Recently the Toronto District School Board was looking for qualfied talent for its Information Technology Department. Athough job postings expired on January 23, 2009, there is a possibility that the talent pool will not be sufficient and that the positions would have to be posted again. Please review the links below to assertain whether you might have a future interest in these positions and apply accordingly. The positions are: Senior Project Manager (Acting)
Project Management & System Services, Analyst, System Performance & Monitoring, Analyst, Web & SharePoint Portal Services
Here are the direct links:
http://www.workopolis.com/EN/job/10567184
http://www.workopolis.com/EN/job/10560874
http://www.workopolis.com/EN/job/10560892
February 6, 2009
February 5, 2009
City of Toronto Posts Summer Job Openings Online
The City of Toronto has a selection of summer job openings that can be viewed online at http://www.toronto.ca/parks/hiringnow/index.htm. Other positions can be found at www.toronto.ca/employment.
Hiring Now offers part-time culture and recreation jobs. You can work in a variety of program areas, including aquatics, arts and heritage, camps, community programs, fitness and wellness and sports. It's a great way to earn while getting involved in your community.
The best part is our jobs fit into people's lives. Look no further than a community centre or city-owned museum near you. Our jobs are in your neighbourhood. And whether it's daytime, evening or weekend, any time of year, we offer flexible hours that work with your schedule.
The postings close on February 23, 2009.
Applicants must apply on-line. As you can appreciate, there
will be an overwhelming response to this external posting, but only a
limited number of vacancies due to the number of returning staff from 2008.
When external postings become available at the Toronto District School Board, Trustee James Pasternak will alert the community.
Hiring Now offers part-time culture and recreation jobs. You can work in a variety of program areas, including aquatics, arts and heritage, camps, community programs, fitness and wellness and sports. It's a great way to earn while getting involved in your community.
The best part is our jobs fit into people's lives. Look no further than a community centre or city-owned museum near you. Our jobs are in your neighbourhood. And whether it's daytime, evening or weekend, any time of year, we offer flexible hours that work with your schedule.
The postings close on February 23, 2009.
Applicants must apply on-line. As you can appreciate, there
will be an overwhelming response to this external posting, but only a
limited number of vacancies due to the number of returning staff from 2008.
When external postings become available at the Toronto District School Board, Trustee James Pasternak will alert the community.
Trustees Pasternak and Matlow fight anti-Israel stand and intolerance
As a result of a motion from Toronto District School Board Trustees James Pasternak and Josh Matlow, the Toronto District School Board chair has sent a letter to Sid Ryan, President of CUPE Ontario, expressing strong disapproval about his recent comments regarding censorship of Israeli academic institutions, along with other comments made by Mr. Ryan.
Trustees Matlow and Pasternak thank Board Chair John Campbell, and members of the board, for their support and their principled stand against intolerance.
Here is the text of Chair Campbell's letter:
Dear Mr. Ryan,
The TDSB has been called the leading education system in the world for making students from diverse backgrounds feel welcome in school.
Educators from around the globe consider TDSB to be the benchmark for equity and inclusiveness. It was on this record that TDSB won a prestigious 2008 internationally recognised award for excellence in education (referred to by some as the Nobel Prize for Education).
This honour was based on, in no small part, the efforts of our
educational assistants, caretakers, school office staff, and other support staff. Every day the TDSB staff, who are represented by CUPE 4400, go to great lengths to create supportive school environments for every one of our students.
Balanced and thoughtful debate about world issues is an important
component of helping students to become critical thinkers and
responsible members of a democratic society. As a result, many of our Trustees, including me, were dismayed to read recently (among other remarks) of your call for CUPE Ontario to vote for sanctions by Canadian universities against Israeli academics and universities.
The nature and tone of your remarks are contrary to the spirit with which our staff, your member, support their students. And while your comments were directed at universities and not school boards, they can leave the impression that you think that children (and adults) from some cultures should be less welcome in our schools than others. This is contrary to both TDSB policy and to the daily commitment demonstrated by our staff who are members of CUPE 4400.
Sincerely,
John Campbell
Chair, Toronto District School Board
Trustees Matlow and Pasternak thank Board Chair John Campbell, and members of the board, for their support and their principled stand against intolerance.
