Celebrating Grand Erie’s Essential Workers – Julia
Today, in our Frontline Fridays feature we talk to Special Constable Julia Bergsma. Julia works for Wilfrid Laurier University in the Special Constable Service Division. In our Frontline Fridays series, the Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie pays tribute to...
Celebrating Grand Erie’s Essential Workers – Laura
In this week's Frontline Fridays feature we talk to Laura Middelkoop, a Grade 12 student at Brantford Collegiate Institute. Frontline Fridays stories pay tribute to Grand Erie essential workers in the communities of Brantford, Six Nations, New Credit, and the counties...
Transit survey shows public support
About 70% of people would use a public transit system between area communities, a new transit survey says. The Navigating Grand Erie survey of 425 residents found that 71% would use a transit system that connected the communities of Brantford, Brant, Haldimand,...
Celebrating Grand Erie’s Essential Workers – Don
This week in our Frontline Fridays feature - where we pay tribute to Grand Erie essential workers in the communities of Brantford, Six Nations, New Credit and the counties of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk - we talk to Don Jagoe, IT Business Owner of My Tech Geeks based...
Celebrating Grand Erie’s Essential Workers – Kate
The Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie is paying tribute to essential workers in our community. Today in our Frontline Fridays feature we talk to Kate Wight (shown at left in photo) who works as a Therapeutic Recreation Assistant at the John Noble Home, a long...
In-demand jobs in Grand Erie
In-demand jobs tells us what employers are hiring for. Material handler was the top job in demand from Grand Erie area employers in the last half of 2020. There were more than 1,000 job postings for material handlers on the Workforce Planning Board’s job search site...
Call for Nominations: Essential workers
As we near the one year mark in the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie wishes to recognize the tremendous work carried out by essential workers in our region by profiling employees from various sectors. Do you know an outstanding person in...
Lockdown pushes up Brantford jobless rate
January 2021 jobs numbers show that Brantford's jobless rate climbed for the first time since summer 2020, as Ontario locked down in response to the pandemic’s second wave. The January unemployment rate for Brantford was 6.9%, up slightly from December’s 6.7%,...
COVID-19 Webinar Series. Register Today.
A new series of free webinars will inform employers and individuals in Brantford, Brant, Haldimand, Norfolk, Six Nations and New Credit about resources and programs to support them during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie will present...
Mentorship – How It Works
Mentorship is a unique relationship between a person who is experienced in a particular trade or industry and a person who is newer to the industry. Mentorship isn’t a replacement for formal education or training programs. Instead, it complements other types of...
