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January 26, 2010
DEVOLIN ANNOUNCES $26,000 TO HELP POST-SECONDARY
GRADUATES IN KAWARTHA LAKES
LINDSAY – Mr. Local MP Barry Devolin, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, today announced $26,000 in Career Focus funding to the Gamiing Nature Centre near Bobcaygeon.
The money will be used to help two post-secondary education graduates get an opportunity to enhance and develop their employment skills through Gamiing Nature Centre’s Internship project.
“Our government is committed to helping youth develop the skills they need to participate and succeed in the job market,” said Devolin. “In today’s environment, it’s important to support projects that offer students the opportunity to develop skills and gain experiences that will help them reach their full potential.”
“The support from the Career Focus program helps us organize our work—be it lakeshore restoration projects, outdoor education programs or our native nursery—and promotes stewardship of our natural resources in the community,” said Ms. Mieke Schipper, Volunteer Director of Fundraising at the Centre. “We have built a solid relationship with the program, both to the benefit of recent college and university graduates as well as our organization.”
Through Canada’s Economic Action Plan, the Government of Canada is helping to create the best educated, most skilled and most flexible workforce in the world. A key component of the Plan is to create more and better opportunities for Canadian workers through skills development. To learn more about Canada’s Economic Action Plan, visit www.actionplan.gc.ca.
The Career Focus program is delivered by Service Canada, which provides one-stop personalized services for Government of Canada programs, services and benefits. For more information about this program, visit www.servicecanada.gc.ca, call 1 800
O-Canada or drop by your local Service Canada Centre.
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For more information contact:
Barry Devolin, MP
(705) 324-9436 or (866) 688-9881
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