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Choices Featured in Your McMurray Magazine

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Your McMurray Magazine (YMM) is currently featuring an article entitled: "Imagine a World That Works for Everyone: Choices Association of Fort McMurray"

http://yourmcmurraymagazine.com/features/imagine-a-world-that-works-for-everyone

"Choices’ high rate of success serves as a reminder that helping to create a fair and inclusive society is exactly what they’re doing, and that a world that works for everyone is an attainable goal."

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The article explores the different programs and options offered through Choices, and offers a glimpse of what makes Choices such an valuable organization.

Resources at Choices Information Centre

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A wide range of resources are also available at our information centre, which describes many of the support and referral services available in Fort McMurray

Employment

Looking for work and thinking about moving to Fort McMurray? Check out the Labor Market Information website at http://www.woodbuffalo.net before you pack. This website offers plenty of information to provide you with the knowledge necessary to help you make a responsible decision about relocating to the community of Fort McMurray, Alberta.

Other Employment Services

Alberta Works(Services for unemployed or underemployed Albertans)
Main Floor Provincial Building, 9915 Franklin Avenue
Phone: 780-743-7192 | Fax: 780-743-7278
https://www.alberta.ca/employment-services.aspx

Athabasca Tribal Council (Services for First Nations)
9206 McCormick Drive, Waterways
Phone: 780-791-6538 | Fax: 780-791-0946
http://atcfn.ca

Services for Disabilities

Looking for programs and services that support persons with disabilities? To find a program that best suits your needs, visit WORKink at http://www.workink.com for their extensive list of services and programs that are offered across Canada.

Immigrant Services

The International Qualifications Assessment Service, better known as IQAS, is an assessment that indicates how an individual's educational credential received in another country compares to an educational program in Canada. Please ask an employment counselor for more information regarding this assessment.

YMCA Immigrant Settlement Services Services for new Canadians
106 B - 9816 Hardin Street Fort McMurray, AB T9H 4K3
Phone: 780-791-1115 | Fax: 780-743-2973

Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies
http://www.aaisa.ca

Recruitment Services

Roevin Technical People Ltd: https://www.roevin.ca/resources/listing
Wood Buffalo Temps: https://www.woodbuffalotemps.net
Design Group Staffing Inc.: http://www.dg.ca

If you require additional information you may talk to us directly using our Contact Page

Alberta Identification Program

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Alberta Identification Program

Identification Program - All eligible applicants will meet with the ID Coordinator to review documents required to obtain their basic Alberta identification. Once sufficient documentation is obtained, the client and coordinator will then meet to discuss funding options for the ID and complete the process at registries. The coordinator works collaboratively with Alberta Human Services to assist the individuals in obtaining their ID.

In order for a client to participate in this program they must meet the following criteria:

Be 18 +
Be a resident of Alberta for at least three months
Be homeless or recently housed

Services provided by the Alberta ID program include:

Obtaining original documentation
If required, assistance with ID payment
Assistance with Birth Certificate application
Assistance with Alberta Health Card application
Assistance with proof of Canadian Residency

To obtain more information about these programs, please visit: http://www.woodbuffalo.ab.ca/living/Community-Investment-Program/Community-Plan-on-Homelessness.htm

If you would like more information on this program, or would like to talk to us directly, you may do so using our Contact Page

Employment Program

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This program addresses the issue of breaking barriers to employment readiness and workplace access for individuals who have any type of disability and or barrier. Although these individuals are capable of employment, many will not have sustained employment or have necessary social skills to enter the workforce.

Choices Association of Fort McMurray is determine to provide extraordinary dedication, expertise and assistance to enhance quality of life, because we believe that the world can be a place that works for everyone.

The Employment Program targets individuals:

Who will be:

Unemployed or marginally employed (less than 15 hours per week) or under-employed (position below their education and experience)
Work destined for competitive labour market
Canadian Citizens or landed immigrants eligible to work in Canada
18 years of age or older and residing in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and with the following disabilities:
- Addictions
- Brain Injury
- Cognitive/Learning Disabilities
- Developmental Disabilities
- Mental Health Issues
- Physical Disabilities/Restrictions
- Progressive / Degenerative Conditions
- and many more

Barriers:

Age (50 to 64)
Homelessness No Alberta ID
Criminal record
Lack of education
No Class 5 drivers licence
and many more

Other Services provided by the Employment Program include:

One-on One Employment Counseling
Employment Readiness Courses (Exposure)
- CSTS/OSSA
- WHMIS
- H2S Alive
- Class 3 and others
Resume and Cover Letter Development
In house workshops, such as:
- Basic Computer Skills
- Colour Spectrums
- Interview Skills
- Job Search
Job Search - online/paper application
Interview Preparation
Job Placement & follow-up Support (3 to 6 months)
Outside Referrals:
- Food Bank
- EI
- Alberta Works
- Counselling
- Shelters
- and many others

To obtain more information about who funds this program, please visit: http://humanservices.alberta.ca/

If you would like to sign up for this program, or talk to us directly, you may do so using our Contact Page