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From the CEO's Desk | Upcoming Chamber Events

Welcome New Members! | Updates from the Chamber Network

Congratulations to our friends at the County of Brant, City of Brantford, and the Brantford Regional Real Estate Association for successful events sharing and celebrating the success of the business community last week. The Chamber was pleased to partner with BRREA in presenting Building Brantford and Brant County, and learning more about how residents and leaders feel about the opportunities ahead for our community.

The RogersTV/Chamber of Commerce municipal election debates are now online and can be viewed on our channel here.

Our Education Committee met this morning, and the general sense from most organizations is a relief to get back to a more standard school term, planning events and activities to get students out into the community. A special reminder and call out to employers in the skilled trades with welders. The Skills2Advance program is in need of more employer-sponsored positions. Please see the ad below and contact the Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie for more details on how to support, and benefit from, this great program.

Thank you for all of the nominations received for the Business Excellence Awards! Staff and the Committee meet this week to begin the extensive process of reviewing the nominations and planning for the event in May 2023.

Have a great week!

Dave

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Geared towards an audience of employers, job seekers with disabilities, and employment service providers.

Companies with employees from a broad spectrum of experiences and backgrounds outperform businesses with a less diverse workforce. As a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program Manager within Talent Acquisition at Scotiabank, Loran Upton works with her team to develop and share tools to hire diverse talent, including people with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ+, and women. How do diverse candidates add value to the organization? Join us for an Honest Conversation.

Date: Thursday, September 29, 2022

Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Registration, click here.

Click the image to contact Sacha Pinto so that she can help train your staff in marketing.

Contact Randy Fader rfader@centrecorp.com.

The local Skills2Advance Welding program is offering FREE training in basic welding techniques to companies that have employees eager to learn. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to upskill some of your existing staff - training can be completed in as little as 60 hours!

Our Skills2Advance Welding program is suited for:

• Workers you want to upskill or cross-train, adding welding to their skill set

• Workers interested in welding to advance their careers at your workplace

• Workers interested in welding but your company can’t free them up to take lengthy training

About Skills2Advance Welding:

• No dollar cost to you or your workers.

• Brought to you by the Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie.

• Uses CWB Welding Foundation curriculum and testing.

• Training delivered by experienced instructors at multiple locations: Six Nations Polytechnic (Brantford), Conestoga College (Brantford & Cambridge), Fanshawe College (Simcoe), and Mohawk College (Hamilton).

• Training held multiple times between now and February 2023.

• Classes for all workers (Mind Over Metal program) or classes for female workers to learn alongside other women (Women of Steel).

• Workers earn multiple certifications and can test to earn a CWB qualification (Fillet Weld Qualification per CSA W47.1).

• Workers receive a free welding toolkit

• Funded by the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development

Find out more by contacting skills2advance@workforceplanningboard.org or call 519-756-1116 ext. 223

Visit the Skills2Advance Welding website: https://www.skills2advance.com/employers-welding