2012/01/11 Economic Development Committee

00:00:00	Attendance
00:00:20	Missing Matt, Janice, and John Stewart
00:00:49	Pecuniary Interest
00:00:59	Minutes of Dec 14, 2011
00:01:15	Adoption of minutes
00:01:35	Action Items from last meeting
00:01:50	Item 6.  Met with Georgian College
				College interested in municipal and education partnerships
00:03:15		Donna delegation from Georgian College
00:04:10		College pamphlets, pens, and other small gifts
00:04:55		Close - Working on strategic plan
				Donna - Inspire, Transform, and Connect
00:08:00		Corporate pespective of the college
00:08:15		Locally Marine Engineering and Navigation
00:10:10		Encourage tour of simulator
00:13;40		Shipping industry disillusioned
00:14:20		Power engineering
00:16:50		need to keep students here 
00:17:25		Owen Sound Job fair ... not enough skilled labour
00:18:40		High school was not a good experience locally
00:20:50		E.C.E, Police foundations, business programs, personal support workers
00:24:55		What types of partnerships are currently in place in Owen Sound
00:26:20		Industry advisory committees input into programs
00:27:45		Student testimonials
00:28:35		Close - students going to the cities - apprenticeship programs?
00:29:00		Practical nursing, culinary art skills
00:30:18		Gas Tech, HVAC coming soon in September
00:30:55		Apprenticeship - general carpentry
00:31:44		John ... in order to apprentices we need construction, development, and business growth
00:32:10		Cobble Beach chef was schooled at Georgian
00:36:00		Potential Flight program
00:35:50		liability issues
00:38:35		Westjet thinking of flights out of Wiarton
00:39:15		Councilling for immature youth re wages, cost of living, quality of life etc?
00:40:30		Close interjects - on the Bruce Peninsula we have more male than female students
00:42:00		57% of students live below poverty line