New Partnership Between TBRHSC and Cancer Care Ontario = More Jobs!
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A new partnership between Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and Cancer Care Ontario will result in more jobs for the Thunder Bay area. The jobs will be in the area of Quality Assurance.
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre’s (TBRHSC) Cancer Program has been selected by Cancer Care Ontario, an agency of the Ontario Government and the Government’s cancer advisor, to host parts of its Quality Assurance Services Team in Information Technology Development Services.
The new partnership will mean new development and software testing opportunities in information systems to ensure the quality of CCO solutions used within the cancer system. It will also mean 6 new permanent jobs in Thunder Bay. Partners include: Cancer Care Ontario, TBRHSC, Regional Cancer Care Northwest, and the Business Development Team at Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute (TBRRI), Province of Ontario, City of Thunder Bay’s Community Economic Development Commission, Lakehead University, and Confederation College.
“This new partnership between TBRHSC and CCO will enhance our development and software testing of information management solutions in cancer care,” says Rick Skinner, Vice-President and Chief Information Officer at Cancer Care Ontario. “This is also an opportunity to collaborate with our regional partners. We also know we can recruit and retain very good Quality Assurance staff in Thunder Bay.”
The CCO Northwest office will house part of CCO’s Quality Assurance Services Team (a team comprised of Information Technology professionals). CCO is considering a further strengthening of their new IT office in Thunder Bay over the next few years.
Read the full article here.
November 2011 Workforce Focus: A Portrait of the Youth Labour Market
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The latest edition of the Workforce Focus discusses the youth labour market in Ontario and our region (North Superior). Download it now by clicking on the image.
Aboriginal People and the Labour Market: Estimates from the Labour Force Survey 2008-2010.
This research paper was just released in November 2011 through Statistics Canada and provides some detailed labour market trends amongst Aboriginals throughout Canada. The “story” it tells is sobering but is worth a read regardless. Click on the image to download a PDF of this 29 page report.
Global Sticks Closure Means Huge Job Loss
It is still unclear why the Global Sticks plant closed its doors – and whether it is short or long term – but one thing is certain, there are lots of jobs at stake. In a hurting economy, this is particularly difficult to endure. If you haven’t read the news about Global Sticks, check out these links:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/story/2011/11/21/tby-global-sticks-closure.html
http://netnewsledger.com/2011/11/18/global-sticks-faces-uncertain-future/
Aboriginals and the Pursuit of Higher Education
An interesting article in the November 5 edition of the Ottawa Citizen highlights the barriers to higher education faced by Aboriginals across Northern Ontario and the rest of Canada. The editorial focuses on Geraldine King, of Thunder Bay (formerly Gull Bay First Nation) and her struggles to attain a degree.
Consider this: There are more full-time students registered at the University of Ottawa than there are aboriginal students enrolled at all universities across Canada combined. And this at a time when most new jobs require some sort of post-secondary credential.
Read the full article here. Also, check out the Aboriginal Workforce Resource Conference being held on November 9 at the Victoria Inn by first registering here.
September Edition of the Labour Market Monitor
From the September edition of the Northwest Ontario Labour Market Monitor:
Employment in the Northwest Ontario economic region increased by 4,600 from September 2010 to September 2011. Gains in full-time employment (+5,600), were partially offset by losses in part-time employment. During this period, more people looked for work leading to an increase in the participation rate and the size of the labour force. The number of unemployed people fell by 1,100, causing the unemployment rate to decline from 7.7% in September 2010 to 6.5% in September 2011. Over the same period, the provincial unemployment rate declined from 9.2% to 8.0%.
Download the September edition of the Monitor here! For earlier editions, check this out.
August 2011 Labour Market Monitor – Employment on the Rise in NWO
The August 2011 edition of Northwest Ontario’s Labour Market Monitor has been released from Service Canada. This month’s focus finds employment in NWO on the rise:
Employment in the Northwest Ontario economic region increased by 2,400 from August 2010 to August 2011 following 12 consecutive months of year-over-year declines. All job gains were in full-time employment (+4,500), reduced by part-time employment losses (-2,200). During this period, more people looked for work leading to an increase in the size of the labour force. The number of unemployed people fell by 1,000, causing the unemployment rate to decline from 8.1% in August 2010 to 7.0% in August 2011. Over the same period, the provincial unemployment rate declined from 9.1% to 8.1%.
Click on the image to the left to read more from the August LMI Monitor. You can also click here to read previous Labour Market Monitors.
Workforce Focus on Health Care
Download the September 2011 edition of Workforce Focus here. This month’s focus is on Health Care within the North Superior region (Thunder Bay District).
From Forests and Mines to Research and Minds
An article in the Globe and Mail entitled “Rocks, trees… medical research?” highlights the exciting trends of Thunder Bay’s shifting economy to becoming knowledge-based. The story follows Rory Carrillo, a 28 year old bio-medical engineer, who recently moved to Thunder Bay from California in order to work with the start-up medical research company Tornado Medical Systems Inc. As the story suggests, Carrillo’s move is indicative of a trend that the North Superior Workforce Planning Board has been on the cusp of over the last few years. You can find out more about this shift to the Knowledge Economy through a report published in December 2010 by NSWPB entitled, “Transitioning Thunder Bay to a Knowledge-Based Economy“
July 2011 Northwest Labour Market Monitor
The July 2011 edition of the Labour Market Monitor has just been released through Service Canada. According to the bulletin:
Employment in the Northwest Ontario economic region decreased by 3,100 from July 2010 to July 2011. All job losses were in part-time employment. During this period, fewer people looked for work leading to a decline in the size of the labour force and a drop in the participation rate. A small increase in the number of unemployed people caused the unemployment rate to rise from 7.3% in July 2010 to 7.8% in July 2011. Over the same period, the provincial unemployment rate declined from 9.0% to 8.1%.
Click on the image to read more about the Thunder Bay District’s Labour Market in July. Click here to read earlier editions of the Northwest Labour Market Monitor.
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