scholarly journals Overview of Employment Programs Available to Newcomers in Toronto and Their Role in Breaking Down Barriers to Employment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josina Myrie
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Employment Preparation ◽  
Barriers To Employment ◽  
Inclusion Theory ◽  
The Government ◽  
Employment Programs ◽  
Labour Market Entry ◽  
Systemic Barriers

This research examines the systemic barriers faced by newly arrived immigrants to Canada in their job acquisition. A thematic content analysis of the government funded Job Search Workshop (JSW) and Employment Ontario Programs from twenty Service Provider Organizations (SPOs) was undertaken to respond to the following questions: How do these programs assist newcomers to overcome the barriers to labour market entry? What do these services offer that address the needs of newly arrived immigrants for access to employment? What are some of the factors that lead to their unsuccess? Social Inclusion theory was applied. Results indicate that the focus of both programs is on pre-employment preparation and making participants more ‘employable’. The systemic barriers of the accreditation process and racial/employment discrimination are still major areas that need to be given more attention.

scholarly journals Overview of Employment Programs Available to Newcomers in Toronto and Their Role in Breaking Down Barriers to Employment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josina Myrie
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Employment Preparation ◽  
Barriers To Employment ◽  
Inclusion Theory ◽  
The Government ◽  
Employment Programs ◽  
Labour Market Entry ◽  
Systemic Barriers

This research examines the systemic barriers faced by newly arrived immigrants to Canada in their job acquisition. A thematic content analysis of the government funded Job Search Workshop (JSW) and Employment Ontario Programs from twenty Service Provider Organizations (SPOs) was undertaken to respond to the following questions: How do these programs assist newcomers to overcome the barriers to labour market entry? What do these services offer that address the needs of newly arrived immigrants for access to employment? What are some of the factors that lead to their unsuccess? Social Inclusion theory was applied. Results indicate that the focus of both programs is on pre-employment preparation and making participants more ‘employable’. The systemic barriers of the accreditation process and racial/employment discrimination are still major areas that need to be given more attention.

Forensic Psychiatry and Vocational Rehabilitation: Where are We at?

2008 ◽  
Vol 71 (10) ◽  
pp. 448-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Dunn ◽  
Alison Seymour
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Barriers To Employment ◽  
The Government

Having a productive occupation is seen as fundamental to an individual's health and wellbeing. Employment provides structure, self-identity, a means to provide for oneself and social inclusion. The Government has made a commitment to invest in supporting people back into the workplace following illness. This opinion piece reflects the authors' interest in how this applies to service users with a forensic history, who face additional barriers to employment. It calls on occupational therapists to share research and practice accounts of vocational rehabilitation within forensic settings in order to contribute to the evidence base for this area of occupational therapy practice.

Pembangunan Web Service Data Masyarakat Menggunakan REST API dengan Access Token

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Iqbal Perkasa ◽  
Eko Budi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Web Service ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Population Data ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Data ◽  
Community Data ◽  
The Government ◽  
Rest Api ◽  
Service Application ◽  
Service Data

Data is one of the most important things in this information and information technology era that evolving now. Currently, the government still has not used the public data maximally for administrative purposes. Utilization of this big population data is the creation of a web service application system with REST API where this data will be open and accessible to those who have access. One of the institutions that use this service is the Manpower and Transmigration Service where this system can make the Dinas staff more efficient to create and register job search cards using available community data. This application is able to provide and facilitate many parties, such as data administrators to monitor data usage, registration employee in input data, and people able to register independently. Index Terms—Web service, API, Rest api, People data

Challenges to economic integration and social inclusion of Syrian refugees in Turkey

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-18
Author(s):  
Christina Bache
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Independent Research ◽  
Humanitarian Crisis ◽  
Local Dynamics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Government

Purpose The following question drove this research: Would the pursuit of a rights-based approach, one that considers local dynamics and political sensitivities result in greater economic integration and social inclusion of Syrian refugees in Turkey? The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach This piece draws on independent research the author conducted in Turkey and other frontline states to the war in Syria from 2016 to 2018. Findings Despite a shift in government policy toward Syrian refugees, without an overarching rights-based approach that includes the participation of all stakeholders and considers local dynamics and political sensitivities, enhancing the livelihood security of Syrian refugees and vulnerable members of host communities remains bleak in Turkey. Originality/value This original paper closely examines the Government of Turkey’s response to the humanitarian crisis that was precipitated by the armed conflict in Syria. The paper also examines the socioeconomic dynamics and increased tensions between the Syrian refugee and host communities.

scholarly journals INDUSTRY REVOLUTION 4.0 : STRENGHTHENING THE CREATIVE ECONOMY SECTORS THROUGH BEKRAF IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (01) ◽  
pp. 84-108
Author(s):  
I Wayan Aditya Harikesa
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Creative Economy ◽  
The World ◽  
Close Cooperation ◽  
Economic Foundation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Small Medium Enterprises ◽  
The Right ◽  
Medium Enterprises

President Joko Widodo or Jokowi has made a great leap in enhancing Indonesia�s Small Medium Enterprises (SME)s and the country�s overall creative industries by establishing a new non ministerial institution called Badan Ekonomi Kreatif (BEKRAF) or the Creative Economy Agency. The BEKRAF, established under the Presidential Regulation Number 6 of 2015 issued on January 20, 2015, is responsible for accelerating the development of creative economy in Indonesia. Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been playing crucial roles for generating economic progresses as well as social inclusion in Indonesia. Among the most important and worthy of priority is the country�s creative economy. The existence of BEKRAF will enhance close cooperation between the government, SMEs players and related economic stakeholders. This paper aims to assess the concept of �Creative Industries,� as a boundary concept that allows for increased co-operation between players and the generally opposing knowledge concepts�as reflected in their respective knowledge and cultural politics. Indonesia has great potential in terms of economic growth. In 2015, Indonesia�s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rocketed to 4.79 percent, far above the previous expectation of only 2.4 percent. This encouraging climate is indeed the right moment for the government to strengthen the country�s economic foundation particularly in the real economic sector. Hence, BEKRAF has a vision to build Indonesia as one of the world�s great economic powers in the field of creative economy by 2030. This issue will be discussed comprehensively in the final part of the paper.

