2009 Provincial Labour Market Engagement Sessions

The Ministry of Housing and Social Development (HSD), the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market (ALMD), and the Ministry of Community and Rural Development (CD) in collaboration with Service Canada, are pleased to provide an opportunity for a representative from your organization to participate in an engagement session to
discuss the provincial labour market.

In particular, representatives from various government ministries interested in engaging stakeholders in a discussion regarding provincial employment and labour market services and development in order to share and solicit information that will inform government planning and program development. Dialogue will focus on the array of programs and services offered by the province and where government is moving to improve these for the public and clients.

Face-to-face Scheduled Sessions

Engagement sessions will be held across the province in the following locations:

October 20: Chilliwack November 4: Prince George
October 21: Surrey November 9: Courtenay
October 22: Vancouver November 13: Victoria
October 26: Prince Rupert November 18: Kamloops
October 28: Nelson November 19: Kelowna
November 2: Dawson Creek  

Online Scheduled Sessions

If you are unable to participate in one of these sessions, government representatives are also offering online sessions according to the following schedule:

  • Monday, December 7, 9:30am-12pm
  • Friday, December 11, 9:30am-12pm
  • Monday, December 14, 9:30am-12pm

If you are interested in participating in one of these sessions, please contact Alice Gillespie at Alice.Gillespie@gov.bc.ca with your name, the name of your organization, and pertinent contact information. Please also indicate whether you will participate on-site or online, and indicate your date and time preference.

Please note: In order to participate in the online session, you will need a computer with Windows 2000, XP, or Vista and the ability to download a software patch from Microsoft (to be provided). 

Information regarding these sessions, such as meeting summaries and presentations, will be available on this site as the provincial tour progresses, we encourage you to visit this site regularly.

Session Materials