United Way Agencies

Today's featured agency is Skills for Change . "Established in 1982, Skills for Change is a non-profit agency providing learning and training opportunities for immigrants and refugees
so that they can participate in the workplace and wider community."

Skills for Change offers the following programs and services, viz.:

Employment

Career Transitions (CT)

Clerical Employment Services (CES)

Employment Preparation for Retail Services (EPRS)

Employment Resource Centre

Engineering Your Future (EYF)

Job Search Workshop (JSW)

Mentoring for Employment

Newcomer Professionals at Work (NPW)

Teacher Language Upgrading Course

Trade Wins Support Program

English as a Second Language

Accounting for Women

Board of Education Classes

Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC)

Computer Training

Rogers/Yahoo Internet Training for Beginners

TechSkills

Information and Training

Certificate in Advanced Technology for Accounting and Finance(ATAF)

Sector-specific Information Sessions

Settlement Services

Settlement Services for Newcomers

For information on United Way agencies, please visit the United Way of Greater Toronto web site under "Who We Help" .

"Without you, there would be no way!"

Submitted by Jennifer Schmitt and John Puusa 

Today's featured agency is Skills for Change . "Established in 1982, Skills for Change is a non-profit agency providing learning and training opportunities for immigrants and refugees
so that they can participate in the workplace and wider community."

Skills for Change offers the following programs and services, viz.:

Employment

Career Transitions (CT)

Clerical Employment Services (CES)

Employment Preparation for Retail Services (EPRS)

Employment Resource Centre

Engineering Your Future (EYF)

Job Search Workshop (JSW)

Mentoring for Employment

Newcomer Professionals at Work (NPW)

Teacher Language Upgrading Course

Trade Wins Support Program

English as a Second Language

Accounting for Women

Board of Education Classes

Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC)

Computer Training

Rogers/Yahoo Internet Training for Beginners

TechSkills

Information and Training

Certificate in Advanced Technology for Accounting and Finance(ATAF)

Sector-specific Information Sessions

Settlement Services

Settlement Services for Newcomers

For information on United Way agencies, please visit the United Way of Greater Toronto web site under "Who We Help" .

"Without you, there would be no way!"

Submitted by Jennifer Schmitt and John Puusa