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To our valued clients, our WorkBC Centres will be closed on December 26th, 27th and January 2nd.

We look forward to assisting you with your job search needs on December 28th – 30th and in the New Year.

Happy Holidays from all of us at WorkBC!

The Princeton Emergency Services 10th Annual Food Drive is next Wednesday, December 14th with door-to-door food collection starting at 5pm!

It starts NOW~ The Princeton Skills Centre would like to acknowledge this International Campaign for the Elimination of Violence against Women. In the privacy of homes across BC, every day thousands of women in experience intimate partner violence, and domestic & sexual violence. In Princeton Cindy Parolin Safe Homes is here to provide a safe place for those experiencing violence. Call 250-295-8211 or 911 in immediate danger.

Join the movement: 16 days of activism

The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women will mark the launch of the UNiTE campaign (Nov 25- Dec 10) — an initiative of 16 days of activism concluding on the day that commemorates the International Human Rights Day (10 December).

This campaign, led by the UN Secretary-General and UN Women since 2008, aims to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls around the world, calling for global action to increase awareness, promote advocacy and create opportunities for discussion on challenges and solutions.

This years’ campaign UNITE! Activism to End Violence against Women & Girls will aim to mobilize all society to become activists for the prevention of violence against women, to stand in solidarity with women’s rights activists and to support feminist movements around the world to resist the rollback on women’s rights and calling for a world free from VAWG.

Among its activities, there is a UN official event that will take place on Wednesday, November 23 (10.00-11.30am ET.) You can follow the event on line through the UN Women Youtube channel or UN Web TV.

Join the campaign!

These 16 Days, get involved! From amplifying the voices of survivors and activists to supporting women’s organizations, we can all act to empower survivors and reduce and prevent violence against women and girls. Share our materials through your social media accounts and become an activist!.

 

OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN WEBSITE

Why we must eliminate violence against women

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it.

In general terms, it manifests itself in physical, sexual and psychological forms, encompassing:

• intimate partner violence (battering, psychological abuse, marital rape, femicide);
• sexual violence and harassment (rape, forced sexual acts, unwanted sexual advances, child sexual abuse, forced marriage, street harassment, stalking, cyber- harassment);
• human trafficking (slavery, sexual exploitation);
• female genital mutilation; and
• child marriage.

To further clarify, the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women issued by the UN General Assembly in 1993, defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.”

The adverse psychological, sexual and reproductive health consequences of VAWG affect women at all stages of their life. For example, early-set educational disadvantages not only represent the primary obstacle to universal schooling and the right to education for girls; down the line they are also to blame for restricting access to higher education and even translate into limited opportunities for women in the labour market.

While gender-based violence can happen to anyone, anywhere, some women and girls are particularly vulnerable – for instance, young girls and older women, women who identify as lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex, migrants and refugees, indigenous women and ethnic minorities, or women and girls living with HIV and disabilities, and those living through humanitarian crises.

Violence against women continues to be an obstacle to achieving equality, development, peace as well as to the fulfillment of women and girls’ human rights. All in all, the promise of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – to leave no one behind – cannot be fulfilled without putting an end to violence against women and girls.

Virtual knowledge centre

Virtual knowledge centre to end violence against women.

Over the next few weeks, (9 to be exact) we will focus on the 9 essential skills needed in an agile, and robust economy. You can check them all out here: Skills for Success  

Skills for Success are a set of foundational and transferable skills needed to participate and thrive in learning, work, and life. A series of videos has been developed to:

• help explain each of the 9 Skills for Success
• show how each skill can be used in the workplace, and
• identify the benefits of developing these skills

Importance of the skills

Skills for Success are the skills needed to participate and thrive in learning, work and life.

Skills for Success include skills that are foundational for building other skills and knowledge and important for effective social interaction. These skills overlap and interact with each other, and with other technical and life skills. They are inclusive and can be adapted to different contexts.

Skills for Success are for everyone – employers, workers, training providers, governments, and communities.

This week we start with:

Your ability to achieve or adjust goals and behaviours when expected or unexpected change occurs, by planning, staying focused, persisting, and overcoming setbacks. For example, we use this skill to change work plans to meet new deadlines, learn how to work with new tools and improve our skills through feedback.

Research reports

We were thrilled to host Community Futures Okanagan Similkameen in Princeton, British Columbia last week in honour of #disabilityemploymentawarenessmonth. GM Charles Cornell and Training Manager Nicole Clark travelled from Penticton and were joined by #entrepreneurswithdisabilities expert Manuel Olguin travelling from Merritt to chat with Princeton entrepreneurs at the Princeton & District Community Skills Centre. We are looking forward to our next visit in the very near future!

STARTING SEPT 19th- applications due soon!

Application Form

Connect with WorkBC today to learn more about this fantastic Career Opportunity or if you need assistance to Apply! 

Email: leahw@maximuscanada.ca

or

Call us @ 1-833-314-1043!

Help us Welcome our newest Wise One… The Meeting Owl Pro! 

Let us know if The Princeton Skills Centre can be your next Meeting Destination and let us connect your team with all of its members… far and wide! Contact Us for more details!

• BETTER COLLABORATION. The Meeting Owl captures 360° video in 1080p HD and 360° audio up to 18’ (5.5m). Automatically focuses on whoever is speaking to foster active collaboration and increased participation, while showing a 360° view of the room.
• PLUG AND PLAY SIMPLICITY.  Simply plug in the power and USB, launch your preferred video conferencing platform, and start your meeting. Easily manage meetings through desktop, mobile or tablet apps.
• UNIVERSALLY COMPATIBLE. Compatible with virtually all web-based video conferencing platforms, including Zoom, GoToMeeting, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, BlueJeans, and many others.

Why feelings matter.

All your feelings are caused by your thinking.

But it’s not as simple as trying on a new thought.

We’re not conditioned or schooled on paying attention to our thoughts and noticing what we are feeling.

We typically don’t like the way negative emotions feel, so a lot of our behaviour is an attempt to change or avoid them.

If you want to change your life, become aware of what you’re feeling in the present moment.

Want more abundant thoughts? What does abundance FEEL like in your body?

Identify your feelings as a vibration in your body. Describe it so you sense when it get activated each time feelings surface.

Start expanding your vocabulary when defining feelings.

Use the Feelings Wheel, created by Dr Gloria Wilcox, to explain your emotions around people and start to exemplify that it’s okay to talk about feelings.

This can help you gain a greater sense of control and develop a plan to move forward.

Take the feelings wheel a step further by identifying the feeling from how it shows up in your body. Give a name to those quirky triggers in your body instead of saying you’re sore or stiff.

This transformation you are undertaking will be one of the greatest contributions you make to the world.

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