Author: Ledianis Rivero Sosa

World Skills Employment Centre was delighted to host a dinner for seven participants from the One Young World Summit 2016! Delegates came from India, Brazil, Paris, London, Quebec City and Australia. It was a pleasure to listen to the voices of these youth and learn how this summit is impacting and influencing their minds in

At World Skills we listen to our clients’ needs and strive to provide the most up-to-date and relevant workplace language skills. We are very happy to announce some important changes thanks to your feedback! Our Oral Communication Skills for Professionals course and our Writing for Professional Purposes courses have now been combined into one course.

Congratulations to the mentees and mentors!   On July 28th, we celebrated at the Wrap Up Event of the 6th Annual TD VISMIN O.N.E. – WORLD SKILLS Mentorship Program which brought together all of the volunteers, saff, mentees and mentors who have been working hard to support the mentees in reaching their career objectives. World Skills

On July 27, 2016 World Skills Employment Centre, the Lebanese and Arab Social Services Agency (LASSA) and the Catholic Centre for Immigrants (CCI) held a meeting to officially lunch the Roadmap to Employment for Refugees program, a one-year project funded by United for Refugees and Community Foundations of Ottawa. This program will assist refugees and

How Ruth found confidence – and her dream job   For Ruth, immigrating to Canada in 2002 was an opportunity to better her family’s life, especially for her young son. “Growing up in China, the competition in school was too much,” Ruth says. “I did not want him to grow up with that pressure, and

Job fair underscores Syrian refugees’ challenges   Knowing English and French are assets in Canada but in the end “you don’t need language to roll dough.” One of the job and networking events for Syrian refugees; “The children are busy, they are happy,” said one dad. “We are just sitting around.” By STEPHANIE LEVITZ The Canadian

2016 Welcoming Ottawa Week!   Welcoming Ottawa Week (WOW) is an annual, week-long series of dialogues, cultural and celebratory events, sports activities, documentary screenings, and other fun events designed to convey the genuine welcome and hospitality of Ottawans to newcomers, while providing opportunities for quality interactions between residents, old and new. Recurring annually since 2013

United for Refugees campaign hands out $869,000 to help Syrians new to Ottawa 10 local organizations get money for language, counselling and other projects By Kate Porter, CBC News Posted: May 27, 2016 3:44 PM ET Last Updated: May 27, 2016 3:44 PM ET The United for Refugees campaign raised $869,000 from October 2015 to May

‘Welcome fund’ directs $450,000 to Ottawa refugee programs – Carl Nicholson, executive director of the Catholic Centre for Immigrants, said new funding will help refugees pay rents in their new homes. JULIE OLIVER / OTTAWA CITIZEN Local programs supporting Syrian refugees are receiving $450,000 from a “welcome fund” run by the Community Foundations of Canada. The