Past Highlights

Meet employers, learn job search skills, use online application kiosks and find out about government and community employment programs.
Date: Friday, October 16, 2009
Time: 10am – 3pm
Location: Etobicoke Civic Centre, 399 The West Mall. Southeast corner of Burnhamthorpe & West Mall. Take bus #50 West from Islington subway to West Mall.
Information Sessions
10:30am – [...]

Laurel Broten, MPP for Etobicoke Lakeshore, recently announced an increase in funding for PTP Adult Learning and Employment Programs for the current fiscal year. The increase is part of the Ontario government’s investment in literacy and essential skills. Ms. Broten also announced an increase in funding for the Lakeshore Area Multiservice Project (LAMP).
Related: Read about [...]

Find out about community agencies offering support and information on job hunting, apprenticeships, Second Career, labour market trends, literacy and basic skills, academic bridging programs, ESL/LINC and more.
Date: Friday, May 29, 2009
Time: 10:00am ~ 3:00pm
Location: Etobicoke Civic Centre, 399 The West Mall
Southeast corner of Burnhamthorpe & West Mall. Take bus #50 West from Islington [...]

PTP is pleased to launch its new project entitled Workforce Essential Skills across Canada: Building training partnerships to enhance low-skilled workers participation in the workforce.
This national project, funded through the Office of Literacy and Essential Skills, will see PTP share its expertise in building workforce literacy and Essential Skills programming for adults with low [...]

PTP Job Solutions West will be hosting a job fair for Starbucks on Monday, March 9, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Click here to view the flyer.)
Starbucks is recruiting for various positions at locations in the west end of Toronto.
In order to avoid long line-ups and ensure that all attendees have the chance [...]

On Friday, January 30th, Laurel Broten, the MPP for Etobicoke-Lakeshore visited PTP’s West Centre to meet with participants and staff. During her visit, Laurel acknowledged the relevance and importance of adult literacy and job search programs in the current economic climate. She chatted with members of our LBS classes and job seekers in our Job [...]

Our 2008 annual report is available for viewing. Previous reports are also available on the Annual Reports page.

PTP’s Annual General Meeting was held on December 2, 2008.
At the meeting, we presented our annual report for 2008. We also welcomed four new members to our Board of directors: Anita Agrawal, Houdeh Houshangi, Claire Gumus and Evelyn Reyes. Jonathan Hahn, Bianca Gikondi and Paul Tan were re-elected for another term. We also bid [...]

Can Ontario’s community-based literacy programs prepare adult learners for apprenticeships that lead to employment in the skilled trades?
Read our latest research report Filling the Gap to:
find out about the innovative work being done in programs that are already successfully linking learners to apprenticeship opportunities,
gain insight into the apprenticeship system in Ontario, and
learn about how [...]

PTP was pleased to be invited to present at Community Literacy Ontario’s Annual Conference and AGM November 5th. It gave us an opportunity to share our work on supporting aspiring apprentices in coomunity literacy programs and to connect with our colleagues from around the province.

PTP is proud to be a presenter at the Ontario Literacy Coalition’s “Spotlight on Learning: Literacy Takes Centre Stage” Training Event October 6-8th, 2008 in downtown Toronto.
This event will bring over 250 literacy professionals from across Ontario together to share innovative approaches and ideas. PTP’s workshop is titled: Programming for Workforce Literacy- Curriculum, [...]

The next Community Connections and Career Job Fair will be held on October 17, 2008. Click to read details of the event.

PTP presented at the hugely successful 2008 Canadian Apprenticeship Forum Conference in beautiful Victoria BC this past June. PTP presented to delegates from across the country and abroad. The presentation showcased PTP’s partnership with George Brown College (GBC) and East Toronto Social Services (ETSS) which provided a forum for the action-based research discussed in the Filling the Gap report.

Last Friday, May 30th, PTP was invited to the launch of On-Track’s new program called Trading Up for Women hosted by Centennial College. PTP and On Track are community partners with a shared vision to better serve those aspiring to work in the skilled trades.
PTP had the honour of thanking Ontario’s Minister of Labour, the [...]

PTP presents at the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum-Forum Canadien sur l’Apprentissage (CAF-FCA) on its recent research titled Filling the Gap which aim to answer the following question: What expanded role could LBS community based agencies play in supporting would-be and current apprentices’ transition to – and through – the apprenticeship delivery system?

PTP presents at the Council of Education Ministers, Canada (CMEC) first pan-Canadian Interactive Literacy Forum. PTP presents 2 workshops: as a member of the Leaner Skill Attainment Framework project team addressing the employment path for learners; and a its own workshop on the successes and challenges of curriculum in Literacy and Basic Skills programming.

PTP Adult Learning and Employment Programs was featured in the Toronto Sun on April 2, 2008, in the Jobboom section. The article featured Krista Hill and Charles Williams, participants in PTP’s academic upgrading, and pre-apprenticeship programs.

Community Connections is hosting a job fair at the Etobicoke Civic Centre on Friday, April 4, 2008. Job Solutions staff will be on hand to assist clients.