Innovating Employment
by OCWI-COIE
Innovating Employment is OCWI's new podcast series. Our podcasts feature experts from across the workforce development sector, exploring a broad range of topics and issues impacting the day-to-day work of employment and training professionals across Ontario. We encourage audiences to follow along, as guests share the latest knowledge and innovations on topics such as hiring practices, engaging employers, and the changing nature of work.
Episodes
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Épisode 11: La prestation de services d'emploi par l’entremise des collèges communautaires
Lise Béland and Isabelle Ayotte, VP Central-Southwestern Ontario, and Director of Employment Services at Collège Boréal, join the program to discuss employment service delivery through community colleges.
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Episode 10: Empowering older workers to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset
Helen Hirsch Spence, CEO and Founder at Top Sixty Over Sixty joins the program to discuss empowering older workers (over the age of 55) to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset. LINKS: Twitter www.twitter.com/OCWI_COIE Facebook www.facebook.com/OCWICOIE LinkedIn...
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Bonus Episode: A year in review - conversations about employment innovation
In this bonus episode, we look back at our first year, and revisit a favourite moment from each episode. LINKS: Twitter www.twitter.com/OCWI_COIE Facebook www.facebook.com/OCWICOIE Linkedin www.linkedin.com/company/ontario-centre-for-workforce-innovation/
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Episode 9: Preparing employees and employers for the future of work
John Prgomet, Business Development Manager at SSMIC, and featured guest Lisa Taylor, Founder and President of Challenge Factory, join the program to discuss preparing employees and employers for the future of work. LINKS: Twitter www.twitter.com/OCWI_COIE Facebook www.facebook.com/OCWICOIE…
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Episode 8: Making work practices more inclusive for persons with disabilities
Louie DiPalma, Discover Ability Project Coordinator, and featured guest Tiffany Kelly, Program Lead of the Disability Confident Employer Program, join the program to discuss how to provide employers with the tools to make work practices more inclusive for persons with disabilities. LINKS: Twitter...
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Épisode 7: En parlant des résultats de l'emploi pour les arrivants francophones
Léonie Tchatat, fondatrice et présidente de La Passerelle-I.D.É. et la commissaire à la Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne, se joindra à nous pour discuter des considérations et des défis particuliers lorsqu’il s’agit de servir les nouveaux arrivants et arrivantes en Ontario....
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Episode 6: Employment readiness programming for girls and young adults
Hanna Kitchingman, Program Director at Girls Inc. Limestone, joins the program to discuss employment readiness programming for girls and young adults. We also check in with OCWI Research Associate, Dr. Christopher Rastrick. He provides his insights on how employment service providers within his...
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Episode 5: Successful apprenticeships in the skilled trades - methods and models
Danielle Scott, Ontario Adult Apprenticeship Program Lead at The Centre for Skills Development & Training, joins the program to discuss effective methods for supporting successful apprenticeships and promising models, such as the shared apprenticeship model. -------- Danielle Scott, responsable…
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Épisode 4: Les défis de la main-d'œuvre dans les métiers spécialisés
Denis Shank, directeur général de la Northeastern Ontario Construction Association, se joint à notre émission pour discuter des points de vue des employeurs sur les défis de la main-d'œuvre dans les métiers spécialisés, y compris les défis uniques que représente le travail dans le Nord, les...
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Bonus Episode: The Future of Creative Work
In this special episode, we speak to Professor Mark Banks of the University of Leicester and Dr. Miranda Campbell of Ryerson’s School of Creative Industries, at the Ryerson Faculty of Communication and Design (FCAD) Future of Work Conference. Recorded in partnership with CJRU 1280AM, this episode...
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Episode 3: Employer Engagement – How to maximize its value
On this episode of Innovating Employment, Angela Hoyt, President and founder of Evolution Group, joins the program to discuss effective approaches to organizational development and employer engagement strategies for service providers – including common challenges/misconceptions, examples of…
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Episode 2: Nova Scotia’s employment & training services transformation
On this episode of Innovating Employment, Amie Haughn, Director of Employment Programs at the Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced Education, joins the program to discuss how they developed a collaborative approach to reforming their employment and training landscape, using an approach...
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Episode 1: Skills-based hiring – improving employment options for vulnerable populations
On today’s episode we’re joined by Susanna Williams, an independent workforce development consultant, and founder of BridgEd Strategies. We sat down with Susanna in Toronto to discuss skills-based hiring, and the Innovate+Educate, Close It Summit, happening this October. --------- Dans l'épisode...
About this show
Innovating Employment is OCWI's new podcast series. Our podcasts feature experts from across the workforce development sector, exploring a broad range of topics and issues impacting the day-to-day work of employment and training professionals across Ontario. We encourage audiences to follow along, as guests share the latest knowledge and innovations on topics such as hiring practices, engaging employers, and the changing nature of work.
Hosted by
OCWI-COIE