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GA. THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesdey, Fedruery 28, 1987 j elsewhere in Ontario. TECHNICAL DAY STUDENTS AT EASTDALE COLLEGIATE . +50 PC Jump In Number Of Boys Taking This Course Apprenticeship Training Gets Good City Response Ontario. This is about 40 per cent of all the apprentices in Canada. The response to the program in the Oshawa area has been| particularly gratifying. | Last September several hun- | dred workers were laid off by General Motors and the Ontario | Government offered a number. By HON. DALTON BALES, QC Ontario Minister of Labor It affords me great pleasure to extend greetings to the citi- zens of Oshawa and Ontario County on behalf of the Ontario Department of Labor. May I also congratulate the publisher and staff of the Osh- awa Times on their enterprise in preparing this business and industrial review to graphically portray your development in the past century. Our Centennial celebrations this year provide an appropri- ate occasion for reflection on Oshawa's gradual but steady development into a flourishing manufacturing and _ trading community, NEW CHALLENGES Your progress and achieve- ments are typical of the expan- sion which has been evident of services to assist them. | The Departments of Labor) and Education, and Economics | and Development, working | closely with the National Em-| ployment Service, sent a man- | power assistance team to Osh-. awa to help the unemployed! find other employment or take courses to upgrade their skills) in 'short-term training periods. In addition, by mid-January of | this year, some 316 apprentices were registered for training, with 180 firms in the Oshawa area, You may recall, too, that the facilities of the Adult Training! Centre in Oshawa were expand. | ed at that time. From a predominantly lum- bering and agricultural society we have emerged as Canada's foremost industrial province with a prosperous, diversified economy and one of the world's HON. DALTON BALES, QC small amount of short-term un- employment arising out of our rapidly changing technology| The diversified economy of and the laws of supply and de-|Ontario and this district is, highest standards of living. mand. |clearly illustrated by the broad | We are entering the second! To help solve these problems spectrum of trades represented century facing new responsibil- and so ensure continuing pros- by these apprentices. They in- ities and challenges. |perity, the Ontario Department/clude: electricians, carpenters There is, for example, a/0f Labor is sponsoring one|Plumbers, masons, millwrights seemingly paradoxical situation|of the most comprehensive in-| Welders, tool and die workers, | in employment. in Ontario. | Plant training schemes in Can- |machinists, barbers, sheet | On the one hand, there is a ada, metal men and motor vehicle serious shortage of skilled man-| This large-scale program is| Mechanics. _ os : power in a wide-range of trades|providing opportunities for|, OU" industrial training plan is, and occupations. |thousands to undertake appren-| however, just one of the many On the other hand, there is a |ticeship training and, at the|MeW services the Labor Depart- |same time, it is helping others|™ent is providing today. FOR RETRAINING Adult Pl Gains BY W. G. FAWCETT Co-Ordinator, Retraining Programs | ere Reba teriast The story of the Adult Re- | training Program, or as it is now known, the Ontario Man- power Retraining Program, has been one of continuous and ra- * pid expansion during the past year. The reasons for this ex- : pansion are varied, but perhaps the most important one is the increased ailowances which were put into effect last summer. These allowances permit many individuals to attend who last year could not have afford- ed to do so. In addition, the program ts becoming much more widely known, partly as a result of its Own success, and partly as a result of publicity measures which have been put into effect both locally and on a provincial scale, New courses, too, have spur- red interest ,and this year cour- ses in commercial stenography welder fitter and english for new Canadians have been in- troduced. On the academic side instruction is now available from Grade I to Grade XII. The industrial layoffs in this vicinity have also, of course, had an effect, but the wide- spread impression that these courses were introduced sole- ly to look after the men laid off is not in accordance with the facts. Workers who have been laid off within the past six months represent about one- fourth to one-third of the total student population. In numerical terms, where last year the program had about 150 students at its peak, it now has over 500 The expansion of the course has resulted in the establish- ment of the Adult Education 'Centre at 26 Albert St. Here are located the offices of the program and in addition, var- lous courses such as Commer- cial Clerical, Commercial Steno, Power Sewing and Academic classes. These courses operate both by day and by night and all together account for about 200 of the students in the pro- gram, GOOD RESULTS The new Eastdale C and VI on Harmony Road North ac- commodates most of the stu- dents, and academic, commer- cial and technical courses are conducted there. R. S. Mce- Laughlin C and V1 handles fur- ther courses that cannot be accommodated elsewhere. One of the most striking re- W. G. FAWCETT sults of this expansion is that in contrast with last year, when all classes were in the evening, the program now comprises daytime courses, evening cour- ses, and two shifts of midnight welders who continue until 6:30 a.m. One of the most important and gratifying aspects of the pro- gram this year is the increased attention which is being paid by a large number of the students to the importance of academic upgrading. | They are beginning to realize | that, apart from providing the| entrance requirement to various skill courses, a good education- | al background opens up a var- iety of types of employ: mxant| which otherwise' would be un- available regardless of the de- gree of skill of the individual. { New Eastdale Collegiate an 'Has Wide Range Of Study Oshawa's newest eco the $3,000,000. Eastdale Collegiate opened last Septem-} ber, offers a wide range of courses under the Reorganized Programs of Study. In addition to the regular Arts and Science classes, there are broad facilities for Com- mercial and Technical educa- tion, Commercial areas include typing, business machines and bookkeeping rooms ,and a sec- retarial lab for the study of shorthand. The technical areas are com- prised of two machine shops, two drafting rooms, an elec- tronics laboratory, an automo- tive shop, a welding shop, an electricity shop and a graphic arts department. Instructional areas are bright, spacious, and well designed. The members of the technical staff, special- ists in their own fields, use the latest methods to pass on to students experience and skills gained through years in industry. TYPICAL STUDENT A typical student in the five- secondary f lto improve or learn new skills In recent years, administra- [through | short-term on-the-job| ion of an expanded range of, i legislation has been add-| | d to the Department's respon- | sibilities to meet the rising as- pirations and requirements of) This 1 new concept of on-the- job! training is available in more} than 100 trades to both men and |women of 16 and over with a) meni include 8 minimum wage oe of Grade 10 educa-|pro¢ram, new labor standards | - jand new safety standards. year Science and Ege 'has bas ied with as ,been greeted wi course takes the basic subjects that lead toward Grade 13, |thusiasm by both anplnen CHANGES DUE Ryerson, or university. After] jand workers and today there! 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