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New Facebook Page Launched
The council is delighted to announce its new and improved Facebook presence. If you’re already a fan, please use the link below to register on our new page and, if you’ve not yet joined, consider becoming “friends” with the council!
New Web-Based Learning Opportunities
The council is expanding its online services with podcast capabilities and interactive web-based tools. By advancing its web-based learning strategies, the council will be able to offer online learning events that incorporate state-of-the-art interactive tools that enhance the participant’s learning experience and outcomes. Over the coming months, look for a number of new online selections including:
- Mastering Aboriginal Inclusion podcast
- Guiding Circles podcasts with adult and youth overviews
- Aboriginal procurement online workshop
- Workforce Connex Ontario online recap including a library of speakers, discussion and outcomes
- Business case for inclusion corporate testimonials postcast
Case Management Innovation May Help Other Organizations
A new web-based administrative tool that has helped the council to manage interactions between trades clients and agencies may also have the potential to do the same for other organizations.
As Craig Hall, the council’s COO explains, the tool was developed after the council found it difficult to work with other agencies’ databases. But, now, with the advent of the of the Pathfinder case management tool, the council has created an efficient and easy way to track its efforts between employers and clients.
Hall believes that this same tool may provide a value-added option for other organizations to do the same. For more information, please contact Craig Hall, chief operating officer, at 306.956.5369.
Alternative Energy May Offer Aboriginal Opportunities
With soon-to-be-released incentives from the federal government to promote the development and use of alternative “green energy,” the council has determined that there may be future opportunities for both Aboriginal businesses and Aboriginal workers.
To further the dialogue, an upcoming workshop with Aboriginal employment centres, otherwise known as Aboriginal Human Resources Agreement holders (AHRDAs), will be themed on the renewable energy sector.
Across Canada, AHRDAs play a vital role in continuing to create and connect a skilled Aboriginal workforce and the council encourages and supports their on-going efforts.
Solutions to Retention Project
The council is currently working on a ground-breaking research initiative of interest to many workplaces and HR departments. Preliminary insights and information about the research design for the "Solutions to Retention Project" will be featured at Inclusion Works ‘10 to be held in Toronto, April 27-29, 2010. The project is moving ahead with the support and participation of the council’s Leadership Circle partners.
A few seats are still open for Leadership Circle partners who want to participate on the steering committee for this important research on Aboriginal retention in the workplace. Participants on the steering committee will guide the research design and gain early insights on survey results. For more information, please contact Trina Bučko, national director, organizational inclusion strategies, at 905.451.3001. Funding for the research has been kindly provided by the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada through the Sector Council Program.
Social Responsibility Key to Attracting Top Talent
Almost 90 per cent of respondents in a new survey say they are more likely to work for an organization that is considered ethically and socially responsible, a finding that is consistent across all age generations.
Organizations with strong social responsibility practices are being viewed as “employers of choice” by today’s job seekers across the globe who overwhelmingly prefer companies that focus beyond performance outcomes and promote larger social goals.
The survey findings are part of the Kelly Global Workforce Index, which obtained the views of approximately 100,000 people in 34 countries covering North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
To read more about the survey results, please click here.