Build Our Community

How do we build our communty? The Workforce Planning Board is committed to helping build prosperous communities across the Grand Erie region. In keeping with our mandate, we identify employment trends, target workforce opportunities, and implement workforce development strategies with community partners. The reports below outline initiatives, projects and partnerships to build Grand Erie. Click on the report covers to download and print.
Community Intermediaries in Conversation -- WPBGE Report	Electronic Youth: Creating the Current	Benchmarking Community Attractiveness to Newcomers

Description: A report on community conversations conducted by the Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie to inform its Local Labour Plan for 2012-13.	Description: A report about how youth job search and look for labour market information using electronic tools, such as smartphones, the Internet, social media.	Description: A two-page update on developing a "tool" to help smaller communities assess their capacity to attract newcomers to drive innovation.

Achieving Our Potential: Strategies to Raise Educational Attainment in Brant-Haldimand-Norfolk	2011 Local Labour Market Plan: Brant-Haldimand-Norfolk	Shift Work: A Skills Assessment Workbook for Manufacturing Workers in Transition

Description: A Strategic Plan outlining actions to address educational attainment issues.	Description: An annual report for 2011 outlining that state of the local labour market in Grand Erie.	Description: A job search tool to help manufacturing workers transition to stable or promising occupations.

ISTEP: Immigrant Settlement, Transition, Employment and Partnerships	Exploring Newcomer Settlement and Integration Supports	The Future of the Green Economy: Grand Erie, Hamilton and Niagara.

Description: A report exploring the need to help newcomers transition to the workforce.	Description: A report listing community supports and resources for newcomers.	Description: A report defining the Green Economy; explores promising industries and occupations.
Putting Women In The Picture	Job Developer Network Status Report	Forces At Work

Description: A project to promote the status of women in Grand Erie workplaces.	Description: A project set up a network of job developers in Grand Erie.	Description: Newletter on a particular labour force issue.