MARCH BREAK CAMP REALITY 2013

by: theYOUTH
Posted in: Events

Broaden your horizons this March Break! Camp Reality, brought to you by the St. James Town Youth Council, will be exploring university campuses of Waterloo, McMaster, and Laurier; careers in BellMedia; businesses; as well as the sciences- going to Mount Sinai and UofT research labs. Camp Reality cost $2/day and $5/all 4 days- food and transportation included. So sign up today- spaces are limited! Email campreality@stjamestownyouth.com for more information.

 

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NEW PROGRAM SUPPORTING RESIDENTS INTERESTED IN FIREFIGHTING

by: theYOUTH
Posted in: Jobs

Three City of Toronto divisions – Fire Services, Employment & Social Services, and Parks, Forestry & Recreation – have initiated a new program to address challenges faced by low-income residents from diverse communities who are seeking firefighting careers with the City of Toronto.

Developed collaboratively by the three divisions, the 12-week Firefighting Career Awareness Program will begin this January. The program will enable participants to acquire the knowledge and skills they need to meet the minimum requirements to participate in the City’s annual firefighter recruitment process.

The initiative will reduce barriers to City of Toronto jobs, leverage existing resources and advance workplace diversity.

More details about this program will be provided at public information sessions that will be held between November 26 and December 6. Dates and times for the five sessions are listed at http://www.toronto.ca/socialservices/job_fairs.htm#d.

Toronto residents interested in attending an information session can obtain more details and register by calling 416-397-JOBS (5627).

Toronto is Canada’s largest city and sixth largest government, and home to a diverse population of about 2.7 million people. Toronto’s government is dedicated to delivering customer service excellence, creating a transparent and accountable government, reducing the size and cost of government and building a transportation city. For information on non-emergency City services and programs, Toronto residents, businesses and visitors can dial 311, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Media contact:

David Sheen, Division Chief, Toronto Fire Services, 416-338-9101, dsheen@toronto.ca

NEW MEMBERS

by: theYOUTH
Posted in: Community, Events, Leadership, Opportunities, Youth Council

 

 

Interested in joining the council this year?

We’re holding an orientation on Friday, October 12th, at 6pm.

We will be meeting at the Yonge Street Mission Community Office: 225 Wellesley St. Unit 4B, Toronto, ON (between Modern Styles hairstyling place and the W8 glasses store).

See you then! .

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY AT IOM TORONTO

by: theYOUTH
Posted in: Opportunities

IOM is a non-profit international organization dedicated to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society. As a leading international organization on migration, IOM acts with its partners in the international community to assist in meeting the growing operational challenges of migration management, advance understanding of migration issues, encourage social and economic development through migration and uphold the human dignity and well being of migrants.

For additional information about our organization, please visit  http://www.iom.int.

Responsibilities:

Under the overall supervision of the Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) Programme Manager and the direct supervision and guidance of the Operations Coordinator, the Volunteer will assist in implementing voluntary return and reintegration activities foreseen under the AVRR pilot programme. In particular, he/ she will have the following duties and responsibilities:

  1. Assist in ensuring regular contacts and appointment schedule with potential beneficiaries of the AVRR programme through contacts by phone or email;
  2. Assist in providing counselling to potential candidates in Canada on existing voluntary return projects and, when applicable, on available reintegration opportunities in the countries of origin of the candidates;
  3. Assist in preparing and following up migrants’ applications through appropriate soft and hard filing and relevant databases;
  4. Assist in arranging pre-departure formalities, such as allowances, reception of travel documents, flight bookings etc.;
  5. Assist in preparing statistics on registered AVRR candidates, departures and no show as requested by the Operations Coordinator;
  6.  Assist in the tracking and follow-up of reintegration cases, including entry data in the reintegration database;
  7.  Assist in collecting information on migration issues in Canada, including presence of migrants communities in the Great Toronto Area;
  8.  Assist in updating IOM Toronto website;
  9.  Other tasks that may be required.
  1. Candidate must have a completed university degree.
  2. Required skill(s): Computer literacy, MS Office Applications (word, excel).
  3. Preferred skill(s): Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, excellent organization skills, attention to details, quick learner
  4. Thorough knowledge of English and Spanish
  5. 2 volunteer position(s) for duration of 3 month(s).

Interested applicants may send their applications to jmanalo@iom.int not later than September 30, 2012. Position title should be specified in SUBJECT field. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOSPICE TORONTO’S YOUNG CARERS PROGRAM FALL 2012 NEWSLETTER

by: theYOUTH
Posted in: Opportunities

Please take a look inside to see our upcoming programming. You’ll also find information on an upcoming fall group specific for children and youth (5-18) who help care for someone with mental health issue.

HT YCP Newslettes Vol.2 Issue2

 

Young Careers Group Specific for Mental Health Flyer

 

Katie Jacobs, MSW, RSW

Community Engagement Worker, Young Carers Program
Hospice Toronto
2221 Yonge Street, Suite 400
Toronto, ON M4S 2B4

katie.jacobs@hospicetoronto.ca| tel. 416-859-9319 | fax 416-364-2231

www.hospicetoronto.ca/youngcarers

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EXPERIENCE THIS PROGRAM BY SERVE!

by: theYOUTH
Posted in: Opportunities

Hope everyone is well!  It is that time again at Serve when we outreach and select youth applicants 17 to 24 for our Experience This Program.  This is a 5 months and a half long full time program Monday to Friday (9am to 5pm) utilizing experiential education(experience+reflection to increase skills/knowledge/capacity/strengths-at times learning by doing)  in which youth earn a stipend and learn professionalism, teamwork, work on personal growth and make a difference through community service.

I have attached an application form with a flyer that has more details.  Please feel free to e-mail me or call me at (416) 933-2950 ext 3 if you need additional information.

Applications can also be found on our website www.servecanada.org.  In the youth zone section.

 

 

Aramita De Melo

Program Coordinator

Serve!

543 Queen Street East

Toronto, ON   M5A 1V1

Phone: (416) 933-2950 (press option #3)

Fax: (416) 933-2951

Website: www.servecanada.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Serve.EngagingYouth