About Us

Service Mandate & History

Since 1984, Lake of the Woods Employment Action Project, Inc (LEAP) has been assisting people to find jobs. LEAP is a non-profit community service which provides employment counselling, support and on the job training to residents looking for work.

Mission Statement

LEAP’s mission is to provide  employment counselling, job and educational placement, assistance with access to  community services and follow up services to persons who are unemployed, out of school and training in the Kenora and surrounding area. Our mission is to address factors that contribute to unemployment among youth and adults from the Kenora and surrounding area.

Funding

We are a non profit incorporated centre  funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. 

Accountability

LEAP has been incorporated since October 1994 and is answerable to a Board of Directors, comprised of members from education, service, fund-raising, youth, business and labour sectors of the community. The Board of Directors meet on a monthly basis to receive a report on activities and provide guidance to the Executive Director on governance issues.

LEAP also submits quarterly reports to the Ministry of Training, College and Universities on activity at the centre.

Customer Service Charter

L.E.A.P staff are dedicated to providing professional, courteous and prompt service to our participants, employers, and community. We rely on your feedback. Based on your comments, LEAP staff are constantly revising and improving our services.

  • Have we done a great job?
    If yes, a compliment is always so nice to receive.
  • Do you have concerns or suggestions for how we can improve our services?
    Your opinions are very important to us. Please provide your comments verbally to our Executive Director, a note for our suggestion box or you can write to our Executive Director. If possible, within two working days we will respond to any concerns or suggestions you have expressed (this gives us time to do our homework and find out what went wrong.)
  • Your opinion is valuable to us!
    Suggestion cards are available in the Resource Area, or feel free to forward your comments to Kerry White, Executive Director at kwhite@kmts.ca.

Location

LEAP is located at 25 Main Street South, Kenora – across from the Library.

Our office hours are:

  • Monday, Tuesday, Thursday » 9-5
  • Wednesday » 9-6:30
  • Friday » 9-4