Immigrant Women's Network

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Job Opportunity

Employment Opportunity, Spence Neighbourhood - One Year Maternity Leave (term)

Spence Neighbourhood Association is looking for a Community Connector for the Spence Neighbourhood. This position is 35 hours a week, wage between $14-$16/hour with some evenings and weekends. This position is a one year position (maternity leave contract)

The Spence Neighbourhood Community Connector, works with the residents of the Spence Neighbourhood to address their concerns around the areas of safety, security, and community concerns. The Community Connector works with residents to connect neighbours provide resource, hold safety audits and plan community events.

Requirements

· Excellent interpersonal skills, open minded and the ability to work with all community members

· Ability to advocate where needed

· Ability to help individuals and groups identify and achieve their goals

· Ability to organize learning for community members and/or refer them to learning opportunities

· Self starter with an eagerness to see progress while not taking over the responsibilities of others.

· The ability to use email, WORD, Excel and HIFIS data entry considered an asset

Duties Include:

· Organizing community safety audits

· Organizing community events

· Organizing, planning and running the Spence Neighbourhood safety committee

· Participating in West End Safety committee

· Working with residents to address community concerns

· Organizing and support the good food box program

Assets:

Current First aid, CPR training
Creativity and ambition
Experience working in the inner city community
Experience working with community organizations
Drivers Licence

Deadline for Applications: Friday June 15th, 2012

Resume with cover letter should be submitted to: Spence Neighbourhood Association

Attn: Jamil Mahmood

615 Ellice Avenue

Winnipeg, MB R3G 0A4

Fax: 775-1802

e-mail:

Friday, 8 June 2012

Vacancy - CBC Radio

Producer (English Services)

CBC/Radio-Canada

When you work at CBC/Radio-Canada, you're part of an inspiring, entertaining, truly Canadian organization. Each day, some of the industry's most creative minds come to work for a world leader in public broadcasting that fuels the Canadian dream, making our national broadcaster one of the country's largest cultural institutions.

The regional arts content unit produces local arts and culture stories across platforms, including online, radio and TV, with additional commitment to CBC Music and community cultural events. We are looking for a producer (a one year term) to lead the regional arts content unit in Winnipeg. The producer is responsible for online and on-air quality for Manitoba SCENE and SCENE On Air, and social media, ensuring our product consistently meets the program mission and values as well as CBC journalistic standards and practices. As a producer, you are responsible for assigning vetting and lining up online stories and some radio stories. You lead team meetings which include: weekly story, pitch, planning and feedback sessions. You manage the team workflow as well as generate theme and story ideas for the local arts hub. You work closely with various units within the corporation to ensure art stories are delivered to all media platforms. You are responsible for budgets, events, CFM and freelancers, identifying and developing talent as well as staffing issues. You collaborate with the senior management team on the development plan for the unit and lead the execution of that plan. You expand and maintain content partnerships with local arts and culture organizations. Where required you will lead special projects/productions which includes planning, execution and delivery of content to all regional platforms and culminate in a public event.
Qualifications

We are seeking a candidate with the following qualifications:

Job requires a university degree or equivalent;
Five years' experience of which three must involve work in broadcasting or a closely related industry, which is directly related to the area of assignment;
A strong team leader with the ability to inspire others;
Demonstrated talent as a content producer;
Superior writing, editorial and production skills, with knowledge of online and radio storytelling;
Video editing an asset;
Solid journalistic background;
An ability to choose relevant, audience focused stories, which reflect the interests and concerns of our local audience;
Demonstrated skills in the area of conflict resolution, mentoring, talent recognition and development;
An innovator and risk taker;
A commitment to reflecting community and diversity;

CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada's national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions. CBC/Radio-Canada brings diverse regional and cultural perspectives into the daily lives of Canadians in English, French and eight Aboriginal languages.
CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to reflecting the country's diversity within its workforce and encourages applications from people of any wealth of cultures, linguistic and ethnocultural communities, gender, sexual orientations, ages, religions and those with different abilities.

