The Region of Peel provides post secondary full-time students valuable work experience and allows for a wealth of learning opportunities.

There are three (3) categories of student employment available with the Region of Peel.

    Category one - Labourer positions (outdoor positions including general maintenance, grounds keeping, road crew)

    Category two - Administrative Support positions (indoor office positions)

    Category three - Specialized positions (mostly indoor office positions and requires specialized education e.g. civil engineering; positions available are limited)

Compensation: Students are paid an hourly rate with 4% vacation added to their bi-weekly pay. Rates differ depending on the type of position. Wages will be confirmed at the time of job offer.

Eligibility Criteria: In order to qualify for summer employment with the Region of Peel, students must be currently enrolled in full-time studies at a community college or university and must be returning to full-time studies in the following school term.

Students are required to show proof of enrolment for the fall school term of 2012.

We will accept any of the following as proof of enrolment:

A letter from your Registrar confirming enrolment for 2012/2013

A letter or screen shot showing registration for 2011/2012 at your current school in addition to a letter or screen shot confirming your application to a 2012/2013 program at a future college/university

Screening Criteria: Selection is based on the following considerations:

    (i) Primary consideration shall be qualified students who have completed one
or more years of post-secondary education (college or university).

(ii) Preference shall then be given to qualified students about to commence
post-secondary schooling.

Students must be available to work continuously from April 30, 2012 until the end of August 2012.

Students are not eligible for vacation/time off during summer employment.

To apply please submit your resume online and complete the attached mandatory questionnaire by January 15, 2012.

***Please note that students who previously worked with the Region are required to re-apply to ensure their application is considered.***

****Note: Our Summer Student positions are not applicable for co-op student placements.****

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Victims of crime and their families can get the additional support they need to participate more fully in the criminal court process.

The Vulnerable Victims and Family Fund will provide financial and court-based supports for both victims of crime and families of homicide victims. This will include:

• Helping to cover the cost of travel to attend key criminal court appearances
• Providing vulnerable victims with language interpretation services during the criminal trial
• Ensuring victims with disabilities have appropriate supports, such as real-time captioning or other equipment to help them testify.

LEARN MORE

• To find out more about the Vulnerable Victims and Family Fund, contact the nearest Ontario Victim Services Secretariat regional office.
• Learn about the Victim/Witness Assistance Program.
• Find services across Ontario using the online victim services directory.

Ontario’s annual seatbelt campaign kicked off yesterday to remind drivers and passengers to buckle up and make sure children are properly secured in the right child car seat.

Wearing a seatbelt is the most effective way to reduce the risk of injury or death in a collision. Since Ontario’s seatbelt law was introduced 35 years ago, it is estimated that seatbelt use has saved over 8,000 lives.

Since 2003, the McGuinty government has expanded the seatbelt laws to encourage more people to buckle up, including:

• Requiring every person in a motor vehicle to wear a seatbelt under the One Person, One Seatbelt Law

• Making it mandatory for anyone transporting children to ensure they are properly secured in an appropriate child car seat or booster seat

• Increasing fines for seatbelt, child seat and booster seat violations.

Ontario’s road safety partners, including police, fire and emergency services, community groups, health care professionals and injury prevention practitioners across the province are participating in the seatbelt campaign.  The campaign runs from April 13 until April 23.

Ontario is taking action to address the rising costs of tobacco-related disease on the province’s health care system by expanding services that help smokers quit.

Beginning in Spring 2011, participating Family Health Teams will provide access to over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) such as nicotine patches and gum, combined with counselling, at no cost to the smoker. These services are also already available in many Public Health Units, Community Health Centres, Aboriginal Health Access Centres, pharmacies and hospitals.

Expanding these services to Family Health Teams will give 20,000 more Ontarians the tools to quit smoking over the next two years, and help the province reduce the $1.93 billion in tobacco-related health care costs.

Family Health Teams will work in partnership with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health to:

• Identify, advise and assist current smokers within Family Health Teams
• Offer NRT treatment and expert smoking cessation counselling
• Follow-up with participants to prevent relapses
• Offer additional counselling and follow-up support through the Smokers’ Helpline and online services