McGuinty government rewards excellence in job training services
TORONTO, Nov. 3 /CNW/ - The Ontario government is recognizing 22 colleges and non-profit agencies that deliver its Job Connect Program with the Minister's Award for Excellence, Mary Anne Chambers, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, announced today. The Job Connect Program helps job seekers develop the skills necessary for success in the job market.
"We are recognizing the efforts these agencies have taken to reach out to their communities to build strong partnerships that are providing the learning and training opportunities that Ontarians need to achieve their full potential," said Chambers. "Not only job seekers, but also employers across the province benefit from the excellent employment preparation and placement
services provided by these agencies."
"Working in partnership, we are helping people succeed in the job market and creating the best workforce in North America," Chambers added.
The award recognizes three levels of achievement: gold, silver and bronze. The following agencies will receive a 2003 Minister's Award for Excellence:
Gold
- Lutherwood Community Opportunities Development Association,
35 Dickson St., Cambridge
Silver
- Georgian College, 1 Georgian Dr., Barrie
- St. Clair College, 120 Wellington St. W., Chatham
- TRACKS Employment Services, 50 Hume St., Collingwood
- St. Lawrence Job Training Services, 308 Wellington St., Kingston
- Northern College, 140 Government Rd. E., Kirkland Lake
- Lutherwood Community Opportunities Development Association,
165 King St., E., Kitchener
- Durham Region Unemployed Help Centre, 15 Colborne St. E., Oshawa
- Durham College, 2000 Simcoe St., N., Oshawa
- Sault College - East Algoma, 421 Bay St., Sault Ste. Marie
- Sudbury YMCA Employment and Career Services, 260 Cedar St., Sudbury
- YES Employment Services, 1116 Waterford St., Thunder Bay
- Durham College, 2 Campbell Dr., Uxbridge
- Unemployed Help Centre of Windsor, 6955 Cantelon Dr., Windsor
- St. Clair College, 467 University Ave. W., Windsor
Bronze
- St. Leonard's Community Services Youth Employment Centre,
12 Market St., Brantford
- St. Leonard's Dunnville Employment Centre, 227 Queen St., Dunnville
- Lake of the Woods Employment Action Project, 25 Main St. S., Kenora
- Sheridan College, 407 Iroquois Shore Rd., Oakville
- St. Catharines Unemployed Help Centre, 122B Queenston St., St.
Catharines
- Cambrian College, 62 Frood Rd., Sudbury
- Alternative Youth Centre for Employment, 2255 Sheppard Ave. E.,
Toronto
The agencies will be honoured November 3, 2003, at 6 p.m. at an awards
dinner at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 475 Yonge St., Toronto.
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MINISTER'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
Established in April 2002, the Minister's Award for Excellence is granted by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities to community-based agencies and colleges that deliver the Job Connect Program.
The program helps people plan, prepare for, and succeed in the job market. The services provided include: information about trends in the local
market, support for job searches and placements with employers who are willing
to provide on-the-job training, or connect to higher skills training, such as
apprenticeship.
Locally based colleges and non-profit agencies, such as youth employment
counselling centres and HELP Centres for Adults, deliver the Job Connect
Program, which helps 127,000 people get and keep jobs through more than 127
sites across the province.
The Minister's Award for Excellence recognizes those agencies that
achieve or exceed standards in customer service, effectiveness and efficiency,
and demonstrate the ability to maintain and improve results over time. The
agencies are rated based on four measures: planning, resourcing, measuring and
communicating, as well as their service results.
These measures are closely aligned with the Canada Award for Excellence
administered by the National Quality Institute and the U.S. Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award.
Agencies must be achieving or exceeding provincial standards in customer
service, effectiveness and efficiency to apply for the Minister's Award for
Excellence. The award recognizes three levels of achievement: gold, silver and
bronze.
The Minister's Award for Excellence is presented annually and agencies
delivering the Job Connect Program can apply for the award in June each year.
