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Charity, jazz & hiring hell – Issues, Experts, and Ideas
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November 23, 2006
Record giving
Jazz for kicks
Hiring hell
Record giving
Statistics Canada today released a survey on charitable giving, which shows record levels of charitable giving across Canada. SFU just completed its successful Reaching New Heights campaign, exceeding its $125 million goal to raise more than $137.5 million. Cathy Daminato, vice-president of University Advancement, can talk about the impact this increased giving is having on post-secondary education.
Cathy Daminato, 604.291.5302, daminato@sfu.ca
Jazz for kicks
Jazz for Kicks, a duo with deep academic roots at Simon Fraser University, performs "Jazz and Other Musical Vespers" every Sunday from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at Renaissance Coffee in the Cornerstone Building at UniverCity on Burnaby Mountain. SFU education grad Michael Cummings, a Coquitlam Grade 4 teacher, and Jim Morrison, an SFU doctoral grad who works with special needs teens in Surrey, get customers crooning, hopping and playing shakers, drums and beaters to old jazz standards at the open-mike sessions.
Michael Cummings: 604.469.3005; cummings@sfu.ca; MCummings@sd43.bc.ca
Hiring hell
It's almost the season to be jolly, but many employers are feeling anything but when it comes to recruiting staff. SFU's co-op education program manager Paulette Johnston says an increasing number of employers, particularly small and medium businesses, are turning to co-op students to boost their recruitment success. "According to working.com 13,000 new jobs were created in BC last month alone," says Johnston. "Posting through the co-op program means a one-stop-shop for hundreds of skilled and enthusiastic people. And since there's no cost to the employer, it's become a wise choice fiscally for many employers."
Paulette Johnston, 604.291.3041, pjohnsto@sfu.ca
Jazz for kicks
Hiring hell
Record giving
Statistics Canada today released a survey on charitable giving, which shows record levels of charitable giving across Canada. SFU just completed its successful Reaching New Heights campaign, exceeding its $125 million goal to raise more than $137.5 million. Cathy Daminato, vice-president of University Advancement, can talk about the impact this increased giving is having on post-secondary education.
Cathy Daminato, 604.291.5302, daminato@sfu.ca
Jazz for kicks
Jazz for Kicks, a duo with deep academic roots at Simon Fraser University, performs "Jazz and Other Musical Vespers" every Sunday from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at Renaissance Coffee in the Cornerstone Building at UniverCity on Burnaby Mountain. SFU education grad Michael Cummings, a Coquitlam Grade 4 teacher, and Jim Morrison, an SFU doctoral grad who works with special needs teens in Surrey, get customers crooning, hopping and playing shakers, drums and beaters to old jazz standards at the open-mike sessions.
Michael Cummings: 604.469.3005; cummings@sfu.ca; MCummings@sd43.bc.ca
Hiring hell
It's almost the season to be jolly, but many employers are feeling anything but when it comes to recruiting staff. SFU's co-op education program manager Paulette Johnston says an increasing number of employers, particularly small and medium businesses, are turning to co-op students to boost their recruitment success. "According to working.com 13,000 new jobs were created in BC last month alone," says Johnston. "Posting through the co-op program means a one-stop-shop for hundreds of skilled and enthusiastic people. And since there's no cost to the employer, it's become a wise choice fiscally for many employers."
Paulette Johnston, 604.291.3041, pjohnsto@sfu.ca