant and visible minority women.
Phone #: (519) 746-3411
Fax: (519) 746-6799
Address: 33 Bridgeport Road East, Waterloo, ON N2J 2J4
E-mail: ffew@golden.net

 

Learn$ave (Toronto)

The Learn$ave pilot project provides eligible low-income adults in the Toronto area with the opportunity to turn every $1 saved into $4 for education, job training or starting a new small business. Learn$ave is a partnership of Family Service Association of Toronto, Social Enterprise and Development Innovations, Social Research Development Corporation, Human Resources Development Canada and RBC Royal Bank.
Phone #: (416)780-0673
E-mail: learnsaveinfo@fsatoronto.com

 

Microskills - Women Services Centre: Career Planning for Assaulted Women (Toronto)

Microskills provides skills assessment , goal setting, career and action planning ,and counselling to women who have experienced family violence. Microskills' Women's Services Centre also provides a whole range of other services for women including childcare, career counselling, settlement assistance, and support for single mothers and immigrant women.
Phone #: 416-247-7181 ext. 2213
Address: 7 Vulcan Street, Etobicoke, ON M9W 1L3

 

PARO (Northwestern region)

PARO is a community loan fund for women in Northwestern Ontario. Provides business and financial planning, counselling and support.
Phone #: (807) 625-0328
Fax: (807) 625-0317
Address: 105 May St. North, Suite 110, Thunder Bay, ON P7C 3N9
E-mail: info@paro.ca

 

Possibilities: Toronto's Virtual Employment Resource Centre (Toronto)

For people seeking jobs, education and training in Toronto, Possibilities is an on-line magazine that provides access to job boards, career opportunities, a wide range of articles on employment trends, a resume toolkit, entrepreneurial success stories, and links to community resources.
Phone #: (416) 392-4605
Fax: (416) 392-4404
TTY: (416) 392-3778
Address: Findhelp Information Services, 543 Richmond Street West, Suite 125, Box 203 Toronto, Ontario M5V 1Y6
E-mail: poss@web.ca

 

Women's Centres

Women's centres offer a whole range of programs, including services for abused women, ESL classes, counselling, job training and re-skilling, self-employment resources, housing support, and free legal clinics. The Ontario Women's Directorate provides ongoing funding to qualifying women's centres throughout the province through the Investing in Women's Futures grant program. To find the women's centre nearest to you, consult the Ontario Association of Women's Centres Website.