Category: Workforce
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Save the Date: ‘Health and Safety in the Workplace’ Webinar for Food and Beverage Processors
Looking to learn more about programs and supports available to protect worker/employer health and safety in the food and beverage processing sector? On December 16, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., OMAFRA is hosting a free webinar for processors to help them guard against the spread of COVID-19 and its variants in the workplace. This webinar will […]
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Teeny Tiny Summit Recap – Series 1: Welcoming Newcomers
On October 13th, OMAFRA partnered with the Rural Ontario Municipal Association to present the first of a series of 3 Teeny Tiny Summits. This session featured fantastic speakers telling their experiences as newcomers in rural communities, and about tactics communities were using to welcome newcomers to their community. The speaker line up included:
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Labour Productivity Challenges in Ontario’s Agri-Food Industry
The Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council has some resources and insights about labour productivity challenges in Ontario’s agri-food industry. Some of the challenges include: Over 45% of surveyed Ontario agricultural employers said they could not hire all the workers they needed The labour gap in Ontario grew by over 10,000 people from 2007 to 2017 […]
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Effective business outreach during COVID-19
Businesses in all sectors will be impacted by COVID-19 in some manner. In order to support them effectively, economic developers will need to do some outreach and consultation to assess these impacts and determine the needs of the businesses in their communities. This will be particularly difficult at this moment, as businesses struggle with various […]
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The Future AgriWorkforce – Data, Strategies and Opportunities
On December 12, 2019 the Agriculture Economic Development and Planning Community of Practice hosted a webinar on the future of the agri-food workforce. This webinar focused on workforce challenges in the agri-food sector and methods in which economic development organizations and practitioners can use data and strategies to address these challenges. Cassi Brunsveld from AgScape […]
