2019
The Shift to Manufacturing Workforce Development
In the resulting manufacturing workforce project, Ontario East builds a growing manufacturing workforce audience of job seekers, manufacturing employers, new Canadians, students and youth, educators, economic development officers, and workforce development professionals through online communication and resources. Ontario East establishes itself as an expert source on manufacturing workforce development by partnering with business and employment social media platform LinkedIn, to launch the LinkedIn Talent Solutions Pilot Project to assist employers in recruitment and job seekers in their career search.
2020
Workforce for Manufacturing and Other Key Sectors
Ontario East pivots the focus of the workforce development project and forms the Ontario East Talent Identification Support Project (OE-TISP). Workforce development boards, training service providers, post-secondary institutions, and businesses provide input for the project's growth. OLMP funds this initiative through the Ministry of Labour, Training, and Skills Development (MLTSD).
2021
Focus On New Canadians
Ontario East delivers online tools and resources to help job seekers and students who are new Canadians, connect employers with new Canadians, and assist economic development officers, and workforce development professionals, to close talent gaps in advanced manufacturing, digital technology, and infrastructure and construction with this powerful demographic of talent. Ontario East adopts a new strategy for asset communication, launching a series of ungated landing pages for job seekers and employers to establish further trust and reach audiences faster.
2022
Prioritizing Skilled Trades
Throughout 2022, OE-TISP closes the workforce gaps found in 2020 in new talent attraction, career pathway building, talent retention and mobile workforce, and rapid new skill acquisition, with a continued focus on new Canadians.
2023
End of the Chapter, Not the Workforce Story
At the conclusion of the funding period provided by OLMP through the MLTSD, OE-TISP created and published over one hundred online assets and reached thousands of stakeholders across three social media platforms (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook). Ontario East also grew its audience of workforce stakeholders to 825 contacts to enable continued communication post-funding period. The project highlighted opportunities for training, growth, and investment in the region; helped job seekers and new Canadians connect with employers; and provided employers with resources to recruit a highly skilled workforce.
2024
Workforce Partners Support Project
Ontario East launches a regional initiative supporting Ontario's priorities in skilled trades, apprenticeships and employment services and attracting highly skilled newcomers. The project will help maintain, create, and fill jobs in key employment sectors by: promoting labour market programs and supports in eastern Ontario; connecting support services with new and innovative solutions through research, outreach and marketing, and access to available tools; and engaging employers, jobseekers and workforce support groups to identify ongoing labour shortage issues, address new and unique challenges post-pandemic, and attract and retain new participants.
