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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
Lynn Bard	Global Tox
Alan Boivin	Delta Guelph Hotel and Conference Centre
Holly Conway	Wellington Catholic District School Board
Mark Ellis	Hitachi Construction Truck Manufacturing Ltd.
Rick Eller	Lutherwood
Lloyd Longfield	Guelph Chamber of Commerce
Dan Lawson	Blount Canada
Jim Mairs	City of Guelph - Economic Development
Ramona Ostrander	Junior Achievement
Christine Portwood	Linamar
Janet Roy	Premium HR Solutions
Sherri Tryon	Conestoga College
Fred Wagner	Trellis Mental Health & Developmental Services
Gillian Webb	Guelph Chamber of Commerce