Got Milkers – Pilot program offering new skills in dairy industry

by Admin - October 31, 2018

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A pilot program offering new workplace skills in the dairy industry.

The three-legged stool and bucket are no longer the only workplace essentials for the professional cow milker. A pilot program launched by the Workplace Essential Skills Training Centre in Steinbach, in February, will fill in the gaps for half a dozen adults interested in starting a dairy career in the milking parlor. LEARN MORE

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Workplace Education Manitoba

1000 Waverley St, Wpg, MB R3T 0P3

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WEST Centre – Winnipeg WEST Centre – Winkler WEST Centre – Flin Flon WEST Centre – The Pas WEST Centre – Swan River	WEST Centre - Thompson WEST Centre - Brandon WEST Centre - Steinbach WEST Centre - Selkirk WEST Centre – Dauphin

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WEST Training Classroom Construction Begins

by Admin - July 25, 2017

WEST Training Classroom Construction Begins

Monday, January 19, 2009

Head Office

Workplace Education Manitoba

1000 Waverley St, Wpg, MB R3T 0P3

(204) 272-5030

Fax: (204) 272-5031

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Centre Locations


WEST Centre – Winnipeg WEST Centre – Winkler WEST Centre – Flin Flon WEST Centre – The Pas WEST Centre – Swan River	WEST Centre - Thompson WEST Centre - Brandon WEST Centre - Steinbach WEST Centre - Selkirk WEST Centre – Dauphin

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WEM Launches WEST: the Workplace Essential Skills Training Centre

by Admin - July 25, 2017

WEM Launches WEST: the Workplace Essential Skills Training Centre

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Workplace Education Manitoba held a press conference and Open House to promote its new Workplace Essential Skills Training centre (WEST)

Speakers included the Right Honourable Andrew Swan, Minister of Competitiveness, Training and Trade; Heather Grant-Jury, Director of the UFCW Training Centre; Ron Koslowsky, VP of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters- MB Region, and; Darlene Dziewet, President of the Manitoba Federation of Labour.
Click here to read the Winnipeg Free Press story.

Head Office

Workplace Education Manitoba

1000 Waverley St, Wpg, MB R3T 0P3

(204) 272-5030

Fax: (204) 272-5031

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Centre Locations


WEST Centre – Winnipeg WEST Centre – Winkler WEST Centre – Flin Flon WEST Centre – The Pas WEST Centre – Swan River	WEST Centre - Thompson WEST Centre - Brandon WEST Centre - Steinbach WEST Centre - Selkirk WEST Centre – Dauphin

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Essential Skills Training in the News

by Admin - July 25, 2017

Essential Skills Training in the News

Monday, April 13, 2009

Immigrant workers train for success after workplace closure.

A group of laid-off garment workers includes Essential Skills upgrading in their strategy for success. Click here to read the Winnipeg Free Press story.

Head Office

Workplace Education Manitoba

1000 Waverley St, Wpg, MB R3T 0P3

(204) 272-5030

Fax: (204) 272-5031

Head Office

Centre Locations


WEST Centre – Winnipeg WEST Centre – Winkler WEST Centre – Flin Flon WEST Centre – The Pas WEST Centre – Swan River	WEST Centre - Thompson WEST Centre - Brandon WEST Centre - Steinbach WEST Centre - Selkirk WEST Centre – Dauphin

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Montreal’s Summer Institute 2009 – What’s Working in Manitoba and Why?

by Admin - July 25, 2017

Montreal’s Summer Institute 2009 – What’s Working in Manitoba and Why?

Monday, July 20, 2009

Manitoba’s Provincial Coordinator of Essential Skills and RPL gives 20 years of provincial Essential Skills history in 20 minutes and then looks to the future.

The theme at the Centre for Literacy of Quebec’s Summer Institute 2009 last month was Workplace Literacy and Essential Skills: What Works and Why? In her presentation to the nearly 100 participants gathered in Montreal, Sandi Howell (Provincial Coordinator, Essential Skills and RPL) revealed the strategy, process and performance indicators for growing Manitobans’ Essential Skill levels in the workplace. She also provided a spirited and insightful sketch of lessons learned.

To view all of the conference presentations, click here.