For more information, visit the Talent and Diversity section of our corporate website: www.cbc.ca/jobs.

If this sounds interesting, we want to hear from you! We thank you for your interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Application deadline: 19 / 06 / 2012
Website: CBC/Radio-Canada

Thursday, 7 June 2012

School students focus on anti-violence awareness

A Warning to Teenagers Before They Start Dating

Published: June 3, 2012

BOISE, Idaho — After studies emerged more than a decade ago showing that the highest rates of physical and sexual assault happen to women ages 16 to 24, programs to prevent abusive relationships have concentrated on high school and college students.

Students from North Junior High School in Boise, Idaho, worked on their “ChalkHeart” projects at the Boise Art Museum last month.

Some initiatives have shown promise, but overall statistics remain largely unchanged: the most recent government report stated that nearly one in 10 high school students said they had been physically hurt by a boyfriend or girlfriend.

Now a diverse group that includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and federal lawmakers is trying to forestall dating violence by addressing even younger students: middle schoolers. The goal is to educate them about relationships before they start dating in earnest, even though research shows that some seventh graders have already experienced physical and emotional harm while dating.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/us/middle-school-students-focus-of-anti-violence-effort.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120604

By JAN HOFFMAN

Research Study on Immigrant Labour Market Experiences

The Sociology Department at the University of Manitoba, is doing a study of, “The Long Term Labour Market Experiences of Immigrants in Canada”. They want to interview immigrants about their experiences in the Canadian labour market over their lifetimes. The study is led by Dr. Lori Wilkinson.

Study participants will meet the following criteria:

· Born outside of Canada

· Came to Canada before the age of 30

· Lived in Canada for at least 10 years

· Have held a full or part-time job in Canada, or have actively looked for work in Canada

Participants will be interviewed for 40-60 minutes, and will receive $25.

If you are interested and eligible to participate, please call Lori Wilkinson at 474-8491 or email: employmentstudy@umanitoba.ca

Dr. Lori Wilkinson

Wednesday, 6 June 2012

Facts about Immigrants

Introduction

What you should know about this study

Immigrant donors give more on average than Canadian‑born donors

Even at lower levels of household income, immigrants give more

Immigrant donors more likely to give to religious organizations and to give them larger amounts

Long-term immigrants are more likely to give than recent immigrants

Recent immigrants give less on average, in part because they are younger and have lower household incomes

Long-term immigrants give a smaller share of their donations to religious organizations

Same top three reasons for giving among immigrant and Canadian‑born donors

Immigrants more often give through a collection at their place of worship

Immigrants less likely to volunteer than the Canadian‑born

Immigrant volunteers slightly more likely to give their time to religious organizations

Recent immigrants as likely to volunteer as long-term immigrants

Immigrants volunteer for similar reasons and do similar tasks as the Canadian‑born

Immigrants are slightly more likely to give lack of time as a reason for not volunteering

Summary

Job-Opportunities - tourism, retail

MTEC – the Hospitality/Tourism Sector Council for Manitoba – has a job board for individuals specifically looking for jobs within the hospitality, tourism and retail industries.

Positions are currently posted in the following communities:

- Brandon

- Churchill

- Oak Hammock Marsh

- Portage la Prairie

- The Pas

- Winkler

- Winnipeg

The Job Board is updated daily to offer you the most current positions in these industries throughout Manitoba. On average, you can count on 30+ current positions posted on any given day.

If you are seeking new employment, or know of someone who is, please visit http://mtec.mb.ca/find_a_job.aspx to find the most current opportunities!

If you know of someone who may benefit from the information contained in this email, please feel free to forward it to them.

(Just a reminder – keep your calendars open for Thursday August 30. That is when we will hold the next Hospitality, Tourism and Retail Job Fair at the Winnipeg Convention Centre.)

Luanne Christensen

Training Services Coordinator

Manitoba Tourism Education Council

100 - 1534 Gamble Place

Winnipeg, MB R3T 1N6

(204) 957-7437 Ext. 207

lchristensen@mtec.mb.ca