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posted by Natascia Lypny on nov. 1, 2012 - View profile

Halifax

North End Matters


12:30pm
Mercredi Novembre 7 2012

Venue: Live-streamed
Cost: Free

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Trish Glode-Chisholm,  Project Manager at Connections Career Centre
Wayne L. Talbot, Project Coordinator for the African Nova Scotian Employability Table

For some residents of the North End, finding adequate employment can be challenging. Included among the barriers that impede its residents are employment discrimination based on race, culture, sexual orientation and other social factors, lack of training and education, lack of information on available employment opportunities and family responsibilities. Dr. Waldron’s report, “Challenges and Opportunities: Identifying Meaningful Occupations in Low Income, Racialized Communities in North End Halifax” found that even a home address on a job application comes with a stigma strong enough to prevent a North End resident from getting a particular job. Next week's North End Matters will examine these issues and more with two professionals whose work centers on employment and employability, particularly for Aboriginal and African Nova Scotian communities.
 
Trish Glode-Chisholm is the Project Manager and one of the founding members of Connections Career Centre, located at the Mi'kmaq Native Friendship Centre in the north end of Halifax. Trish and her staff are focused on enhancing the services related to employment and training already available for Aboriginal people in the Atlantic region. Before her work for Connections Career Centre, Trish served as the Native Employment Officer at the Mi'kmaq Native Friendship Centre for over fourteen years.
 
Wayne L. Talbot is currently the Project Coordinator for the African Nova Scotian Employability Table, a community-based initiative designed to advise the provincial government on issues impacting the employability aspirations of African Nova Scotians. Prior to the African Nova Scotian Employability Table, Wayne spent 15 years doing community development work with the Black United Front of Nova Scotia and over 33 years with the federal government as an employment counselor and in other positions of increasing responsibility.
 
We at North End Matters are very excited to bring together such talented and experienced individuals for next week's show.
 
North End Matters is a live-streamed, online talk show that brings in policy makers and service providers to discuss upcoming changes in the North End. We stream live at  and anyone can join our live discussion by using the chat service built into the stream's page.

Organizer:Aaron Johnson — aj.pinkdog@gmail.com or 429-3647

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