The Employment Ontario Leadership Summit is taking place on Wednesday, May 4^th, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel (370 King Street West) in downtown Toronto. This event will provide participants the opportunity to learn, network, and share positive solutions with colleagues and representatives from the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities. The cost is $349 per participant and this fee includes breakfast, refreshments, lunch, and all Leadership Summit activities.
 
To register for the Leadership Summit, please click here.
 
Accommodations
 
Today is the very last day to book a room at the Hyatt Regency Hotel for the Leadership Summit at the discounted price! There are a limited number of rooms left at the discounted rate of $239 per night (excluding taxes). Participants traveling to Toronto are strongly encouraged to book accommodations now to take advantage of this discount. Any rooms booked after today are not guaranteed the discounted rate.
 
Rooms can be booked online or over the phone by calling 1-416-343-1234 and quoting ‘leadership summit’ to get the discount price.
 
Ministry Discussion and Keynote Speaker
 
We are pleased to announce that Debbie Douglas, the Executive Director of OCASI, will be our keynote speaker. David Fulford, Assistant Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities, will be speaking at the Employment Ontario Leadership Summit.

Just a reminder that all stakeholders in leadership and planning roles providing Employment Services and Literacy & Basic Skills programming are invited to attend.
 
To register for the Leadership Summit, please click here. For more information, please visit http://www.firstwork.org/leadership/
 
We look forward to seeing you there!
 
- First Work, on behalf of the Leadership Summit Advisory Group (LSAG)
 
Jonathan Baum – Sioux-Hudson Literacy Council
Bernadette Beaupre – CESBA
Jette Cosburn – Community Literacy of Ontario
Josie DiZio – COSTI
Daniel Giroux – College Boreal
Michael Harris – KEYS
Ed Kothiringer – ONESTEP
Raluca Lazar – The Centre for Skills Development & Training
Nancy Martin – Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment and Training
Kathy Mills – The Centre for Skills Development & Training
June Muir – Unemployed Help Centre
Jodi O’Gorman – VPI Inc.
Jeff Surridge – Community Employment Services Woodstock
Wendy Woods-Fontaine – Job Zone D’Emploi
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