Providing a link between job seekers, employers and skills development services. http://www.awic.ca
About
Established in 2006, AWIC is a volunteer community-based planning board whose members are knowledgeable about labour force development issues in the District of Algoma. AWIC‘s objective is to engage communities in a local labour market research and planning process that will lead to cooperative efforts to find local solutions to local labour market issues.
Company Overview
AWiC is one of twenty-five (25) non-profit Workforce Planning Boards across Ontario funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Our mission is to work collaboratively with community partners to address the region‘s key labour force needs.
Each year, AWiC undertakes a comprehensive local labour market planning (LLMP) process. This process engages communities in a locally-driven and evidence informed process to identify and respond to the key local labour market challenges and opportunities in their local labour markets. This report is intended to provide the reader with an understanding of the local labour market changes and challenges of the District of Algoma as a whole and the communities within the region.
A major component of this planning process is to compile, interpret and review local labour market information. The results of this information will assist in aligning labour opportunities with training and education priorities. It is presumed that local educational and training partners and other community‘s organizations will use this information in forming their strategic directions.
AWiC also gathers information about the supply of labour and the demand side of the local labour market by working with employers to identify and meet their current and emerging skills needs. In addition, we organizing events and undertake activities that promote the importance of education, training and skills upgrading to youth, parents, employers, employed and unemployed workers, vulnerable groups and the public in general.
AWiC serves the Algoma District in North-Eastern Ontario. The area includes the north shore of Lake Superior and Lake Huron from Dubreuilville northwest to Spanish in the east. The district is divided into the following three sub-districts: Superior East; that includes the communities of White River, Wawa, and Dubreuilville, the Central Region and Sault Ste. Marie; and East Algoma comprised of the many communities including Elliot Lake, Johnson Township and Blind River. AWiC’s district also has the First Nation reserves of Michipicoten, Garden River, Thessalon, Mississauga, Sagamok, Serpent River and Batchewana. First Nations along the North Shore are also represented by; White Fish Lake and the North Shore Tribal Council (NSTC).
Website:
www.awic.ca
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Algoma Workforce Investment Corporation (AWiC)
68 Dennis Street, Suite 206
Sault Ste. Marie Ontario P6A 2W9
AWIC‘s objective is to engage communities in a local labour market research and planning process that will lead to cooperative efforts to find local solutions to local labour market issues.
VISION
The Algoma Workforce Investment Corporation (AWiC) will be a leader in the identification and delivery of a workforce development strategy that meets the economic and social needs of the District.
MISSION
AWIC is a coalition of organizations that provides coordination and leadership regarding workforce development and planning to Algoma District stakeholders.
ROLE
To act as a catalyst for positive change in the Algoma District’s labour market;
To be a facilitator among the workforce partners; and,
To partner with employers and labour market groups in addressing workforce development issues.
OBJECTIVES
AWiC is mandated to carry out several key activities:
* To strengthen the existing workforce to sustain and to create new jobs;
* To identify workforce development requirements that will sustain and grow our communities;
* To create community action plans to address identified workforce development issues
* To engage employers to participate in workforce development;
* To engage all levels of government to support and participate in workforce development;
* To have a workforce that recognizes the importance of training, upgrading and employment issues; and,
* To ensure compliances with our annual contractual obligations.
