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About the Chamber

The Guelph Chamber of Commerce has identified workforce development as one of our key strategic elements. Employment streams to be considered are:

people new to Canada
graduates from educational institutions
workplace advancements through job site training
retraining unemployed workers
accommodating people with disabilities to meet the needs of the coming workforce shortage

To partner educational institutions with the business community to provide training programs within industry, or from within educational institutions
To connect strudents with job placements
To provide a forum for business to communicate workforce development needs
To provide strategy for integrating new Canadians into Guelph businesses
To address employment of people with disabilities
To integrate people who are unemployed or laid off into second careers
To develop programs and activities that help transition from shrinking labour needs to increasing labour needs

Name	Company/Association
Marty Fairbairn - Chair	Police Services Board
Lori Arsenault	Career Education Council
Lynn Bard	Beyond Rewards
Alan Boivin	Delta Guelph Hotel and Conference Centre
Elizabeth Bonkink	Guelph Chamber of Commerce
Holly Conway	Wellington Catholic District School Board
Jane Cotter	School to Career Co-op Curriculum Leader
Mark Ellis	Hitachi Construction Truck Manufacturing Ltd.
Linda Hart	University of Guelph
Lloyd Longfield	Guelph Chamber of Commerce
Dan Lawson	Blount Canada
Jim Mairs	City of Guelph - Economic Development
Shaun Scott	Linamar
Gayle Stafrace	GSC Human Resources Professional Services
Sherri Tryon	Conestoga College
Jane Wielhorski	Guelph Chamber of Commerce