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In the News Archive

Previous media coverage on the Council's activities include:

• Attirer et retenir une main-d'œuvre qualifiée (Le Bulletin des agriculteurs, June 2)
• Demand for Farm Labourers Expected to Grow by 15 Percent (Western Producer, April 29)
• La Liberté - article published following the regional forum in Langley (French-language weekly newspaper in Winnipeg, April 21)
• BC Farms Run Short of Workers: Regional forum helps identify workplace needs and how to meet them (Vancouver Sun, April 17)
• Le CCRHA veut contrer la pénurie de main d'oeuvre agricole (Radio Canada - Saskatchewan, April 15)
• Développement des compétences en agriculture (Radio Canada - Winnipeg, April 14)
• La Chaîne Argent, a Montréal television program focused on economic and labour issues - coverage following the regional forum in Guelph (March 16)
• Pénurie de main-d’œuvre agricole (Le Journal de Québec, March 16)
• Lake 88 FM in Perth - coverage following the regional forum in Guelph (March 15)
• Guelph Mercury - article published following the regional forum in Guelph (March 15)
• CKPC-FM in Brantford - coverage in advance of the regional forum in Guelph (March 10)
• Survey tackles ag labour needs (BetterFarming.com, February 10, 2010)
• Components of a Basic Human Resource Management Plan and Farm Labour (Spud Smart, Winter 2010)
• 9% of all jobs in primary agriculture are unfilled is a report on CAHRC’s Atlantic Regional Forum (NB Business Journal.com, February 5, 2010)
• Interviews with Danielle Vinette and Patrice Finnigan (CBC Radio New Brunswick, February 4, 2010)
• Regional forum taking place in Moncton Wednesday(TelegraphJournal.com, January 30, 2010)
• Agriculture Sector Panel for economic development in Leeds and Grenville Counties includes Mark Wales, who speaks about agritalent.ca and CAHRC’s emerging markets project (EMC Kemptville. January 7, 2010)
• Producer retires from CAHRC Board features the retirement of Aaron Strauss from the CAHRC Board of Directors and includes the Council’s website address (Western Producer–Ag Notes, January 7, 2010)
• A farm labour overview (Lexi Bainas, Cowichan Valley Citizen, September 25, 2009
• Search for future farmers (David Imrie, CTV Southwestern Ontario, September 22, 2009)
• WorkFORCE: Look in the mirror. Would you want you as a boss? As agriculture's labour shortage gets more intense, this may be the most important question you never asked (Country-Guide.ca, Aug/Sept 2009)
  
• New approach to farm workers (Opinion Editorial, The Western Producer, June 11, 2009)
  
  

agritalent.ca is launched!

The first national database of agriculture-related training programs was launched before agriculture and education leaders on the eve of CAHRC’s Annual General Meeting, which is taking place in St. John’s. Read more...

• HR council launches ag training database (GrainNews, June 12, 2009)
• HR council launches ag training database (Alberta Farmer, June 12, 2009)
• Farm career training database launched (GreenhouseCanada.com, June 10, 2009)
• Agriculture sets site on future (Fruit and Vegetable Magazine, June 10, 2009)
• AgriTalent.ca launched (Buy from the Farm on Twitter.com, June 10, 2009)
  
  

Three New Council Projects Receive Funding!

During a visit to La Ferme Gillette in Embrun, Ontario on September 3, 2008, local MP Pierre Lemieux (Glengarry-Prescott-Russell) announced $1.3 million in funding on behalf of the Government of Canada for these new projects. Read more...