Here is the text of Chair Campbell's letter:
Dear Mr. Ryan,
The TDSB has been called the leading education system in the world for making students from diverse backgrounds feel welcome in school.
Educators from around the globe consider TDSB to be the benchmark for equity and inclusiveness. It was on this record that TDSB won a prestigious 2008 internationally recognised award for excellence in education (referred to by some as the Nobel Prize for Education).
This honour was based on, in no small part, the efforts of our
educational assistants, caretakers, school office staff, and other support staff. Every day the TDSB staff, who are represented by CUPE 4400, go to great lengths to create supportive school environments for every one of our students.
Balanced and thoughtful debate about world issues is an important
component of helping students to become critical thinkers and
responsible members of a democratic society. As a result, many of our Trustees, including me, were dismayed to read recently (among other remarks) of your call for CUPE Ontario to vote for sanctions by Canadian universities against Israeli academics and universities.
The nature and tone of your remarks are contrary to the spirit with which our staff, your member, support their students. And while your comments were directed at universities and not school boards, they can leave the impression that you think that children (and adults) from some cultures should be less welcome in our schools than others. This is contrary to both TDSB policy and to the daily commitment demonstrated by our staff who are members of CUPE 4400.
Sincerely,
John Campbell
Chair, Toronto District School Board
January 18, 2009
February 3, 2009 at 6:30 PM: Ward 5 Parent's Forum and Free Movie Night for kids at Rockford Public School
James Pasternak, Trustee
Invites parents to an essential information session (and movie night for kids)
Karen Forbes, Senior Superintendent (Interim) –
Special Education & Section Programs, TDSB
Kids first: The parent-teacher partnership in special education
Karen Grose, System Superintendent, TDSB
Successful homework strategies for parents and educators
Heather Goldberg, Early Childhood Specialist, Adventure Place
“Early Indicators” in Early Intervention
Find out about free or low-cost summer programs
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
at
Rockford Public School
60 Rockford Road
Toronto, Ontario
Dessert reception: 6:30 p.m.; Children's book reading; free books and Free Showing of Kung Fu Panda.
Please RSVP to David Horowitz at 416-395-8406 or dave.horowitz@tdsb.on.ca
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Invites parents to an essential information session (and movie night for kids)
Karen Forbes, Senior Superintendent (Interim) –
Special Education & Section Programs, TDSB
Kids first: The parent-teacher partnership in special education
Karen Grose, System Superintendent, TDSB
Successful homework strategies for parents and educators
Heather Goldberg, Early Childhood Specialist, Adventure Place
“Early Indicators” in Early Intervention
Find out about free or low-cost summer programs
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
at
Rockford Public School
60 Rockford Road
Toronto, Ontario
Dessert reception: 6:30 p.m.; Children's book reading; free books and Free Showing of Kung Fu Panda.
Please RSVP to David Horowitz at 416-395-8406 or dave.horowitz@tdsb.on.ca
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January 2, 2009
Your opinions matter: York Centre eyed as future site for Forensic Services and Office of the Chief Coroner
Recently I met with York Centre MPP Monte Kwinter to discuss the province's plans to locate Ontario's forensic services and Office of the Chief Coroner in Ward 5 (York Centre). It would be constructed on government owned land near Wilson Avenue and Keele Street. Your opinion is valued on this important decision. The public is welcome to visit an information trailor located at 1201 Wilson Avenue on Monday January 12 and Tuesday January 13 from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM.
Here is some additional information from the ministry.
Ontario is seeking public input on the location of a new state-of-the-art
Forensic Services and Coroner's Complex.
The proposed site is a six-acre parcel of government-owned land in
Downsview at Wilson Avenue and Keele Street. It would house the Centre of
Forensic Sciences, the Office of the Chief Coroner and the Provincial Forensic
Pathology Unit. It will have the advanced technology necessary to support
growing needs and keep pace with the demands of the justice sector.
Over the next few weeks, details of the consultation and information
sessions will be communicated to area residents by mail and in local newspaper
advertisements. Information will also be posted on the ministry's website.
The proposed site will be subject to an environmental assessment study,
available for comment in January 2009. If approved, the new Forensic Services
and Coroner's Complex could be ready for occupancy in late 2012.
