2:30pm – 5:00pm

As both the Government of Ontario and the City of Toronto move forward to establish robust, integrated employment services and training policies, there is increased momentum and commitment to build effective workforce development systems.

Workforce development systems encompass much more than traditional employment training. They include an array of strategies to address industry needs and ensure career advancement opportunities. Workforce development requires the engagement of employers, community networks and agencies, and government.

The focus will be employment approaches to workforce development currently being adopted in the U.S. by local and state governmental agencies, community-based organizations, labour and management partnerships, and community colleges. The presentation will include an in-depth analysis of Per Scholas, an organization that runs a leading national workforce development program, focused on IT industries, with centers in seven cities.

The panel will be moderated by noted workforce development expert Sheila Maguire. She will be joined by panelists Angie Kamath and David S. Berman — two individuals closely involved over the past decade in NYC’s innovative workforce development strategies.

• Angie Kamath joined Per Scholas in 2013 as Executive Director of New York operations. Prior to joining Per Scholas, Ms. Kamath spent 7 years as Deputy Commissioner for Workforce1. During her tenure in the Bloomberg administration she implemented several successful initiatives focused on improving the income and advancement prospects for working poor.
• David S. Berman is the Director of Programs and Evaluation at the New York City Center for Economic Opportunity, in the Office of Mayor de Blasio. Mr. Berman oversees the unit that helps to design anti-poverty initiatives, and he works with an array of City agencies on program implementation and performance monitoring and evaluation with the goal of bringing effective strategies to scale.

We believe this presentation will enrich our understanding of what constitutes effective workforce development systems. We hope it will foster dialogue and stimulate ideas about how a variety of strategies, in combination, can work together to improve the economic mobility and stability of Toronto’s working poor.

We hope you will join us. Please RSVP as space is limited.

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For additional information, please contact:
Adriana Beemans, Metcalf Foundation Inclusive Local Economies Program Director,
abeemans at metcalffoundation.com, 416-926-0366 ext 224.

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