Public Education: Ontario Workforce Shortage Coalition

Ontario Workforce Shortage Coalition: The Ontario Workforce Shortage Coalition, which represents more than 100,000 public and private sector employers, asked for the meeting after delivering a report to Premier Kathleen Wynne last week. The report contains a set of recommendations the government should adopt to address the mismatched economy in the province, including the creation of a public education campaign on internship standards , according to The Star. There are standards , but they re not fully understood by employers, nor by students and graduates, he said. Some may not even be aware of them and Ontario employers want a sit-down meeting with the premier to discuss clarifying the murky rules on unpaid internships something they say would benefit both interns and the companies that take them on. Some energy around improving and understanding of what the existing standards are would be a significant advance in dealing with some of the isolated problems around unpaid placements, said Bill Summers, vice president of research and policy at Colleges Ontario, a member of the coalition. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.