It’s such an exciting time for us, we expect our new website with improved design and navigation and fresh content to be ready next week, October 15^th! We are grateful to Rajesh Sheshtra, who put in a lot of time and devotion into the new design. He is doing a splendid job and he made sure that we ‘non-techies’ understand how to create new content, thank you Jesh!

 

 

Our Successful Programs

 

The launch of this website takes place simultaneously with the programs that run this fall. We celebrated the graduation of our SENYEP (Scarborough East Newcomer Youth Entrepreneurship Program) students on September 26^th and hope they will achieve their desired results. The journey will be long and hard, but rewarding!

 

HSDC is starting a new SENYEP class on November 21^st; we’ve been asked by many members when a new season is starting and we surrendered to the peer pressure. J The classes will run for another 12 weeks, every Saturday. For more information, surf to our Business Program section!

 

Our free Computer and French classes are running this season until December and are going well, letting us once more feel we have much needed classes but limited space available. For this reason, we have been unable to start the highly sought-after Sewing & Fashion Design course. But we’re not giving up and are certain we can find a sponsor for this particular course.

 

 

Visit The New Website On October 15^th

 

Don’t forget to note the date of our website launch in your agenda, October 15^th 2009! We encourage first-time and regular visitors to give us comments and suggestions about our new website. Please visit our “Contact Us” page and submit your thoughts to us. Here at HSDC we appreciate your effort, we are determined to serve our community in Scarborough East better and any help to reach them is recognized.

 

 

Lisette Andreyko-Peerlings

Website Content Volunteer

Presently, HSDC’s website is undergoing some structural changes. So, please bear with us as we go through the exciting journey of finding even better and more exciting ways to keep you abreast of our several activities.  We are exploring better ways of helping you navigate though our website so you’ll quickly find all the information you’re looking for.

So what is this “information for you” that we are talking about?

Of course we will be reminding you of our mandate, our vision and our mission, as well as our more than 16 years of  capacity-building and empowerment activities targeted towards at-risk and marginalized youths, their families, underprivileged women, and newcomers in Scarborough East, one of Toronto’s 13 priority neighbourhoods. We will also attempt at introducing our hardworking staff and dedicated volunteers who make all the activities succeed.

 

And very importantly, we will give you details about our programs.

 

Immediately we have confirmation about the September 2009 resumption dates of our training programs, we will promptly post them on the website under “News and Upcoming.” These programs include our free Basic and Advanced Computer Training program, French as a Second Language (FSL), Youth Entrepreneurship Projects, Single Mom’s program, Dressmaking and Fashion Designing project, as well as our Seniors’ Helpline program.

 

Of course, a new date for our postponed joint graduation event featuring 3 of our programs will also be announced. The event will have very important dignitaries from our community and beyond in attendance. Please stay posted!

 

For now, please feel free to browse through the website and find out more about what kinds of programs we have to offer. For further inquiries, or if you would like to register for a program – please call (416) 345-1613 or e-mail us at info@hsdconline.org.

 

Hope to talk to you soon!

 

Charity Lebeanya

Executive Director

Dear friend/ Supporter/ Community partner:
Tops of the day to you.
I am writing to inform you that we have just received a note and a call that the visit of Minister Harinder Takhar for the launching of our SENYEP project on Monday, June 29th, 2009 has been postponed. This is due to the cabinet reshuffle announced yesterday (June 24th, 2009) by the Ontario Government.
We have also been informed that our new minister, Sandra Pupatello needs time to settle down into her job before setting a new date. Stay tuned, we will notify you as soon as we get any new developments.
Please accept our apologies for any inconveniences caused by this postponement.
For more information regarding the cabinet reshuffle, please visit: 
http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/team/meetdalton.asp?Lang=EN

Best regards
Charity Lebeanya
Executive Director
Heritage Skills Development Centre (HSDC)
416-345-1613

Minister of Small Business and Consumer Services Hon. HARINDER TAKHAR launches The Scarborough East Newcomer Youth Entrepreneurship Training Program  (SENYEP) at Heritage Skills Development Center (HSDC).

A great opportunity to meet our Minister and other government representatives
Come bring your business card, come to mix and mingle
An excellent network opportunity

There will be Breakfast and live Entertainment

Date:Wed June 29th,2009
Time: 10:00am prompt
Venue:400 McCowan Rd, Scarborough
Intersection: McCowan/ Eglinton and Danforth Rd.
Community Breakfast Room
Ground Floor of Toronto Community Housing Building (TCHC)

For additional information please call Kay, Rose and Sidney @ 416345 1613
email : info@hsdconline.org