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Diversity and employer involvement were key issues raised at the Skills Training and Employment Programs Summit.

Co-hosted by ACTEW and the Ottawa Women’s Training and Employment Network (OWTEN) on May 17, the Summit was attended by nearly 60 regional stakeholders from various levels of government, and employment and training organizations.

Attendees got an overview of Ottawa’s labour market initiatives, hearing presentations from:

• City of Ottawa’s Economic Development
  
• Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
  
• Service Canada
  
• Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services Programming
  
• Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Programming
  
• Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

Following this, stakeholders discussed strategies for enhancing Ottawa’s labour market development, focusing on two issues in particular:

1. How to meaningfully embrace equity and gender diversity, not only through service provision, but also through representation within the sectors and services that shape Ottawa’s economy; and
   
   
2. How to engage employers in labour market development strategies in order to pro-actively address pending skills shortages.

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