Reminder: Career Series #4: Volunteerism + Management
Published: 5/8/2012 12:31:00 AM - Author: OBEPOn June 7, Kari Astles, St. Joseph’s Health Care, will wrap-up this four-part career series by introducing Grade 7 and Grade 8 students to volunteerism. Kari is the Coordinator of Volunteer Resources at St. Joseph's Healthcare. With 11 years of ...
Reminder: French Career Fair
Published: 5/3/2012 12:02:00 AM - Author: OBEPStudents will hear from business people who use French in their careers. They will learn how French can open doors to future opportunities!
Reminder: SLOME Science Technology Trades Interactive Exploration Day
Published: 5/2/2012 12:24:00 AM - Author: OBEPSLOME focuses on emerging careers in science, technology and trades. SLOME encourages students to consider career choices by asking questions of exhibitors. SLOME is a chance for employers to promote careers to students from Elgin, Middlesex and Oxford Co...
Financial Literacy: Marvel, Visa join forces to teach kids about money
Published: 5/1/2012 10:16:00 AM - Author: none'...Superheroes who wax about the importance of financial literacy? Yep.
This is what Visa Canada has done with a free online comic book, available in eight languages. Avengers: Saving the Day is a 6-page story -that features a number of familiar superheroes, including Avenger characters Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Spider-Man...'
The ECO Explorer newsletter-June 2011
Published: 4/20/2012 5:28:00 PM - Author: noneIn This Issue
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The ECO Explorer newsletter-February 2011
Published: 4/20/2012 5:23:00 PM - Author: noneIN THIS ISSUE
Educator Advisory
Committee - Call for
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Opportunities Abound for
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Environment Industry
Bring the Environment into
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Environmental Technology
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ECO Explorer Newsletter September 2011
Published: 4/20/2012 5:17:00 PM - Author: noneIn This Issue
Environmental PostSecondary Programs
ECO Speaker Program &
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Big Data drives information tech careers into crazy new frontiers
Published: 4/20/2012 5:05:00 PM - Author: none'...A recent news release from International Data Corporation (IDC) estimated the market for Big Data technology and services will grow from $3.2 billion in 2010 to $16.9 billion in 2015. That’s an annual growth rate of 40 percent which is seven times the growth for the whole information and communications technology (ICT) market! Already there’s a shortage of trained Big Data technology experts in addition to a shortage of analytics experts, the IDC release said...'
Economy encumbered by debt, high oil, but still has 'momentum,' says Carney
Published: 4/20/2012 5:00:00 PM - Author: none'The Bank of Canada is taking a more positive view of the Canadian economy, while doubling down on warnings over household debt, the strong dollar and now the price of oil.
Building on Tuesday's policy rate announcement that predicted 2.4 per cent annual growth this year and next, the central bank's quarterly monetary policy review provided a generally positive spin on Canada's economic outlook particularly in the first half of this year.
The central bank said growth in the first three months of the year will likely be a relatively robust 2.5 per cent annualized, well above the 1.8 level it had expected in its January report...'
Conference Board says tight labour markets after 2016 will slow economy's growth
Published: 4/20/2012 4:54:00 PM - Author: none'A new Conference Board report says tight labour markets after 2016 will curtail the economy's long-term potential for growth.
The think tank's most recent long-term forecast predicts overall real GDP in Canada will grow at an average of 2.7 per cent between now and 2016...'