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Human Resources committee Not yet, no. We're on hold. We actually did receive a letter saying that we're not funded “right now”. We hang on strong to this.
December 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Lee
Human Resources committee It doesn't mean no. We'll continue going on.
December 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Lee
Human Resources committee We never get to that level after they graduate.
December 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Lee
Human Resources committee No. It's overwhelming. We kind of chop things up in little pieces and let them digest it piece by piece. It's just like when you graduate at 17 and you get asked, “What are you going to do? Which university are you going to?” Nine times out of 10, they don't even complete, or m
December 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Lee
December 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Lee
Human Resources committee Right now we're on a three-year contract that will touch 302 youths.
December 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Lee
Human Resources committee Oh, we've had so many, because usually per intake we have anywhere from 13 to 15 seats, and about 100 youth apply.
December 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Lee
Human Resources committee Three.
December 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Lee
Human Resources committee We try not to turn them down coldly. We kind of give them something to work on while the next intake happens. There is a way that we select the youth. We're trying to look for that hunger that they want to be employed at the end of it. We give them a little homework to go back to
December 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Lee
Human Resources committee A hundred per cent.
December 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Lee
December 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Lee
Human Resources committee I don't know; pressures of life. A lot of them come from disadvantaged backgrounds. A lot of them are undiagnosed in terms of mental health, with anxiety and depression. Some families don't want to embrace that their child has that, so care is not ever taken. As Orville said, we
December 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Lee
December 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Lee
Human Resources committee It's not enough time.
December 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Lee
Human Resources committee I'll make it really quick. Most of our programs are skills development programs funded by HRDC. This has the same components. We want to tailor it to mimic the Service Canada programs that we have now. It's six weeks of life skills training in-house with certifications. We usual
December 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Lee