Monday, May 14, 2007
The Pre-LMDA Picture: ACTEW's Survey Report
ACTEW has released the report Patching It Together: Employment and Training Opportunities for Women in Ontario Pre-Ontario-Canada Labour Market Development Agreement.
In December 2006, prior to the January implementation of the LMDA, ACTEW surveyed the employment and training sector on programs and services for women. The goal of this Pre-LMDA Survey was to get a picture of the sector before the LMDA.
In 2008, ACTEW will conduct a second survey. A comparison of the 2006 and 2008 survey results will point to ways the LMDA has changed the sector. While Ontario is the last province to sign an LMDA with Canada, ACTEW's research is the country's first effort to understand the effects of such an agreement on a vital and growing labour market: women.
Patching It Together reports that women-specific programming in particular, and community-based training in general, work well because agencies in Ontario are dedicated to delivering comprehensive, holistic services. However, agencies are serving diverse and multi-barriered clientele within the confines of fractured governmental policy and spotty funding. They patch together programs and funding in lieu of any comprehensive or integrated governmental framework.
Over the next few weeks, watch this blog for highlights from the survey analysis, in our series: The Pre-LMDA Picture.
Read the report
In December 2006, prior to the January implementation of the LMDA, ACTEW surveyed the employment and training sector on programs and services for women. The goal of this Pre-LMDA Survey was to get a picture of the sector before the LMDA.
In 2008, ACTEW will conduct a second survey. A comparison of the 2006 and 2008 survey results will point to ways the LMDA has changed the sector. While Ontario is the last province to sign an LMDA with Canada, ACTEW's research is the country's first effort to understand the effects of such an agreement on a vital and growing labour market: women.
Patching It Together reports that women-specific programming in particular, and community-based training in general, work well because agencies in Ontario are dedicated to delivering comprehensive, holistic services. However, agencies are serving diverse and multi-barriered clientele within the confines of fractured governmental policy and spotty funding. They patch together programs and funding in lieu of any comprehensive or integrated governmental framework.
Over the next few weeks, watch this blog for highlights from the survey analysis, in our series: The Pre-LMDA Picture.
Read the report
Labels: ACTEW_Activities, Pre-LMDA, Resources_and_Research
