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. |
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"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete."
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COVID-19 Helpful Links and Resources |
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You can get up-to-date information and advice on the coronavirus at these trusted links:
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Dufferin County Equity Collaborative
DCEC
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Our DCEC equity lens shapes our vision that every resident of Dufferin County will have the opportunity to realize their potential.
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This session will discuss where we’re at today, our campaign strategy, approach, and key tactics and outline future plans.
This session will provide an exclusive look at our future plans and an opportunity for you to provide feedback, ask questions and help shape our campaign going forward!
Tim Richter
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The FindYourJob.ca Winter Virtual Job Fair
Employer Registration Deadline is Approaching
The FindYourJob.ca Virtual Job Fair Series continues with the second virtual job fair on Tuesday, November 24. The first job fair in this series saw 432 job seeker registrations. You can connect with the job candidates you are looking for from the comfort and safety of your home or office. Organized by the Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin, this upcoming job fair will allow employers the opportunity to promote current openings with job seekers, communicate one on one with employment candidates, receive resumes immediately, and more.
This virtual job fair is taking place Tuesday, November 24 from 10am to 1pm.
Promote your current job openings to available employment candidates.
· Talk one on one with job seekers.
· Receive resumes immediately.
· Support from knowledgeable staff to set up your booth and assist on the day of the job fair
· The first virtual job fair in this series featured 20 employers hiring for over 300 jobs.
The first Virtual Job fair in this series featured 20 employers hiring for over 300 jobs.
Limited Spots Available - Registration Deadline Tuesday, October 20
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Registration Now Open!
OMSSA's 2020 Virtual Mental Health Forum
Building on the success of our 2019 forum, our virtual program focuses on building resilience and supporting clients' complex needs through difficult and uncertain times, with topics like:
- Mental Health Leadership for Organizations
- Stress and Traumatic Stress in the Workplace
- De-escalation Techniques
- The Impacts of Racism on Mental Health
- Mobile Crisis Response Teams
- COVID-19 and the Escalating Opioid Crisis
- Mental Health and Seniors: Reducing Social Isolation
- COVID-19, Mental Health and Children
- Responding to a Pandemic: Lessons Learned
OMSSA is offering competitive rates for both individual and group registrations, with a 20% discount for registrations of five or more individuals from one organization.
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These Organisations have something they need to
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Our agency has partnered with Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies across Ontario to launch a 50/50 electronic raffle. The draw is coming up tomorrow (Friday Oct. 16th) at 9:00PM with an astonishing jackpot that currently sits at over $102,000. If you’d like to buy tickets using this link: https://bit.ly/Dufferin5050mail proceeds will benefit our local agency helping us match more children with a caring mentor. Tickets are 10 for $10, 40 for $20 and 200 for $40.
Thanks for considering this,
Nancy Stallmach
Executive Director
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dufferin & District
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Help GET the word out!
Food & Friends at Home Families with children and youth supported by the Children’s Foundation through the Food & Friends Program will be eligible to submit a request for a Food & Friends at Home kit starting September 4th. This kit will provide one snack for each day of a two week period similar to what would be provided through a Food & Friends student nutrition program.
As a supporter of the Food & Friends Program, we are counting on you to spread the word to and/or register families most in need. Consider sending a message to your personal or professional network and/or add the communication to your website or newsletter to let them know about our new food support initiative.
Thank you!
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These Organisations have something to GIVE |
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RESILIENT COMMUNITIES FUND
The Resilient Communities Fund is a one-time fund to support the non-profit sector recover and rebuild from the impacts emerging from COVID-19 so they can effectively meet the needs of communities across Ontario.
OTF is investing in projects of eligible non-profit organizations to aid their medium to longer-term recovery efforts, help with their stabilization and build their capacity and resiliency in the aftermath of COVID-19.
Request amount: From $5,000 to $150,000
Grant term: up to 1 year
Application Deadlines*: next intake December 2, 2020 at 5 pm ET.
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PLEASE Get in touch
"As you may know, the Youth Opportunities Fund (YOF) as part of the Ontario Trillium Foundation recently announced they would only be accepting one shortlisted grassroots group application per Organizational Mentor per application round. If your work or the work of a youth-led group you know have been impacted by this changed, please get in touch (action@headwaterscommunities.org). An active group of organizations who are Organizational Mentors for grassroots groups is working to create a short advocacy video as a way to shine a spotlight on the impact of this decision. They are specifically looking for a rural, youth-led example from our area. If this is you: Would you be interested in sharing a short video (30 seconds - 1 minute) of yourself talking about who your group is, what you're trying to do in your community, and how this decision impacts you?
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Grant prix
Free Tip: Mentioning utilizing services of your volunteer centre and budgeting for volunteer management can strengthen your applications.
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We asked. You answered. Here’s the report.
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The Goodman Center, in partnership with the organizations listed below, is proud to announce the release of our new report, “Unmuted: What works, what doesn't, and how we can all do better when working together online.”
Based on a survey of 4,405 people at nonprofits and foundations, colleges and universities, and government agencies (including you), “Unmuted” examines the explosion of videoconferencing triggered by the pandemic and addresses the question: What’s really happening when working together face-to-face means screen-to-screen?
As the title suggests, by pressing “unmute” and letting thousands of people sound off about their daily experiences in videoconferences, the report has identified best practices worth emulating along with persistent problems that require attention. “Unmuted” is divided into nine sections focused on specific aspects of videoconferences such as structure, leadership and facilitation, engagement techniques, and more; and each section includes data-driven recommendations for improving your videoconferences going forward.
When you took the survey, we promised you a free copy, so click here to download yours right now. And thanks again for participating.
We couldn’t have done this without you!
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Youth and their Vision of Work Webinar. Registration Now Open
This webinar is focused on informing employers about the strengths and traits of young generation workers, and motivating employers to hire youth during and post COVID-19. Find out what makes young workers stay with you, what benefits and ideas they bring to your company, and discover new ways to connect, recruit and retain youth. We will also discuss how your expectations as an employer differ from theirs and how can you bridge that gap.
Guest Speakers:
Caitlin MacGregor - Co-Founder and CEO of Plum
Allison Mitchell - Program Manager, Access Student Talent, Greater KW Chamber of Commerce
Chris Baginski-Hansen - Executive Director, Second Chance Employment Counselling
Tuesday, October 20
1PM – 3PM
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Interested in learning more about the Community Benefit Purchasing Project and other SENCO events and resources?
Join us on October 22nd for a showcase of SENCO's work to date and looking ahead!
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Tuesday November 3 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Supporting our children with FASD in the school system (understanding IEP’s, IPRC, Safety Plans, Special Education Teams)
Tuesday December 1 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Speech Language Pathology and FASD (challenges and interventions for children with FASD, social thinking and pragmatics and the impact on judgement, behaviour and relationships)
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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.
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