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Innovating Employment

OCWI-COIE

Innovating Employment is a podcast series brought to you by the Ontario Centre for Workforce Innovation (OCWI), featuring experts from across the workforce development sector, while explorin...

Episodes

13 episodes

Épisode 11: La prestation de services d'emploi par l’entremise des collèges communautaires

Lise Béland and Isabelle Ayotte, VP Central-Southwestern Ontario, and Director of Employment Services at Collège Boréal, join the program to...

00:27:11Feb 19, 2019

Episode 10: Empowering older workers to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset

Helen Hirsch Spence, CEO and Founder at Top Sixty Over Sixty joins the program to discuss empowering older workers (over the age of 55) to a...

00:25:48Jan 22, 2019

Bonus Episode: A year in review - conversations about employment innovation

In this bonus episode, we look back at our first year, and revisit a favourite moment from each episode. LINKS: Twitter www.twitter.com/OCWI...

00:21:41Dec 11, 2018

Episode 9: Preparing employees and employers for the future of work

John Prgomet, Business Development Manager at SSMIC, and featured guest Lisa Taylor, Founder and President of Challenge Factory, join the pr...

00:18:37Nov 20, 2018

Episode 8: Making work practices more inclusive for persons with disabilities

Louie DiPalma, Discover Ability Project Coordinator, and featured guest Tiffany Kelly, Program Lead of the Disability Confident Employer Pro...

00:36:08Oct 23, 2018

Épisode 7: En parlant des résultats de l'emploi pour les arrivants francophones

Léonie Tchatat, fondatrice et présidente de La Passerelle-I.D.É. et la commissaire à la Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne, se...

00:28:47Sep 18, 2018

Episode 6: Employment readiness programming for girls and young adults

Hanna Kitchingman, Program Director at Girls Inc. Limestone, joins the program to discuss employment readiness programming for girls and you...

00:26:00Aug 21, 2018

Episode 5: Successful apprenticeships in the skilled trades - methods and models

Danielle Scott, Ontario Adult Apprenticeship Program Lead at The Centre for Skills Development & Training, joins the program to discuss effe...

00:33:37Jul 24, 2018

Épisode 4: Les défis de la main-d'œuvre dans les métiers spécialisés

Denis Shank, directeur général de la Northeastern Ontario Construction Association, se joint à notre émission pour discuter des points de vu...

00:32:54Jun 26, 2018

Bonus Episode: The Future of Creative Work

In this special episode, we speak to Professor Mark Banks of the University of Leicester and Dr. Miranda Campbell of Ryerson’s School of Cre...

00:27:37Jun 26, 2018

Episode 3: Employer Engagement – How to maximize its value

On this episode of Innovating Employment, Angela Hoyt, President and founder of Evolution Group, joins the program to discuss effective appr...

00:18:06Jun 26, 2018

Episode 2: Nova Scotia’s employment & training services transformation

On this episode of Innovating Employment, Amie Haughn, Director of Employment Programs at the Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced...

00:28:19Jun 26, 2018

Episode 1: Skills-based hiring – improving employment options for vulnerable populations

On today’s episode we’re joined by Susanna Williams, an independent workforce development consultant, and founder of BridgEd Strategies. We...

00:15:51Jun 24, 2018