Careers

Hiring for Changing Companies in Changing Time

If you are a business leader, chances are you are working hard to figure out how to keep your business going. For the short term, this may involve hiring people with different skills that you ...

Spring Programs Cancelled – 800 part-time staff laid off

Given the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and continued need to take action to curb the spread of the virus in our community, the Town of Oakville announced today that it is cancelling all Spring recreation and ...

Increasing Public Health Units’ Capacity to Stop COVID-19

To support public health units’ extensive efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19, Ontario is taking further action to redirect existing resources to focus squarely on the fight against this new virus while allowing for ...

Week 2: Work from home Lessons

As I head into my third week of social distancing, I feel like I have learned some valuable lessons in this work from home adventure.

Working from Home – set boundaries to make it work

There are times when working from home means keeping an eye on your phone but you don’t really expect to actually start or finish anything. Working from home for three weeks is different. I don’t ...

International Women’s Day 2020 – March 8th

As Member of Parliament for Oakville and on behalf of the Government of Canada, I’d like to wish everyone a happy International Women’s Day.

2020 Young Women in Leadership accepting Applications

The 2020 Young Women in Leadership Program (YWIL) pairs young women with mentors from the community, giving them the opportunity to gain a role model and shadow successful women in the workplace.

Annie Award won by Sheridan animation students

A team of 11 Sheridan Honours Bachelor of Animation students has won an Annie Award for Best Student Film for their third-year group project, The Fox & The Pigeon.

Ontario Teachers Strike – Oakville’s Perspective

Last week was a busy time for all three Ontario Teachers’ Unions. On Tuesday, January 21st the Catholic Teachers for both elementary and secondary schools walked out across the province for one day, and the ...

Conductor De Clara leaving the Oakville Symphony

Over the past 23 years with the Oakville Symphony, Maestro De Clara’s work has enriched the cultural life of many Oakville residents, whether they be musicians, patrons or young children hearing classical music for the ...