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In 1974 Toronto newcomer, Tamam McCallum, founded Working Women Community Centre (WWCC) in Toronto's west end, to address the lack of employment services for immigrant women in Canada. In June 1976, the newly opened WWCC organization acted primarily as an employment agency to help newcomer women with pre-employment and employment counselling. The Centre initially serviced newcomers hailing primarily from the Caribbean, Portugal, Spain, and South America as well as Central America. The Centre was originally named the Women’s Community Employment Centre.
Over its nearly 50 years of operation, WWCC has offered English as a Second Language (ESL) services as well as innovative employment programs. In 1978, WWCC sponsored the Working Skills Centre, a mailroom on-the-job training program for newcomer women. From 1980-1985, WWCC created the Modistas Unidas Workshop, an informal collective of skilled Portuguese-speaking dressmakers that designed an exclusive line of women’s clothing. WWCC also partnered with Humber College to offer the Electronics Assembler Program [Immigrant Women Into Electronics] from 1985-1989, providing immigrant women with skills for entry-level electronics positions.
As of 2014, WWCC serves all newcomer communities across the city, with four different offices located across Toronto.
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En 1974, Tamam McCallum, une nouvelle arrivante de Toronto, a fondé le Working Women Community Centre (WWCC) dans le quartier ouest de Toronto, afin de remédier au manque de services d'aide à l'emploi pour les femmes immigrées au Canada. L'organisation WWCC, qui venait d'ouvrir ses portes officiellement en 1976, agissait principalement en tant qu'agence pour l'emploi afin d'aider les femmes nouvellement arrivées à obtenir des conseils en matière de pré-emploi et d'emploi. Le Centre a d'abord servi les nouvelles arrivantes originaires principalement des Caraïbes, du Portugal, de l'Espagne, de l'Amérique du Sud et de l'Amérique centrale. Le centre s'appelait à l'origine le Women's Community Employment Centre (Centre d'emploi communautaire pour les femmes).
Au cours de ses presque 50 ans d'existence, le WWCC a offert des services d'anglais langue seconde (ESL) ainsi que des programmes d'emploi novateurs. En 1978, le WWCC a parrainé le Working Skills Centre, un programme de formation en cours d'emploi dans une salle de courrier pour les femmes nouvellement arrivées. De 1980 à 1985, le WWCC a créé l'atelier Modistas Unidas, un collectif informel de couturières portugaises qualifiées qui ont conçu une ligne exclusive de vêtements pour femmes. Le WWCC s'est également associé au Humber College pour proposer le programme d'assemblage électronique [Immigrant Women Into Electronics] de 1985 à 1989, permettant aux femmes immigrées d'acquérir des compétences pour occuper des postes d'entrée dans l'électronique.
Depuis 2014, le WWCC dessert toutes les communautés de nouveaux arrivants de la ville, avec quatre bureaux différents situés à Toronto.
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Working Women Community Centre has provided settlement services to Canadian newcomers and supportive counselling especially as relates to employment and labour issues.
The Centre also has provided extensive language and skills training programs.
In 2008 Working Women Community Centre received the Soroptimist International of Toronto Award for outstanding work to improve the lives of women in Toronto.
In 2007, the Federation of Portuguese Canadian Business and Professionals recognized WWCC for its outstanding professional achievement.
In 2006 Access Equity & Human Rights Award – City of Toronto - recognized WWCC for its work with immigrant women in Toronto.