Helpful Links for Job Searchers

Financial

Employment Insurance Benefits – Overview of Services
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/sc/ei/index.shtml

Ontario Works - Barrie – How to Apply
http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/programs/social/ow/apply.aspx

Ontario Disability Support Program – Overview of Services
http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/programs/social/odsp/

Canada Pension Plan
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/isp/cpp/cpptoc.shtml

Student Loans, Grants and Scholarship and Other Educational Planning Resources
http://www.canlearn.ca/eng/index.shtml

Education and Training

Literacy for Adults – Barrie Literacy Council
http://www.nald.ca/barrie/

Learning Centres - Barrie
http://www.thelearningcentres.com/

Ontario Colleges
http://www.ontariocolleges.ca/portal/page/portal/ONTCOL/Home

Ontario Universities
http://www.ouac.on.ca/unilinks/

Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/

Canadian Forces
http://www.forces.ca/en/home/

English as a Second Language Training - Barrie
http://www.thelearningcentres.com/
http://www.ymcaofsimcoemuskoka.ca/new-to-canada/ymca-newcomers/

Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks
http://www.language.ca/assess/on.html

Job Searching, Career Planning and Employment

Employment Ontario – Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/employmentontario/

Information for Newcomers to Ontario
http://www.cnmag.ca
http://www.settlement.org/index.asp

Ontario Network for Internationally-Trained Professionals
http://www.onip.ca/

Barrie Public Library – Information Barrie
http://www.library.barrie.on.ca/infobarrie/info.htm

Simcoe Muskoka Workforce Development Board
http://www.labourtrends.ca/