TORONTO, Feb. 24 – Toronto residents looking for work or a career change will be sure not to miss Job Fair 2010, held at Centennial College’s Student Residence and Conference Centre on Thursday, March 11.

Local and national employers are invited to attend this recruitment event that will draw up to 3,000 attendees. The free-admission job fair will be open to the general public, as well as to Centennial College students and graduates.

Organizations exhibiting at the fair include Peel Regional Police, RBC Insurance, Sedna Globe, VPi, Devik Pharma and Spring Masters. Employers will be able to meet talented people face-to-face, and connect quickly with serious candidates interested in full-time, contract, summer, co-op, volunteer and part-time work.

Job Fair 2010 is part of a series of employment events hosted by NAPP Canada, a human resources consulting firm that connects job seekers with employers. Taking all these points into consideration, Toronto college has arranged a grand job fair.

Centennial College’s Job Fair 2010 will be held from 10 am to 3 pm on Thursday, March 11 at the Student Residence and Conference Centre, 940 Progress Ave. (401 & Markham Rd.) in Scarborough.

To exhibit, visit www.nappcanada.com for more information.

Media Contact: Alice Hsiung
Centennial College,
P.O. Box 631, Station A,
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada M1K 5E9

Phone: 416-289-5000 ext. 2531
Email: [email protected]

December 02, 2009, Toronto — Commander John Bennett Herrington, the first Native American tribal member to fly in outer space, is among the special guests speaking at an Aboriginal symposium at Centennial College on December 10.

The theme, “Looking into the Future – 2040,” will present an opportunity to engage First Nations people and other participants in dialogue about the future for Aboriginal people. Speakers will be invited to share their vision of the year 2040, when a 16-year-old in high school will have reached middle age.

The forward-looking symposium will examine:

• prophesies, predictions and re-generation;
• sustainable development and inter-generational equity;
• career trends and pathways;
• validating indigenous ways of thinking and knowing; and,
• the importance of oral culture and witnessing.

Keynote speaker and space shuttle veteran John Bennett Herrington of the Chickasaw Nation will discuss visioning and creating pathways for the future. Other workshops will feature Sal Ferreras from Aboriginal Music Studies at Vancouver Community College and the 2010 Aboriginal Pavilion at the Olympic Winter Games. Dan and Mary Lou Smoke will highlight their cultural counselling work, media and communications experience, and their university courses in indigenous spirituality.

Sponsorship of the event, which marks Human Rights Day, is through Centennial’s Institute for Global Citizenship and Equity, a leading-edge centre examining global citizenship and equity issues, as well as the college’s Culture and Heritage Institute.

When
Thursday, December 10, 9 am to 4:30 pm

Where
Centennial College Residence and Conference Centre,
940 Progress Avenue, Scarborough (Markham Rd. at Hwy 401)

There is a small participation fee for students and educators. For more symposium details, please visit www.centennialcollege.ca/aboriginal. Or Toronto education & their Degree Programs

Sept 2, 2009, Toronto – Capitalizing on Toronto’s reputation as an important financial centre with more than 800 corporate head offices, Centennial College is launching a unique graduate certificate program in Total Benefits Management this fall.

The program incorporates courses from the industry-developed Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) curriculum, which is co-sponsored by Dalhousie University and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Graduates of the eight-month program will have a solid foundation in benefits administration, including defined contribution (DC) and defined benefits (DB) retirement plans, group life and health benefits in a total compensation context.

The program is ideal for foreign-trained professionals who are looking to increase their knowledge of the total benefit sector of the financial services industry, and younger talent looking for upwardly mobile career opportunities in group benefits and group retirement. The curriculum is supplemented with graduate-level instruction in core business skills such as project management and accounting, as well as applied total benefits client interface training in a state-of-the-art learning lab environment.

“The new Certificate in Total Benefits Management bridges Centennial’s commitment to education with the professional accreditation and affiliation offered by the CEBS program, giving graduates the credentials needed to set themselves apart from their peers and advance in their careers,” says David Johnson, Dean of Centennial’s School of Business.

“It’s a good fit for CEBS because of our interest in fostering career awareness and professional affiliation in group benefits and group retirement – rewarding and exciting career paths that are often overlooked in traditional academic models,” says Ann O’Neil, Academic Director of CEBS in Canada.

Graduates earn a Centennial College graduate certificate, which allows them to write the national professional examinations for the Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS), Group Benefits Associate (GBA) and Retirement Plans Associate (RPA) designations granted by Dalhousie University and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Students of the program are eligible for Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) funding.

Find more program details about Toronto degree or contact Program Coordinator James R. McVittie at [email protected] or call 416-289-5000, ext. 2639; or Dalhousie University at [email protected] or 902-422-7211.