Camosun/VIATeC Trades & Technology Career Fair

Camosun/VIATeC Trades & Technology Career Fair Thursday, April 9 @ Interurban Campus, Technologies Centre, 10am-2pm Sponsored by VIATeC and presented in partnership with the School of Trades & Technology, this year’s Trades & Technology Career Fair will bring together specialist employers who want to connect with you and share career options in their organizations. You’ll [...]

Multicultural events

The Greater Victoria Public Library website now has a page that lists upcoming multicultural events. Check it out here.

Healthcare Career Fair

The Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) is holding a career fair on March 9th. VIHA is one of the largest employers on Vancouver Island with over 15,000 workers. Beyond medical professions they hire tradespeople, administrative and other non-medical support staff.
For details on the career fair see their poster(pdf).
Also check out their public job postings.

Camosun College — Business Options and Career Fair

Some of you may want to note that Camosun is hosting a career fair for students at the Interurban Campus on Thursday, March 5th. Look here for a summary of activities and here (pdf) for a list of guest speakers.

Butchart Gardens job fair

Another tourism industry job fair has been announced. This one is with Butchart Gardens.
See this link (pdf) for details.

Immigrant Women’s Group

The Intercultural Association of Victoria (ICA) is running a free Immigrant Women’s Group from January 22nd to April 9th. 
Make new friends
Learn more about Victoria and Canada
Express yourself through art
Participate in fun activities and fieldtrips
Share stories, ideas and information
Practice English
Get support
See their website for more information.

Empress career fair

Those of you who work in the tourism sector will want to note that the Empress is having a Career Fair this Saturday. Apparently there are many opportunities for both hourly and supervisory positions.
Click the ad that ran in yesterday’s edition of the Times-Colonist to see it full-size.

Multi-faith walk against violence/Potluck

This information was emailed to us and we thought some of you may be interested:
CANPAK ALLIANCE SOCIETY OF VICTORIA and the VICTORIA MULTI-FAITH SOCIETY
Welcomes Multi Faith Walk Against Violence
Monday, Oct 27th 2008 @ 2:45 PM
Lawns of the Parliament Buildings
Belleville Street, Victoria
“Multifaith Walk Against Violence” represents a move to unite Canadians [...]

Networking event

ViaTec’s latest ViaFest networking event is taking place on October 30th. Those of you with a interest or background technology backgrounds who want to grow their network and to find out what is happening at ViaTec can check out the details here. Space is limited so act soon !

English conversation club

This was just passed on to us from the good folks at the Inter-Cultural Association of Victoria. Check out the contact info at the end of this post if you want more information.
“Speak Well”
English Conversation Club
 
Practice your English in small and informal group discussions with Canadian volunteers.  An ideal program for immigrants, refugees and [...]