scholarly journals Life project and work as matter of exclusion/inclusion of the elderly person

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria de Fátima Fernandes Martins Catão ◽  
Alice Fernanda Martins Grisi
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Life Project ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Textual Data

This study was developed based on the reality of population aging, the Aging Era, and the matter of exclusion and psychosocial suffering experienced by elderly people, with the aim of analyzing the meanings of the construction of the life project, work and exclusion/inclusion of this population. A semi-structured interview was performed with 25 participants of the Care for the Elderly Person Program. The lexical and contextual Thematic Content Analysis was performed using the Alcest program for the quantitative analysis of textual data. Three themes were recovered: The world and I: process of exclusion/inclusion - represented 27.77% of the statements; The Future as the present - foremost expressed with 44.44%; Work and the Life Project as a way of social inclusion - 27.77%. The need for conscious actions was highlighted, with reference to the ethics of citizens who are involved and interested in experiencing aging in a healthier way, in order to humanize the living/aging relationship.

scholarly journals Private Higher Education in Brazil: Fueling Economic Growth

2017 ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
José Janguiê Bezerra ◽  
Celso Niskier ◽  
Lioudmila Batourina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
National Education ◽  
Alternative Funding ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Funding Mechanisms ◽  
The Government ◽  
Education In Brazil

The Brazilian private education sector is one of the largest in the world. Today there are more than 6 million students enrolled in private higher education institutions, which represents more than 75 percent of all university students. Brazilian higher education started expanding in 1996, when the government, according to the National Education Plan, introduced a fund allowing young people to take up students loans. From 1996 to 2010, the government took a number of actions, addressing the problem of social inclusion and supplying the country with educated, middle class workers. The Brazilian Association of Private Universities (ABMES—Associação Brasileira de Mantenedoras de Ensino Superior) is pushing the government to keep investing in the scholarships in spite of the economic crisis, and working together on finding alternative funding mechanisms to provide society with access opportunities to higher education, and to sustain economic growth.

scholarly journals Germany’s Labour Market Policies

2019 ◽  
pp. 283-303
Author(s):  
Florian Spohr
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Labour Market Policies ◽  
Employment Agency ◽  
Time Work ◽  
The Government ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Deep Recession

Germany has become one of the most competitive economies in the world. Only a decade and a half ago it was widely derided as stagnant, and ridden by political paralysis in reforming its labour market policies. However, in 2002, the discovery of manipulated statistics in the German Employment Agency opened a window of opportunity to break the stalemate in corporatist policymaking. In response, the government convened a commission to design labour market policy reforms: the Hartz Committee, named for its chair, Peter Hartz. Including experts, politicians, and members from interest groups in the commission enabled the government to promote the ‘Hartz Reforms’ on the basis of expertise and compromise. Their focus was on creating incentives for seeking employment. Job search assistance and monitoring gained importance, whereas ineffective job creation and early retirement schemes were abolished or reduced. These activating reforms successfully tackled structural unemployment and increased the overall employment rate. Their success in strengthening economic resilience was demonstrated during the 2008 economic crisis, when in combination with other measures such as the extension of short-time work, and controlled unit labour costs, they led Germany’s labour market through the deep recession.

How Judicial Myopia Is Jeopardizing the Protection of People with HIV/AIDS Under the ADA

2001 ◽  
Vol 27 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 301-327
Author(s):  
Tony R. Maida
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Social Equality ◽  
Civil Rights Act ◽  
Barriers To Employment ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Physical Barriers ◽  
The Government ◽  
Social Prejudice

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 promised to be a “secondgeneration” civil rights statute, comparable in importance and scope to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The breadth of the act reflected congressional and disability activists' desire to change society in order to enable the disabled to achieve economic autonomy and social equality. Historically, disabled individuals were characterized by their inability to normally function in society, either due to physical obstacles or social myths and stereotypes. Up until 1990, the federal government had taken baby steps to address these issues. Indeed, most federal activity was limited to assisting disabled people in overcoming physical barriers to employment. However, the government did little to change the structure of those barriers, and most certainly did not address the widespread social prejudice against the disabled.

The Meaning of Social Inclusion to Players With and Without Intellectual Disability in Unified Sports Teams

Inclusion ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 234-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy McConkey ◽  
Cheryl Peng ◽  
Marie Merritt ◽  
Amy Shellard
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Core Concept ◽  
Sports Teams ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis

Abstract Sport can be a means for promoting social inclusion but to date, the perspectives of participants have been rarely sought. Focus groups interviews were held with 6 Special Olympic, Unified Sports teams in the United States as well as one each in Germany and India. In all, 49 athletes with intellectual disability and 39 team-mates without disability participated. From a thematic content analysis, a core concept of togetherness emerged, with five subthemes of equality, friendships, participation, connections, and assistance. Four main feelings were associated with togetherness: happy, relaxed, confident, and cared for. The players gave specific examples of how these outcomes were realised in sport and community settings. Their insights could guide future attempts to promote social inclusion in sports and the wider community.

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