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  • Working with ColourAd Packaging
    Tuesday, January 24, 2012
    Winnipeg's ColourAd Packaging has been gearing up to double production this year, adding employees and intensifying training to bring everyone up to desired speed. In a recent story in Business Review Canada Magazine, they tip their hat to their partnership with WEM and our role in infusing Essential Skills throughout their training schedule. Read the article online (page 316) by clicking here.
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  • WEM and LPM co-host ES workshop for National Essential Skills Day
    Wednesday, September 7, 2011
    As part of Learn at Work Week AND Literacy Month celebrations, Friday, September 23 has been designated National Essential Skills Day. Workplace Education Manitoba  & Literacy Partners of Manitoba will celebrate by offering a full day of Essential Skills-focused learning at the Viscount Gort.
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  • ES for Water/Wastewater Operator certification in Manitoba
    Sunday, June 26, 2011
    WEM was asked to build an Essential Skills solution that would prepare Manitoba's Water/Wastewater operators with the Essential Skills they'd need to be successful in taking the intensive courses and challenging provincial exams leading to certification. So we did.

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  • WEM in the Canadian Apprenticeship Journal
    Sunday, June 26, 2011
    Jonathan Coté and Lindsay Laidlaw connect the dots to show how WEM's Essential Skills solutions are the linchpin for one of Manitoba's key workforce development strategies: enhancing supports for apprentices and trades qualifiers struggling to overcome barriers to training, while at the same time increasing participation of under-represented groups in the trades.
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  • ES Upgrading for Apprentices: It's Working !
    Tuesday, June 7, 2011
    A rapt audience at February's CAF-FCA national forum heard ES Provincial Coordinator Sandi Howell explain how WEM and Apprenticeship collaborate to support the trades in Manitoba.

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  • WEST Centres in Cottage (North) Country
    Thursday, June 2, 2011
    Walk in to a WEST Centre in the North with a training or education goal to get free customized Essential Skills support.

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  • There's Safety in Numbers: MISI
    Tuesday, May 24, 2011
    WEM's Phyllis Mann writes about the Essential Skill of numeracy for newcomers in MISI's latest on-line newsletter.

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  • Ontario Literacy Coalition bulletin features WEM
    Wednesday, May 18, 2011
    The Ontario Literacy Coalition featured WEM in their latest bulletin.

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  • People Without Jobs, Jobs Without People
    Thursday, March 3, 2011
    As part of Adult Learners' Week, Rick Miner speaks on People Without Jobs, Jobs Without People on Wednesday April 6 from 11:00am-2:00pm at the Delta Hotel in Winnipeg.
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  • Re-Framing Your Future
    Monday, November 1, 2010
    Workplace Education Manitoba joins with the Alliance of Manitoba Sector Councils to offer an evening of practical and hands-on workshops developed for people whose careers are in transition.

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