Head Office

Workplace Education Manitoba

1000 Waverley St, Wpg, MB R3T 0P3

(204) 272-5030

Fax: (204) 272-5031

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Centre Locations


WEST Centre – Winnipeg WEST Centre – Winkler WEST Centre – Flin Flon WEST Centre – The Pas WEST Centre – Swan River	WEST Centre - Thompson WEST Centre - Brandon WEST Centre - Steinbach WEST Centre - Selkirk WEST Centre – Dauphin

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ES on the Airwaves

by Admin - July 25, 2017

ES on the Airwaves

Thursday, July 30, 2009

WEM’s Audrey Bessette, the Regional Coordinator for the Pembina Valley Region sits down with Winkler’s own Chris Sumner at Eagle 93.5 to broadcast the ins and outs of workplace Essential Skills.

Head Office

Workplace Education Manitoba

1000 Waverley St, Wpg, MB R3T 0P3

(204) 272-5030

Fax: (204) 272-5031

Head Office

Centre Locations


WEST Centre – Winnipeg WEST Centre – Winkler WEST Centre – Flin Flon WEST Centre – The Pas WEST Centre – Swan River	WEST Centre - Thompson WEST Centre - Brandon WEST Centre - Steinbach WEST Centre - Selkirk WEST Centre – Dauphin

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WEM on NALD

by Admin - July 24, 2017

WEM on NALD

Sunday, September 27, 2009

WEM is NALD’s June feature for the month.

The people at the National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) thought you should know about WEM, so they featured us on their website in June. Based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, NALD works to level the playing field for learners and practitioners by providing literacy information from a wide range of sources free of charge.You can read about us here.

Head Office

Workplace Education Manitoba

1000 Waverley St, Wpg, MB R3T 0P3

(204) 272-5030

Fax: (204) 272-5031

Head Office

Centre Locations


WEST Centre – Winnipeg WEST Centre – Winkler WEST Centre – Flin Flon WEST Centre – The Pas WEST Centre – Swan River	WEST Centre - Thompson WEST Centre - Brandon WEST Centre - Steinbach WEST Centre - Selkirk WEST Centre – Dauphin

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Essential Skills in More Workplaces in More Communities

by Admin - July 24, 2017

Essential Skills in More Workplaces in More Communities

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Parklands Regional Coordinator Charlene Gulak gets the Essential Skills message out at last month’s Rural Entrepreneurship Conference in Dauphin.

Click here for article.

Head Office

Workplace Education Manitoba

1000 Waverley St, Wpg, MB R3T 0P3

(204) 272-5030

Fax: (204) 272-5031

Head Office

Centre Locations


WEST Centre – Winnipeg WEST Centre – Winkler WEST Centre – Flin Flon WEST Centre – The Pas WEST Centre – Swan River	WEST Centre - Thompson WEST Centre - Brandon WEST Centre - Steinbach WEST Centre - Selkirk WEST Centre – Dauphin

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Flin Flon C of C Gets ES Briefing

by Admin - July 24, 2017

Flin Flon C of C Gets ES Briefing

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

WEM’s northern coordinator Marlene Gogol had a rapt audience for her message to Flin Flon and District’s Chamber of Commerce on how enhancing Essential Skills benefits the whole community.

Click here to read the news article from Flin Flon’s Reminder.

Head Office

Workplace Education Manitoba

1000 Waverley St, Wpg, MB R3T 0P3

(204) 272-5030

Fax: (204) 272-5031

Head Office

Centre Locations


WEST Centre – Winnipeg WEST Centre – Winkler WEST Centre – Flin Flon WEST Centre – The Pas WEST Centre – Swan River	WEST Centre - Thompson WEST Centre - Brandon WEST Centre - Steinbach WEST Centre - Selkirk WEST Centre – Dauphin

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Social Capital Outcomes of Adult Learning and Literacy Initiatives

by Admin - July 24, 2017

Social Capital Outcomes of Adult Learning and Literacy Initiatives

Thursday, September 30, 2010

The Centre for Literacy of Quebec has just published a literature review called Social Capital Outcomes of Adult Learning and Literacy Initiatives: How Do We Measure Them?

The Centre for Literacy of Quebec delves into the main lines of discussion and inquiry around social capital and adult learning and literacy. Written as a background paper for The Centre for Literacy’s 2010 Summer Institute on workplace literacy and Essential Skills (LES), the Institute focus was “what counts and why”. To download it, click here.

Head Office

Workplace Education Manitoba

1000 Waverley St, Wpg, MB R3T 0P3

(204) 272-5030

Fax: (204) 272-5031

Head Office

Centre Locations


WEST Centre – Winnipeg WEST Centre – Winkler WEST Centre – Flin Flon WEST Centre – The Pas WEST Centre – Swan River	WEST Centre - Thompson WEST Centre - Brandon WEST Centre - Steinbach WEST Centre - Selkirk WEST Centre – Dauphin

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