Dear Colleagues,
Our April 1st, 2005 Newsletter will cover all regular topics;
Training and Employment
Letters from York Region Employment Resource Centres
From Jacquie Quinnell quinnell@costi.org
Hello everyone, Please see attachments regarding Markham ERC's workshop schedule and explanations. MarkhamApril2005.doc Thanks and have a great long weekend.
Jacquie Quinnell Assistant Manager COSTI York Region Employment Resource Centres ----------------------------------
From Julie Sheehey sheehey@costi.org
Hi Everyone! Please find attached a copy of the workshop schedule for April. Have a wonderful day!
Julie Sheehey Employment Facilitator COSTI - Vaughan Employment Services 3901 Highway 7, Suite 300 Woodbridge, Ontario, L4L 8L5
April 5th 2005 Quantum ð Bring your resumes to apply in person 1 – 4 p.m.
April 26th 2005 Royal Group ð Bring your resumes to apply in person
COSTI provides educational, social and employment services to help all immigrants in the greater Toronto area attain self-sufficiency in Canadian society. COSTI, founded by the Italian Canadian community to meet a shortage of services for immigrants in the post war era, is today a multicultural agency that works with all immigrant communities having a shortage of established services.
Employment Resource Centres Employment Resource Centres provide clients with access to the internet, job postings, fax & photocopy machines, computers, job readiness workshops, job search materials, information on rйsumй writing, cover letter writing, labour market information, entrepreneurship, colleges & universities course calenders, business directories, audio & video tapes on job search. Objectives: Clients will be provided with the tools and employability skills necessary to move into the labour force. Through the use of technology and other self-help resources, clients will become more self aware, confident, and motivated to acquire employment. Clients will be assisted to develop and follow through with a realistic back to work action plan, through counselling interventions that are adaptable, flexible and meet clients' needs.
List of COSTI Employment Resource Centres:
Employment Services
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Catholic Cross Cultural Services of Peel ·
Malton Neighbourhood Services ·
Dixie-Bloor Neighbourhood Centre ·
Multicultural Inter-Agency Group of Peel (MIAG)
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Hi Pauline, (In my opinion be very careful with this type of jobs. You are on your own. PL) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Carleton University Canada Research Chairs Space/Satellite Systems Design & Integration Emerging Technologies for Energy Conversion/Generation The Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University invites applications and nominations for two Canada Research Chairs in Space/Satellite Systems Design & Integration and Emerging Technologies for Energy Conversion/Generation. The Canada Research Chair programme has been established by the Government of Canada to enable Canadian Universities to foster research excellence and enhance their role as world-class centres of research excellence. Additional information regarding the Canada Research Chairs programme is available at www.chairs.gc.ca . One Chair will be at a Tier I level, the other at a Tier II level. The Tier I Chair, available in 2005, is targeted at an experienced researcher, acknowledged by their peers as a world leader in their own discipline. The Tier II Chair, available in 2004, is targeted at a researcher acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their discipline. Successful candidates will be appointed to tenure-track faculty positions within the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering as Assistant, Associate or Full Professor as appropriate, and will be expected to participate in the teaching responsibilities of the Department and undertake research associated with the focus of the Chair. Preference will be given to those with a Ph.D., a background commensurate with the Canada Research Chair requirements, and a strong commitment to both teaching and research. Membership or eligibility for membership in a Canadian professional engineering association is desirable. The Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering consists of 28 full time faculty members and offers degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering at the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D. levels, and Materials Engineering at the Master’s level. The Department is research intensive with numerous specialized research laboratories. Excellent opportunities exist for research collaboration with industry and government institutes and laboratories. Further departmental information is available at Applications with curriculum vitae and the names of three references should be sent to: Prof. J. Beddoes, Chair, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B5, Canada Fax: 613-520-5715 Tel: 613-520-2600 (ex. 4462) Carleton University is committed to equality of employment for women, aboriginal peoples, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities. Persons from these groups are encouraged to apply.
PSAC --- The Petroleum Services Association of Canada
Job Categories: · All Listings (76) · Field - Shop (24) · Management (2) · Office (9) · Sales (8) · Technical (33) In your response to this ad, please mention that you found the posting on the PSAC Job Opportunities web site.
