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Dress For Success Clothing Drive
Calling all students, faculty, and staff!
Over Reading Week, take a quick visit to your
closet, a parent’s closet, a grandparent’s closet,
to consider…is there is any professional attire in
here that is no longer being worn?
If so, the Osgoode Women’s Network (OWN)
wants to help you find the perfect place to donate
your gently used clothing. Dress for Success
(DFS) is an international non-profit started in
New York City in 1997, dedicated to improving
the lives of women in our community. The organization “promote[s] the economic independence
of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career
development tools to help women thrive in work
and in life.” OWN will be holding a clothing drive
at Osgoode to aid DFS in achieving this goal.
Some interesting facts about DFS: visit http://
www.dressforsuccess.org to learn more!
The first time a client visits the organization, DFS provides the individual with a suit (and
accessories if available) appropriate for the interview she is attending. Upon securing employment, this client can return back to DFS to create
several different outfits establishing the basis for
a professional wardrobe.
The Professional Women’s Group (PWG)
program provides clients with ongoing support
beginning with the transition into the working
world, continuing throughout her career.
Dress for Success offers a Career Centre, helping women build professionalism and confidence,
while also developing technology skills for job
searches.
From the week of February 24 to 28, 2014,
please bring in items for collection. DFS accepts
clean & ready-to-wear, new and gently-used,
women’s and men’s professional attire of all sizes
including:
• Modern two-piece suits
• Blazers
• Dress pants
• Skirts
• Dresses
• Dress shirts and blouses
• Cardigans
• Purses
NE W S
• Accessories: jewelry, belts and ties
• Professional outerwear: coats, scarves, and
gloves
• Dress shoes & boots
• New (unopened) toiletries, hygiene & grooming
products
• New (unopened) hosiery & undergarments
Greatest Needs are for:
• Women’s clothing in size 0-2 and 14+
• Women’s shoe sizes 4.5-6 and 10+
• Purses
• Men’s small and regular two-piece suits sizes
36, 38 & 40
• Men’s dress shoes
The collection bin will be located in Gowlings
Hall. Thank you for your support in advance. If
you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
contact us at [email protected]. Remember to
search your closet during Reading Week!
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Want to teach in China?
Interested in combining a challenging job
with travel in a fascinating foreign country? Why
not follow in the footsteps of other Osgoode graduates who have taught law and legal English at the
Southwest University of Political Science and Law
in the city of Chongqing, located in the province of
Sichuan, Peoples Republic of China?
For the past tweleve years, Osgoode has
sent between one and three graduates to teach
in this program. The lucky few who are hired
leave Canada near the end of August and return
the following year at the end of June, unless, of
course, they decide to spend some time traveling
in Asia before returning. The Southwest University pays roundtrip air travel costs to Chongqing
and back to Canada.
The monthly wage is the highest standard for
foreign experts teaching law courses at Southwest University, (5000 Yuan approximately
$900.00 CDN). This is high by Chinese standards and more than sufficient to cover living
costs in China, although it does not, of course,
compare to “Bay Street” salaries. In addition,
an extra month of salary is paid in January to
enable the visiting teacher to travel in China or
elsewhere during the month-long