Our Vision: We envision a Canada where every immigrant succeeds.
Our Mission: We provide learning and training opportunites for immigrants and refugees to access and fully participate in the workplace and wider community.
Established in 1982, Skills for Change is a non-profit agency providing learning and training opportunities for immigrants and refugees so that they can participate in the workplace and wider community.
Specialties
non-profit, job development, skills and training
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Dubai health Authority, Paediatrics Nephrology Specialist Registrar - Dubai Hospital and Tutor - Dubai Medical College
Skills for Change Company Blog
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Skills for Change Activity on LinkedIn
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Skills for Change Skills for Change's Immigrant Women in Leadership initiative invites you to the launch of: Gender Consideration When Developing Programming for Immigrant Women Thursday, March 8, 2012, International Women's Day | 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina Avenue, Toronto http://immigrantwomenleadership.eventbrite.com/
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Skills for Change Today Metromorning CBC met with residents who live in one of the aging concrete towers along the "Kipling strip", north of Finch in Etobicoke. The 23-story highrise is typical of the more than 1,000 towers erected in Toronto's "inner suburbs" in the early 1950s and '60s. http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/#igImgId_30797
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Skills for Change has a new Project Quality Assurance Engineer Student
Laura Molero is now Project Quality Assurance Engineer Student, was Quality Assurance Coordinator at Integra Solutions & Technologies
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Skills for Change Many immigrants feel caught between two worlds. How do you define your own identity? http://www.cbc.ca/toronto/features/greatexpectations/
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Skills for Change Bell Let’s Talk 2012: Join the conversation to support Canadian mental health! Bell today launched the second annual Bell Let’s Talk campaign in support of Canadian mental health. Led by national spokesperson Clara Hughes and highlighted by Bell Let’s Talk Day on February 8, the campaign invites all Canadians to talk about mental illness in order to fight the lingering stigma that keeps too many people from seeking the help they need. http://letstalk.bell.ca/en/
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Skills for Change Language is still one of the primary barriers for immigrants in the labour market, says Cheryl May, executive director of Skills for Change, a Toronto based settlement agency. Often immigrants spend so long developing the language skills they need to take the bridging programs that they lose traction, and sometimes their professional qualifications. http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1127401--canada-s-job-crunch-would-ease-by-targeting-immigration-to-long-term-labour-needs-td-bank
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Skills for Change Check out our Check out our TOEFL Preparation course: designed to help you prepare for the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language). You will practice the testing procedures and focus on listening comprehension, written expression, reading comprehension and the test of written English. http://www.skillsforchange.org/professional_development/2011/11/toefl-preparation-55.html
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Skills for Change Join us for ESL: English for Academic Purposes Program: You will develop the language skills and confidence needed to successfully pursue academic studies. Appointment for assessment is required. Book an assessment online, or call 416.658.3101 x0 Next session starts February 27. http://www.skillsforchange.org/professional_development/2011/11/esl-english-for-academic-purposes-55.html
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Skills for Change Check out our The ESL: Customer Service Program will help you improve your English and communication skills while developing an awareness of customer service principles. Appointment for assessment is required. Book an assessment online, or call 416.658.3101 x0 Next session starts February 21. http://www.skillsforchange.org/professional_development/2011/11/esl-customer-service-55.html
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Skills for Change Spend the day learning about how the engineering sector’s innovative approach towards sustainability will impact Canada’s future growth in the green economy, and how Canada’s global talent of engineering professionals is key to the sector’s success. http://www.skillsforchange.org/ite/