Klohn Crippen is a leading integrated service provider in engineering, management and environmental solutions. http://www.klohn.com/job/job.html#168-P04 E B A E n g i n e e r i n
g C o n s u l t a n t s L t d. AMEC is an international project management and services company, employing around 45,000 people in some 40 countries around the world. http://www.amec.com/careers/careers.asp?pageid=40 Petro-Canada is one of the largest integrated oil and gas companies
in http://www.petro-canada.com/eng/jobs/apply/8365.htm
Imperial Oil is one of Canada's largest corporations and has been a leading member of the petroleum industry for more than a century. http://www.imperialoil.ca/Canada-English/People/Other_Opportunities/P_OO_OtherOpportunities.asp
CSME -- Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering
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SUBMISSION ON RECOGNITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND CREDENTIALS OF IMMIGRANTS WITH ENGINEERING BACKGROUNDS TO Cross-Canada Hearings of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration Public Hearings ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
News from the Parliament of Canada Private Members' Business:
Foreign Credential Recognition Program
Ms. Ruby Dhalla (Brampton—Springdale, Lib.M.P.) moved: Motion No. 195 Monday, March 21, 2005 See the file for the motion: ChamberDebate.doc --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- News from Ontario Legislation
No. 115 No 115 ISSN 1180-2987 Legislative Assembly of OntarioFirst Session, 38th Parliament Official Report Journal of Debates (Hansard) Thursday 3 March 2005Speaker President Honorable Alvin Curling Clerk Greffier, Claude L. DesRosiers
STATEMENTS BY THE MINISTRY AND RESPONSES
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Hon. Joseph Cordiano (Minister of Economic Development and Trade): I’m honoured to rise in the House today to share great news with the people of Ontario. It is very clear that our government is implementing a new approach to create a strong Ontario economy for today and for tomorrow. It’s an approach that builds on partnership and collaboration to create the world’s best workforce, a workforce that is highly skilled, highly flexible and highly innovative, a workforce that will attract more good jobs for the people of this great province. Look at our auto industry, for instance. When we first took office, we heard doom-and-gloom predictions about the future of the industry. We heard that there wouldn’t be any growth or any investment. Over the last year, we have proven that wrong. Our government got creative, and we started thinking outside the box and established the Ontario automotive investment strategy. Since its launch less than a year ago, over 20,000 jobs in the automotive sector have been sustained and over $3.6 billion of new investment has come to Ontario’s automotive sector. With innovation, collaboration and partnership, Ford of Canada took Ontario’s $100-million investment and turned it into the $1-billion Project Centennial in Oakville. It’s a plan that means thousands of high-value jobs are here to stay. And yesterday we built on that success. In partnership with General Motors of Canada and the federal government, the Premier announced Ontario’s investment in the $2.5-billion Beacon project. This is Canada’s single largest automotive investment in the history of the automotive sector. It is an investment in our greatest natural resource, our people. Through Beacon, we will train the next generation of automotive workers. Three Ontario universities and three Ontario colleges are part of this innovative education plan. We know that the only way we’re going to stay competitive and reach our economic potential is by working together. Thanks to creative thinking, our ability to collaborate and a commitment to innovation in auto manufacturing, GM’s community of highly skilled workers will continue building vehicles for today and for years to come. Our investment will support expansions and vehicle design manufacturing capabilities at GM plants right across this province: in Oshawa, in Ingersoll, in St. Catharines. This is great news for the thousands of workers and their families who will benefit from new and secure jobs at General Motors. It’s great news for all of us, because a strong auto industry means a strong Ontario economy. It means that people can take pride in their work and be optimistic about the future. This is the Ontario that this government believes in. This is the Ontario that we are working hard to create.
