Make Your Future Hosts Canadian Armed Forces Virtual Event 

 To provide career information highlighting Jane Finch, Black Creek communities 

Toronto (February 17, 2021) – Young people in northwest Toronto including the Jane-Finch and Humber-Black Creek communities are invited to learn about careers in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in a special virtual recruiting session designed specifically for the area which borders Downsview Airbase and Denison Armoury, one of the CAF’s five major Divisions. 

CAF have been invited to present this information by Make Your Future (MYF), a local community group working to help young people explore and identify their career path. 

“In addition to the traditional career path of joining the Canadian Armed Forces after high school or after university, we want young people to know there are opportunities for them to join the CAF through a Co-op program while they are still in high school. In this program they can earn high school credits and a paycheck while they are training,” says Lt(N) Shortridge, Canadian Forces Recruiting Group Southern Ontario Attractions Officer, CAF. 

The first online event is scheduled for March 3, 2021 at 4pm; interested individuals can register by visiting this link: https://forces.ca/en/event/276/ 

Denison Armoury is the headquarters of 4th Canadian Division, Joint Task Force Central, and the 32 Canadian Brigade Group; the Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre at Yonge and Sheppard is one of the largest such centres in Canada. Both centres are easily accessible by TTC. 

The March 3rd Northwest Toronto virtual session will include special guest presenter Delroy Gordon, who is part of the Northwest Toronto community. 

“The CAF needs young people looking for great career options; Jane-Finch has lots of young people looking for great career options,” says Mark Tenaglia, chair of Make Your Future (MYF). MYF is part of 31 Division’s Community-Police Liaison Committee and has been working since 2018 to bring young people and employers together through school-based career fairs and events. 

“COVID-19 forced us to suspend our in-person events, but it has made us more aware of opportunities for virtual events like this one, which actually have the potential to reach even more young people across a wider area during this time,” says Tenaglia. 

“Eventually this lockdown will end, and all of our young people will be even closer to launching their careers. We hope this virtual session will give them ideas they can pursue when in-person activities like Co-op programs begin again,” says Kevin Green, President and CEO of Greenwin Corp, which sponsors MYF and provides funds, volunteers and meeting space to groups in the community. 

Make Your Future is also working with the Canadian Armed Forces to explore the idea of launching a Cadets program for kids aged 12 and older. 

“These kids do not realize how much employers need them,” says Green. “Trade unions need them, the CAF needs them, Canada needs them. We want to see them succeed. We will support their path to a career in every way possible.” 

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