"We need to invest in new facilities and technology to improve
crime-solving and autopsy capabilities to keep pace with the increasingly
complex demands of the justice sector," said Minister of Community Safety and
Correctional Services Rick Bartolucci.
"The proposed Forensic Services and Coroner's Complex is an excellent use
of existing government lands and will bring construction and highly-skilled
jobs to this area," said York Centre MPP Monte Kwinter.
QUICK FACTS
- Moving this project forward supports the Goudge Report
recommendations for a new, modern facility to house the Office of the
Chief Coroner and related forensic sciences.
- The Centre of Forensic Sciences investigated more than 10,000 cases
last year involving injury or death in unusual circumstances and
crimes against persons or property.
- The Office of the Chief Coroner conducts 20,000 forensic death
investigations every year, more than one-third originating in the
Greater Toronto Area.
Here is some additional information from the ministry.
Ontario is seeking public input on the location of a new state-of-the-art
Forensic Services and Coroner's Complex.
The proposed site is a six-acre parcel of government-owned land in
Downsview at Wilson Avenue and Keele Street. It would house the Centre of
Forensic Sciences, the Office of the Chief Coroner and the Provincial Forensic
Pathology Unit. It will have the advanced technology necessary to support
growing needs and keep pace with the demands of the justice sector.
Over the next few weeks, details of the consultation and information
sessions will be communicated to area residents by mail and in local newspaper
advertisements. Information will also be posted on the ministry's website.
The proposed site will be subject to an environmental assessment study,
available for comment in January 2009. If approved, the new Forensic Services
and Coroner's Complex could be ready for occupancy in late 2012.
"We need to invest in new facilities and technology to improve
crime-solving and autopsy capabilities to keep pace with the increasingly
complex demands of the justice sector," said Minister of Community Safety and
Correctional Services Rick Bartolucci.
"The proposed Forensic Services and Coroner's Complex is an excellent use
of existing government lands and will bring construction and highly-skilled
jobs to this area," said York Centre MPP Monte Kwinter.
QUICK FACTS
- Moving this project forward supports the Goudge Report
recommendations for a new, modern facility to house the Office of the
Chief Coroner and related forensic sciences.
- The Centre of Forensic Sciences investigated more than 10,000 cases
last year involving injury or death in unusual circumstances and
crimes against persons or property.
- The Office of the Chief Coroner conducts 20,000 forensic death
investigations every year, more than one-third originating in the
Greater Toronto Area.
December 22, 2008
"Self Respect Is all you Need" Assembly at Downsview SS
Recently I had a great evening at Downsview Secondary School. The students put on a performance and unveiled a mural on the theme "Self Respect is all you Need." Accompanying me were Trustee Soo Wong, Executive Superintendent Donna Quan, Superintendent Jeff Hainbuch, and Kathleen White-Williams. The program was driven by the nursing students from Humber Health Sciences and supported from Downsview SS Principal Maria Palermo.
Here is a selection of my remarks:
This program is truly important. It not only gives young Canadians a foundation in life skills it gives everyone of us the example of what becoming a great citizen is all about.
This is the parachute that many grade nines need. And this soft landing will contribute to a more successful journey through high school.
I have sat on over 40 suspension and expulsion hearings at the board. Many of these cases are sad and dark. And I wonder here today how many of these kids we could have reached with the great work of Trustee Soo Wong and her team of nurses.
Students often have a difficult time making the transition to high school and face some challenging issues. This initiative aims to build student self-confidence, foster relationships, and enhance a smooth transition into high school.
Our great responsibility as educators is that when students enter high school they have the personal attributes and support systems to succeed and feel good about themselves.
Today we salute nursing students and their teachers who are working with students to make Downsview Secondary School a healthier and safer place. This comes about because of the way we approach defeat; respect diversity of opinion; and knowing when to turn the other cheek.
Fifteen years from now many of the students in this building will be in the workforce – putting concepts into practice; creating wealth; building better communities.
I wish all students and their educators here much success. You can take comfort in the belief that self respect and self esteem are essential ingredients to fruitful years in high school and a becoming a great member of society.
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