Extensive research has been conducted by Workforce WindsorEssex to identify education and employment opportunities within Renewable Energy. This featured information will provide you with valuable insight into local activity in Wind and Solar as well as related education and training opportunities. Workforce WindsorEssex would like to thank the WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation and the Assessment Centre (Greater Essex County District School Board) for their assistance in compiling this valuable information.
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce Task Force on Workforce Literacy and Essential Skills created a survey to help businesses address skills deficits in the workplace.
For those of you who may have missed the top stories here's the news we think you should know: 1. Detroit Free Press: More exports to create jobs By John Gallagher Posted: Oct. 27, 2010 The Detroit-Windsor corridor is the most important highway in that U.S.-Canadian trade partnership, with billions of dollars in auto parts going back [...]
In this report see the research and issues important to the current and future workforce, focusing Workforce WindsorEssex’s priorities in the coming years.
Workforce WindsorEssex is seeking a results-oriented Executive Director able to take a collaborative approach to ensure that the current and future workforce of Windsor-Essex continues to contribute to the growth of our local economy. The ideal candidate will possess the creative ideas, knowledge and skills to leverage the organization’s strong foundation and have a vision for future growth and development.
The final broadcast of the first annual Iron Gryphon Culinary Competition will air this Friday, October 15th at 6:30 PM on Cogeco's Cable 11. The competition, held last May was sponsored by St. Clair College for local high schools. Entries included students from St. Anne's High School, Assumption High School, Century Secondary and Cardinal Carter [...]
Siliken S.A., one of Europe’s leading solar companies, announced today the establishment of a new domestic content compliant module manufacturing facility in Ontario, Canada. The new facility located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, is expected to be in full production by the second quarter of 2011, and will be one of the largest solar module manufacturing plants [...]
Windsor's unemployment rate dipped slightly in September 2010 to 10.9% from 11.1% in August. Although Windsor still has the highest unemployment rate of any city in Canada, the gap has narrowed with Oshawa coming in a 10.6%. The national unemployment rate declined .1% to 8.0%. Ontario's unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.8% as there were [...]
For more than a year Windsor autoworker Steve Lesperance found himself on a corporate yo-yo. The machine repairman at Ford Motor Co. of Canada would work for a month, then be laid off for six weeks, then back for a couple of weeks and so on