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Mr. Jerry J. Ouellette (Oshawa): Yesterday was another historic day for Oshawa and one of its key partners, General Motors and its dedicated workers. This is very similar to decades ago, when Oshawa council agreed to that first $50,000 interest-free loan that brought Colonel Sam McLaughlin and General Motors Canada to Oshawa. Yesterday’s $2.5-billion announcement not only gives worldwide recognition to the quality, hard work and dedication of those GM workers who produce the number one plant in the world, but also moves GM in Oshawa and its workers to the world forefront as leaders in auto design engineering. Yesterday’s announcement includes a $23-million investment for St. Catharines’ new fuel-saving 5.3-litre V8 displacement-on-demand engine that will link assembly to Oshawa, as well as establishing an automotive engineering centre at McMaster, and over $500 million being invested in Ingersoll, creating over 400 net new jobs there. To quote Michael Grimaldi, the president of GM Canada, “In total, this represents the largest and most comprehensive automotive investment in Canadian history,” including a new virtual reality centre and new investments to support GM’s worldwide fuel cell research and development. Along with McMaster, new automotive centres of excellence are to be established at Oshawa’s University of Ontario Institute of Technology, the University of British Columbia, University of Waterloo, Université de Sherbrooke, McGill, École polytechnique de Montréal, Université du Québec, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, and AUTO21. This new auto innovation network will bring all players together in moving Canada’s auto innovation even farther ahead. Again, I want to thank all partners: General Motors, the universities involved, the federal and provincial governments, and of course the hard and dedicated work of the CAW workers who make the difference and are producing the quality necessary to move forward for future generations of quality in the auto sector. Great things continue to happen in Oshawa. 1410 SKILLS TRAINING Mr. Phil McNeely (Ottawa–Orléans): My question is for the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities. This week is National Engineering Week, a very important week in Ontario. Each year, Ontario welcomes thousands of internationally trained engineers. A high percentage of highly skilled immigrants coming to Ontario identify themselves as engineers. Our government has done a great deal to help reduce the barriers that Internationally trained engineers face in entering Ontario’s workforce. By taking advantage of theexpertise that these individuals offer our province, we’re ensuring that our province will have the skills we need inthe years to come. I understand that yesterday’s General Motors announcement has added an exciting component to the efforts we have made to assist internationally trained engineers. Could you tell us more about this new initiative? 1500 Hon. Mary Anne V. Chambers (Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities): I’m very pleased to respond to the question from the member from Ottawa–Orléans, whom I also know to be an engineer. Thanks for the great interest.The GM announcement is exciting on several fronts, not only in terms of what it’s doing for the economy and what it’s doing for the post-secondary sector, but also for a file that I feel privileged to have the opportunity to chair on behalf of our government, and that is the integration of internationally trained professionals. The exciting offshoot of the GM announcement is actually an opportunity for some 60 internationally trained engineers to have work opportunities at General Motors as interns. This will be over a three-year period, with each of these opportunities being a year in duration. It’s very exciting. Mr. McNeely: Minister, this is an innovative initiative that is sure to be of great benefit to the internationally trained. It is yet another step that our government is taking to ensure that Ontario reaches its full potential based on the strengths and skills of its people. I know that many of the initiatives our government has undertaken to help the internationally trained engineers have been occupation-specific, to ensure that we are addressing the unique needs and challenges of each profession and trade. This is certainly not the first announcement our government has made with respect to internationally trained engineers. Could you provide some context as to how this most recent initiative fits in with previous announcements you have made to help internationally trained engineers? Hon. Mrs. Chambers: Last year we actually announcedanother investment in partnership with ProfessionalEngineers Ontario, the regulator for engineers here in Ontario. It was a $2-million announcement which will have Professional Engineers Ontario create an interactive Web site to provide information to would-be and new immigrants on the processes for licensure here, and also on labour market factors for that profession here in Ontario. Canadian work experience, however, is really the big issue and that’s why the GM announcement is so exciting. As part of the PEO announcement last year, there is a college-level program that will be developed by Professional Engineers Ontario, which could actually be an alternative to the one year of Canadian work experience. As we all know, you don’t get work experiencewithout having a job, so it’s really quite a difficult issue to deal with. I’m excited that GM and Professional Engineers Ontario are on board with this. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABEC’s News
· The Association of Bulgarian Engineers in Canada is very thankful for the support, encouragement and professional help that we received from our Colleagues: Mr. Simeon Simeonov, P. Eng.- for his professional help to the new PEO License applicants. Mr. Boris Ivanov, P. Eng.- for sponsoring our rent throughout the 2004-year. Mr. Ivan Pomakov, P.Eng. - for sponsoring our printing job.
· Please be advised that we are experience coordination difficulties for scheduling our General meeting. Our Vice President Nick Paskalev is on stand by to fly to Bulgaria for family reason. We will announce and contact you as soon as we can clear the matter. In the mean time we are working frantically with the Insurance companies and also preparing the ABEC’s database. If you have any questions and for touch base, we will be on April 17th 2005, in the big Hall of the Cathedral “Sts. Cyril and Methody” between 11.30 and 12.30 a.m.
Mrs. Tonya Bojkova We are welcoming new Members.
· Membership Receipts: We mailed all receipts for 2004 for Membership with exception to Cvetan and Daniela Aldev. I lost communication with them so if somebody knows their contact information, please e-mail it to me.
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What to visit
Niagara PeninsulaThe Niagara Peninsula -- one of Canada's most eclectic and thriving regions. From the touristy bustle and natural beauty of Niagara Falls, to the serene vistas of the Escarpment, to quaint Niagara-on-the-Lake, the region has come into its own in the past decade. It's a place to visit for a day, a week, or settle for a lifetime. Niagara’s History
The Europeans’ arrival in the 17th century signaled a sea of change. Inter-tribal warfare with the Five Nations Iroquois of New York State dispersed the three Ontario confederacies, the Huron, the Petun and the Neutral. In May 1535, Jacques Cartier left France to explore the New World. Although he never saw Niagara Falls, the Indians he met along the St. Lawrence River told him about it. Samuel de Champlain visited Canada in 1608. He, too, heard stories of the mighty cataract, but never visited it. In fact, Etienne Brule, the first European to see Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron and Superior, may have been the first to see the Falls, in 1615.
