Labour Market

Canadians embracing a do-it-yourself recovery Statistics Canada says that in April, 37000 Canadians started their own businesses.

Unemployed? More like funemployed Globe and Mail article about out-of-work 20-30 somethings.

Need a job? Check out a pink-slip party   Canada’s first pink-slip party was held in downtown Toronto in March.

Students the forgotten losers in city strike   The student, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprimand for speaking to the media, is representative of hundreds of students with jobs at camps and community centres across Toronto who find themselves out of work due to the strike.

Rise in EI beneficiaries smallest in 6 months   The number of people receiving regular employment insurance benefits rose 2.7 per cent to more than 697,000 in April, the smallest increase in six months, Statistics Canada said Monday, June 22.

Canada needs more bilingual grads to fill government jobs: report   Canada’s post-secondary institutions must do more to ensure their graduates are bilingual to help fill projected job openings in the federal government.

Toronto City Council adopts mandatory green roof requirements   “This bylaw is a major part of the solution to climate change, the creation of green jobs and …a whole new mindset on how our cities approach the 20 per cent or so of surface area that are roofs.”.

Working for a better environment   Author interview and book review of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Green Careers.

Ontario youth benefit from new demand for Green Jobs   The Ontario Stewardship Ranger Program provides experience and opens doors to future Green Jobs.

Ontario Government Invests in Animation Centre, Creates Jobs    Starz Animation Toronto gets grant from Ontario’s Next Generation of Jobs program.

Networking can solve job puzzle   There’s an easy way to look for work – and a hard way. “Many people do the easy thing,” says Lisa Trudel, a career assessment consultant with the Office Workers Career Centre in Toronto.

Women’s Post: Are You Planning a Career Change?   Planning for new directions in your career? Tips for planning a career change.

Opening the door on corporate Canada’s closet    What is the current picture for Canada’s LGTB community in the workplace?

New library opens doors to Kennedy / Eglinton community   Toronto Public Library’s first ProTech Media Centre, which will introduce youth to careers in technology and new media while providing computer literacy skills through a media arts program, will open at Kennedy/Eglinton branch later this summer.

CIBC overtime class-action case dismissed    Justice Joan Lax said that the individual claims would have to be resolved on a case-by-case basis.

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