MYWAY (Moving Young Women's Aspirations to Reality) is a 9-month employment program designed for immigrant and refugee women between the ages of 18 to 30 who live in the Saskatoon community.

The first portion of the project is aimed at linking participants with community members and community-serving organizations, as well as providing life skills workshops (for example, on self-esteem, stress management, and goal setting). Participants are introduced to a wide range of career persons and work places through work place visits and community volunteering, to facilitate the development of their long-term employment goals.

The second portion of the project is aimed at enhancing the participants' essential skills as identified by the Government of Canada, and introducing them to employment-related life skills. This component of the project also includes resume writing workshops, interview skill development, and a 12-week work placement. MYWAY participants have been placed so far in work environments such as: banking, advertising, restaurants, engineering, accounting, and more.

These are the qualifications for participating in MYWAY:
• You are unemployed or underemployed and have little to no prior work experience in Canada.
• You are a woman between 18 and 30 years old at the start of the program.
• You are a Permanent Resident/ Landed Immigrant or person who has been granted refugee status in Canada.
• You must not be in receipt of EI (employment insurance) because this is a paid employment program.

For more information about MYWAY or to apply, please call Nora at 978-1818 extension 11.