OPTIONS Contributors

OPTIONS is funded by Employment Ontario and is based on community partnerships. A host of agencies contribute support to the conference by providing small group workshop facilitators, panelists, and staff for information displays. These activities are of dual benefit in that they allow agencies to promote their services while creating an awareness of the range of services available to the women of the community. OPTIONS 2009 includes employers as speakers and presenters.

OPTIONS Advisory Committee Partners

City of Hamilton
Goodwill The Amity Group
Hamilton Public Library
Mohawk College
PATH Employment Services
SISO
VPI Employment Assessment Centres

The following is a list of the businesses and community organizations that are generously contributing their time to be part of the OPTIONS conference; on June 26th they will be staffing information display tables and available to speak one-to-one with participants.

This list will be updated on an ongoing basis.

Employer Sector Representatives

Call Centre: Marafon Consulting and Circles
Construction: Women Who Build Things
Finance: CIBC
Government: The City of Hamilton Human Resources Department
Green Initiatives: Environmental Defence
Health Care: Hamilton Health Sciences
Health Services: Saint Elizabeth Health Care
Hospitality and Entertainment: Hamilton Entertainment and Convention Facilities
Retail: Reitmans (Canada) Ltd. and Addition Elle

Community Services

AAT School
ACFO
Catholic Family Services
Centre for Skills Development & Training
City of Hamilton: Ontario Works and Public Health
Employment Now
Employment Hamilton
Goodwill The Amity Group
Hamilton Wentworth District School Board Community and Continuing Education
Hamilton Public Library
Hamilton Regional Indian Centre
Hamilton Training Advisory Board
Immigrant Women’s Centre
Industry Education Council of Hamilton – Apprenticesearch.com
McMaster University, Continuing Education
Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities – Apprenticeship Branch and Second Career
Mohawk College
Neighbour to Neighbour
Ontario Disability Support Program
PATH Employment Services
Settlement and Integration Services Organization (SISO)
Small Business Enterprise Centre
St. Charles Adult & Continuing Education Centres
Vocational Pathways Inc. (VPI)
Women’s Centre of Hamilton
Workpath - A program of the John Howard Society
YMCA of Hamilton - Careerworx
YWCA - Employment Service, BizSmartz and Friends for Success

Building a Working Wardrobe Presentation

Reitmans, Addition Elle and Pennington's