🌟 Join the Youth Labour Forum: Tackling Employment Challenges in Hamilton 🌟

 

📅 Date: May 2, 2025
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
📍 Location: Hamilton, ON

 

Workforce Planning Hamilton invites YOU to be part of an important conversation about the challenges youth face when entering the workforce. With a competitive job market, young job seekers need our support more than ever. 🙌

 

Only 20 spots left!

 

 

🚨 Big news! 🚨

Employers & job seekers can now log in through the Portal on the WPH website! 

✅ Create your account
💼 Browse job opportunities
📊 Explore the labour market
🎓 Learn about skills & training
...and so much more!

 

👉 Visit our homepage to get started today!

 

Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre is hiring for an Addictions Counsellor 

 

Click here to view job listing!

 

Redeemer University is hiring for an AV & IT Technician

 

Click here to view job listing!

 

Hamilton Wentworth District School Board is hiring for a Focus on Youth Program Monitor

 

Click here to view job listing!

At Workforce Planning Hamilton, we are committed to supporting our local workforce through times of transition, disruption, and opportunity.

 

As global trade, automation, and supply chain structures shift, Hamilton’s manufacturing sector stands at a critical intersection of local resilience and global change.

 

Manufacturing has long been a cornerstone of our city’s identity and economy. Yet, we cannot ignore the mounting challenges facing the sector. According to our 2024–2025 Local Labour Market Plan, Hamilton saw a 14% decline in manufacturing employment in 2024—mirroring broader trends across Canada and beyond. In nearby factories, recent layoffs have deepened anxieties tied to international tariffs and economic uncertainty.

 

These disruptions aren’t just statistics—they affect real people, families, and communities navigating complex transitions. We approach this moment with empathy and a responsibility to act.

 

In response, Workforce Planning Hamilton is launching the Hamilton Manufacturing Network—an initiative designed to bring together employers, workers, and community partners to collaboratively assess challenges, share insights, and co-create solutions for a more sustainable and inclusive manufacturing future.

 

Launching in late May to early June, the Network will offer a space for open dialogue, workforce planning, and sector-wide collaboration.

 

Join our mailing list to be among the first to hear about events, engagement opportunities, and resources designed to strengthen Hamilton’s manufacturing ecosystem.

 

Hamilton’s strength lies in its people, its innovation, and its unwavering ability to adapt while staying rooted in what makes our city thrive. We invite everyone connected to or invested in the future of local manufacturing to join us in shaping the next chapter.

The YWCA JOIN Immigration and Settlement Services team is excited to share that we are now recruiting participants for our brand-new Employment Program for Newcomers, launching on May 1st at YWCA Hamilton!

 

This 11-week program is designed to support newcomers in building the skills, knowledge, and confidence needed to succeed in the Canadian job market.

 

📣 Join Us for an Information Session!

 

We’re hosting a virtual info session on Friday, April 25th at 10:00 AM.
👉 Click here to join via Zoom

 

Come learn more about the program, ask questions, and find out how to register!

Eligibility:
• Identify as a woman, gender-diverse, or non-binary
• Be a Permanent Resident, Protected Person/Convention Refugee, or a Live-in Caregiver with an approved work permit

A new exciting opportunity for women and gender-diverse individuals interested in skilled trades. The YWCA Auto Body Collision Pre-Apprenticeship Program provides 29-31 weeks of free training, covering foundational skills in auto body repair, restoration, and refinishing.

 

Program Highlights:
✅ No cost to participate
✅ Hands-on training for entry-level auto body positions (310B)
✅ Employability and job readiness training
✅ Financial and transportation support available
✅ Up to 12 weeks of paid placement
✅ Personal protective equipment (PPE) provided

 

Eligibility:

• Women and gender-diverse individuals (18+)
• PR/Canadian Citizens residing in Ontario
• Grade 12 education (or equivalent)
• Ability to travel to training/work sites

Empowerment Squared is running a basketball program in May for youth in Grades 6 - 8, at 26 Arrowsmith Road, Hamilton, ON

Transportation is available from two pick up locations in the city. 

 

In order to register, please use these instructions for our community portal:

Community Portal

How to Register

Kindly feel free to contact Kwbana Beckles at k.beckles@empowermentsquared.org with any questions.

Continuing Education HWDSB provides a variety of SUMMER PROGRAMS to help students develop skills and confidence to reach their potential!

 

• Summer INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE Programs
• Summer SKILL BUILDER Programs 
• Summer ESL Literacy Program
• REACH AHEAD Credit Program
• LEARNING STRATEGIES Credit Program
• High School HEADSTART Program
• Grade 9 Ready, Set, HIGH SCHOOL! Program
• SUMMER SCHOOL (Online) Credit Program
• Summer CO-OP Programs
• UPGRADE (Online) Courses
• CREDIT RECOVERY (Online) Program

And More!

 

 

 

Workforce Planning Hamilton’s labour market information can help identify:

• In-demand Industries, Skills & Jobs
• Workforce demographics
• Growing, declining & changing trends
• Job vacancy data
• Labour force supply & demand
• Immigration into the workforce
• Currently hiring skills & positions
• And More!