. In 1651, during the fur-trade rivalry between the Huron and Iroquois, the Iroquois wiped out the Neutrals, and they kept white settlers out of Niagara until the American Revolution. In December 1678, Recollet priest Louis Hennepin visited Niagara Falls. Nineteen years later, he published the first engraving of the Falls in his book Nouvelle Decouverte. Impressed by its awesome power, Hennepin overestimated the height at 183 metres, more than three times its actual height.
In the 1820’s, a stairway was built down the bank at Table Rock and the first ferry service across the lower Niagara River began. By 1827, a paved road had been built up from the ferry landing to the top of the bank on the Canadian side. This site became the prime location for hotel development and the Clifton was built there, after which the Clifton Hill is named. Niagara has perhaps the most complex transportation history of any area in North America. The first Welland Canal was completed in 1829. The roadway between Niagara-on-the-Lake and Chippawa was the first designated King’s Highway. The first stagecoach in Upper Canada operated on this roadway between the late 1700’s and 1896. The first railroad in Upper Canada opened in 1841 with horse-drawn carriages running between Chippawa and Queenston. In 1854, it was converted to steam and moved to serve what was to become the Town of Niagara Falls. In 1855, John August Roebling, the designer of the Brooklyn Bridge, built the Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge, the first bridge of its type in the world. Between the late 1700’s and the middle 1800’s, boats were the main way to get to Niagara Falls. By 1896, three boats plied the route between Toronto and Queenston. One of the first electrified streetcar services was provided in Niagara, and in 1893 the Queenston/Chippawa Railway carried boat passengers from Queenston to Table Rock and beyond. In 1902, a railway was constructed across the Queenston Suspension Bridge. Later it was extended along the lower Gorge on the American side of the River, connecting back into Canada at the Upper Arch Bridge. This transit line, the Great Gorge Route, continued in service until the Depression. The use of boats declined as tourists increasingly chose to visit Niagara by automobile, bus or train. Tourism travel to the Falls began in the 1820’s and it had increased ten-fold within 50 years to become the area’s dominant industry. Early English settlements included Newark (the first seat of government), now called Niagara-on-the-Lake, and St. Catharines (site of the first Welland Canal). Following the American Revolutionary War, a strong influx of British settlers migrated to the counties of Lincoln and Welland. They played key roles in the agricultural, economic, industrial and educational development of the area. The counties of Lincoln and Welland were created in the late 1860’s, and included 26 cities, towns, townships and villages. They remained until work on local government reform began in 1963 with the creation of the Niagara Peninsula Municipal Committee on Urban and Regional Research. The Mayo Report, released in 1966, recommended that the Regional Municipality of Niagara be created. The two founding counties were combined into the Niagara
Region in 1970. On January 1st, 1970, twelve area governments and
one regional government replaced the 2 counties and 26 municipal structures, a
reform move that remains controversial today.
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Sir
Adam Beck Hydro Generating Stations Current Power Generation at Niagara
Robert
Moses Generating Station - water
diversion capacity is 109,000 cubic feet per second
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The Great East Coast
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A Cross Section Diagram of Sir
Adam Beck Hydro Generating Station Best Regards to all ABEC’s Members,
Pauline
Pauline Loultcheva Lawrence (905) 832-4451 pauline_m_lawrence@hotmail.com
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The
arrival of the humans to the Niagara Region nearly 12,000 years ago
corresponded to the arrival of what would become its most famous tourist
attraction - Niagara Falls. But it was a different world, consisting of tundra
and spruce forest. The Clovis people, who inhabited the area during the
Palaeo-Indian Period, which lasted until nine thousand years ago, were nomadic
hunters who camped along the old Lake Erie shoreline, living in simple, tiny
dwellings.
That
same year, the Recollet missionary explorers arrived in Ontario. They were
followed a decade later by the Jesuits. It was a Jesuit father, Gabriel
Lalemant, who first recorded the Iroquois name for the river—Onguiaahra,
meaning the Strait. Niagara is a simplification of the original
Artifacts
from the War of 1812 dot the riverside, as do monuments erected later, such as
the one to Sir Isaac Brock. Recently, the skeletons of members of the U.S. Army
were found near Old Fort Erie, at the outlet of Lake Erie. 
