Helps immigrant & visible minority women towards economic self-sufficiency
Investing in Women’s Futures (IWF), which is funded by the Ontario Women’s Directorate, helps immigrant and visible minority women towards economic self-sufficiency through marketable skills training and employment readiness and life skills. IWF includes three main components:
Industrial Sewing Machine Training
• Industrial sewing machine operations
• Employment readiness
• Life skills
Individual Employment Counselling
• Skills assessment
• Career exploration
• Resume & cover letters
• Interview preparation
• Job search skills
• Labour market information
Computer Training
• Learn computer fundamentals
• Practice keyboarding & Word processing
• Set up email accounts
• Create, save & modify documents
• FREE high speed internet
These are the upcoming starting dates:
Sewing Training
Half-days Monday to Friday – 12 week program
• April 11, 2011
• July 11, 2011
• October 3, 2011
• January 9, 2012
Computer Training
Saturday Mornings only – 12 week program
• April 9, 2011
• July 9, 2011
• October 1, 2011
• January 7, 2012
Click Here to download the Investing in Women’s Futures Registration Form
Call our office at 519-746-3411 for more information.
Investing In Women’s Futures is funded by the Ontario Women’s Directorate
“Like so many immigrants, I started my life in Canada with great difficulty. There are a number of challenges that I faced, first of all the language barrier, the cultural difference, being new to the country, the cold weather and finally the family size (I have a family of six). Focus for Ethnic Women came as a healing. I have learned new skills. I made new friends. On behalf of my colleagues, I would like to thank the people who stood behind this program.”
Intisar Ali – June 2010
“I recognize the importance of the work that Focus has been doing for many years, helping women, and providing them with employment counselling, skills training and professional guidance in order to help women find jobs in an unknown, new and foreign world. Thank you for your help. Best wishes for Focus.”
Maria Dora Mendez – June 2007
