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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#emotionalintelligence #feelingswheel #purposedrivenleadership #entrepreneurship #leadership

Are you a youth (15-29) or a caregiver of a youth with a disability, mental health challenge, and/or lived experience of care, substance use, and corrections?

Join our one-time Zoom research discussions and receive $50 for participating!

CanAssist at the University of Victoria is seeking the input of youth and caregivers to help them improve employment outcomes and promote inclusive workplaces for youth with disabilities/mental health challenges in British Columbia. Please share this with anyone you know who would like to participate in research to help inform a Provincial Strategy for the Employment of Youth with Disabilities

JOIN US!!!

First Aid Training has been a TAD interesting the last couple of years with C-19 compliance and our commitment to the highest possible saftey measures @ The Skills Centre.  We have been able to deliver high quality training, adhearing to strict Covid safety protocols and ensuring everyones safety.  We have SPACE, we’ve measured, planned and created a learning environment to ensure you, your staff and our community stays as safe as possible.

We will be offering OFA Level 1 March 2nd , Let us know if we can save you a spot!

Pop in at 206 Vermilion, call us @ 250-295-4051 or send us an email to: reception@princetoncsc.com

Canada Learning Bond: Free money for your child’s education!

*** OVER 70% of eligible families DO NOT even apply for this

What is the Canada Learning Bond?

The Canada Learning Bond is money that the Government of Canada deposits into a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) to help you save for a child’s education after high school. The total amount the Government deposits can be up to $2,000. Applying for and receiving the Canada Learning Bond will not affect any other benefits that you or an eligible child receives. Through the Canada Learning Bond, the Government will add money to the RESP for an eligible child every year, even if you do not add any money.

 

Eligibility:

 

The Canada Learning Bond is available to children born on or after January 1, 2004;

• who are residents of Canada;

• who have a valid Social Insurance Number; and

• who are from low-income families.

 

Beginning July 1, 2017, eligibility for the Canada Learning Bond is based, in part, on the number of qualified children and the adjusted income of the primary caregiver. Prior to this, a child was eligible for the Canada Learning Bond if the primary caregiver was in receipt of the National Child Benefit Supplement for the child. 

How much could a child receive?

 

A child could receive a total of up to $2,000 in a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) to help pay for their education after high school. This includes: $500 for the first year of eligibility; and $100 for each year they remain eligible, until the calendar year they turn 15.

In addition, the Government of Canada will deposit $25 in an RESP to help cover the costs of opening the plan. 

 

What you need before you start

 

Before you apply for the Canada Learning Bond on behalf of a child, you will need a Social Insurance Number (SIN) for yourself; and a SIN for the child. There is no fee to get a SIN from Service Canada, but you will need to provide certain documents, such as a birth certificate or permanent residence card.

 

After you’ve applied

 

An RESP can stay open for 35 years. This means the child can still use the Canada Learning Bond (as well as any Canada Education Savings Grant and provincial education savings incentives) in the RESP if they decide to delay their studies after high school until later in life.

 

To Apply Easily Online go to: 

https://mysmartfuture.org/