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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1976-03-31, Page 7Jottings by Jack - from Queen's Park I.umrnor employment The Ontario Government's special summer employment programme is called Ontario Experience '76 and some 7,800 jobs will be available this year to students interested in employ- ment opportunities in the broad areas of culture, recreation, social services, education and the environment. Application deadlines were originally set at April 5 for post -secondary students and April 30, for second- ary students, but, the post- secondary deadline has now been extended to April 12. If more information is needed on the programme, write`to Ont- ario Experience '76, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 1A2 or to the Ministry respons- ible for the employment opport- unities in which you are inter- ested. Ministry of Agriculture and Food Young people are needed to assist in the development of Ontario's Agricultural Museum at Milton, through research, cataloguing, restoration of ag- ricultural artifacts etc. First year university students may apply for work on a programme to aid in the development of pest manage- ment for horiticultural crops through the collection and rec- ording of weather and pest data. Post -secondary students, enrolled in engineering, tech- nical and agricultural courses are needed (10 positions only) for Topographical surveying and the design of tile drainage systems on agricultural lands. Civil Service Commission Secondary school students taking clerical or business options may apply for 175 positions involv- ing the re -organization and cons- olidation of personnel files. Ministry of Colleges and Universities Senior secondary or post- secondary students may obtain interest free loans to a maximum of $1,000 to own and operate their own summer business und- er the Venture Capital prog- ramme. Applications are evalu- ated by the local Chamber of Comtnerce and passed to a prov- incial panel for consideration. Another programme co-ordin- ated through the Junior Achieve- ment organization of Canada encourages students to develop and operate low-risk businesses with guidance from trained staff, with some initial capitalization. For native secondaryschool students only, there are positions on university or college campuses in academic or administrative departments, to encourage nat- ive secondary students to cont- inue their education. Ministry of Community and Social Services There are 121 positions for post -secondary students with an interest in the human services field - to work in Ministry dist- rict offices, assisting social work- ers, protective service workers, vocational rehabilitation couns- ellors, etc. Ministry of Culture and Recreation There are several programmes under this Ministry's jurisdict- ion. Positions are available on projects to develop useful coni- munity cultural and recreational programmes for all ages, catalog- uing work in museums, etc. Some 220 positions are available, obtaining "internship" exper- ience in technical, performance and administrative activities in the performing arts, also in prov- incial art galleries. Ministry of j✓ducation There are 772 opportunities under a programme operated in co-operation with local school boards to undertake a wide var- iety of projects of an educational nature, also providing a direct benefit to the community. Re- quirements will vary according to individual Board projects and the exact locations of these oppor- tunities will not be announced ur- ii the end of April. Ministry of the Environment A wide variety of opportunit- ies in environment -related proj- ects operated both within the Ministry and in co-operation with universities, community colleges and recognized environmental- ist groups - mostly for post- secondary students. Ministry of Health First and second year medical students may apply for 30 pos- itions as ambulance driver att- endants to supplement ambul- ance services during the peak summer period - throughout Ontario, especially Wasaga and Crystal Beach area. Second- ary school and post -secondary students may apply for 167 pos- itions in one of the Provincial Psychiatric Hospitals, motivat- ing better patient participation in social, recreational and ther- apeutic activities. Ministry of Housing Eighty positions for secondary students. An opportunity to dev- elop leadership qualities through on -job training in recreation programmes of various Ontario Housing projects throughout the province. Also for senior post- secondary students work with muriicipalities on community renewal programmes - requires strong background in planning, Citizens News, March 31/76 - Page 7 urban studie-s, community dev- elopment and related disciplines. Ministry of Industry and Tourism Employment with the 12 prov- incial travel associations as inf- ormation and travel counsellors. Also 12 positions as marketing assistants for senior and post- secondary students enrolled in a marketing programme. Secretariat for Justice Two positions only - to assist in development of proposals related to citizen and community responsibility in crime control and administration of justice - preferably graduate students. Ministry of Labour A province -wide construction industry survey. Applicants must be over 18 and have access to car. Post -secondary students, prefer- ably in Business, Commerce and Finance, may also apply to work in industry personnel offices - recruitment, compensation, employee benefits, etc. There,are also 10 positions for post -second- ary students in the field of social services, working on a project to highlight the community and education work of the Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services For post -secondary under- graduates - 248 positions as assistant supervisors, assistant recreation officers, teachers, correctional officers, group home assistants, programme co-ordin- ators and library technicians. Ministry of Solicitor General Secondary, post -secondary and law students may apply for 51 opportunities to be expos- ed to the day-to-day operations of police forces.Students will not engage in actual police work but will, depending on training and experience and type of position available, be employed in cler- ical or support type functions, Some positions may require work- ing shifts. 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