Neil Squire’s Atlantic Regional Manager, Charles Levasseur, joined The Hon. Trevor Holder, Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour, and Randy Dickinson, Chairperson, Premier’s Council on Disabilities, in Fredericton today to announce the launch of avenueNB, a new non-profit cooperative that will result in better employment services for persons with disabilities in New Brunswick.
L to R: Randy Dickinson, Chairperson, Premier’s Council on Disabilities; Charles Levasseur, Interim Chair, avenueNB and Neil Squire Regional Manager; Hon. Trevor Holder, Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour
avenueNB brings more than 20 service providers across the province of New Brunswick together to provide more consistent and more accessible services and increased educational opportunities.
“We are proud to have created the avenueNB co-operative, a collaboration between 22 professional agencies that work with persons with a disability,” said interim chair Charles Levasseur. “These agencies are crucial to providing people with training, tools, support and opportunities they may require to find fulfilling jobs within the New Brunswick labour market.”
Neil Squire is one of 22 organizations that make up avenueNB.
You may read the news release here (new window) and watch the live stream here (new window).