We send What's on the MOVES on the first and third Friday of the month. Our goal is to share information about upcoming events, agency news and relevant announcements with the DC MOVES mailing list. If you have information to share through this bulletin, please email your information in text and an attached image or logo OR pdf AD/Flyer to the DC MOVES Coordinator Elaine Capes.
DC MOVES ZOOM Room
When: Thursday Dec 10, 2020 Human Rights Day 9:00 AM 12:00 PM 
COVID-19 Helpful Links and Resources
You can get up-to-date information and advice on the coronavirus at these trusted links:
Dufferin County Equity Collaborative
DCEC
Our DCEC equity lens shapes our vision that every resident of Dufferin County will have the opportunity to realize their potential.  
Opinion: Poverty is a Problem for Democracy, Focusing on Rights can Help
This opinion piece penned by Maytree's Elizabeth McIsaac and Alan Broadbent argues that while poverty is experienced by individuals, it is created by systems that fail to protect and uphold their rights to a decent standard of living.
TELL YOUR MP: Stand with Canadians with lived experience in the fight to end homelessness!

The newly formed Canadian Lived Experience Leadership Network (CLELN) has endorsed the Recovery for All campaign and is now calling on the federal government to support the 6-Point Plan and ensure lived and living experience voices are involved in ending chronic homelessness in Canada.
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Federal Government Announces $1.5 Billion Investment in Workforce Development Agreements
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the details of an investment of $1.5 billion in the Workforce Development Agreements (WDAs) with provinces and territories. This investment will aim to help underrepresented groups and those in sectors that have been hardest hit by the pandemic access supports to re-enter the workforce. 
How Has the Pandemic Impacted Youth Employment and Education?
Final Report Now Available

The Workforce Planning Board has released the findings of their research into the impact the pandemic is having on youth education and employment. The onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic is influencing the ability of youth to find employment and complete their educational pathways. Mental health, financial issues, layoffs for the least experienced employees, closures and the struggle of some industries are some of the reasons that have been identified as factors preventing youth from gaining employment.
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Take Our Employer Survey Today
We are looking for employers to take part in our survey focused on finding out how businesses and youth can better navigate through the current pandemic. The Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo, Wellington, and Dufferin is conducting a survey about the implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on youth employment and educational pathways. Our preliminary findings show that improvement of youth employment depends on the wellbeing and prosperity of the employers. We want to learn the bigger picture, and assist employers and youth to get through these hard times.

The outcome of the project would be the development of the resources that would assist youth and employers to better connect, interact, learn, improve, and build strong connections to help the communities, organizations, and individuals to prosper.
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Effective Board Support for Executive Assistants
Capacity Canada presents: Effective Board Support for Executive Assistants. The workshop is being lead by Board Governance expert, Marion Thomson Howell with two very experienced practitioners, Catherine Heal, Manager, Governance and Corporate Projects at Grand River Hospital and Andrew Jardine, Executive Assistant to the Principal and Secretary to the Board of Directors at King’s University College at Western University
This two session online workshop is being held on the following dates:
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 - 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm ET
Thursday, December 10, 2020 - 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm ET
You will learn the following:
  • Governance basics that board assistants need to know
  • Meetings – preparation, organization, minutes
  • Ways in which board assistants can be a valuable resource to the board
  • Learn more about regulatory requirements and governing documents
We will share information and best practices, facilitate discussions with our experts, engage you through polls, and group discussions in breakout rooms.
Course fee is $275 for both sessions. Class is limited to 25 people.
Mental Health Commission of Canada launches free online crisis training for essential workers during COVID-19

Crisis Response training - Caring for Yourself (2 hours) - Participants will be introduced to the Mental Health Continuum and the Big 4 Coping Strategies, to help learn how to better understand their own mental wellness, notice if they might be moving into unwell areas, use practical actions to help with stress, and know when to reach out to get professional help.

Crisis Response training - Caring for your Team (3 hours) - Participants will be introduced to the Mental Health Continuum, the Big 4 Coping Strategies, and Ad Hoc Incident Review to help learn how to better understand their own and their team's mental wellness, notice if they might be moving into unwell areas, use practical actions to help with stress, know when to reach out to get professional help and learn tips to support team members

Crisis Response Training - Caring for Others (2 hours) - will focus on how to create a safe space to have conversations about mental health and/or substance use problems. This training will prepare participants to have conversations confidently about mental health during a crisis, with their family, friends, communities, and workplaces. Participants will also be taught the skills required to respond to a mental health crisis until professional help arrives.
Registration for these courses will be on a first-come, first-serve basis and will be available at no-cost for essential workers as defined by the Government of Canada here.
Let’s make our way through 2021 together
At Overlap, one thing we’ve shared in 2020 is that now more than ever we are looking to our community, whether in our own homes, online, or physically distanced, to pass the time and share experiences with. After a rush of enthusiasm for Zoom parties, park gatherings and other public health approved activities, our creativity was feeling a bit tapped out. We don’t think we are the only ones. 

In collaboration with our favourite Master of Creativity, Linda Carson, and our pals from the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), we've created Isolation Ideas - Creative and Feel Good Activities from Overlap. Isolation Ideas is a pack of cards meant to inspire creativity, (safe) social activities, and self-reflection. 

On each page you’ll find an activity to pass the time with. Some are quick, and some are more ambitious. With 25 tear-out activities, you can do one an hours, one a day, or one a month. Keep them to yourself or share with friends and family. There are fewer rules than you think;)

Proceeds for this project will be donated to two groups close to the Overlap team:
Linda Carson student endowment awards at the University of Waterloo
Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)