Successful job-training program highlighted at Semaine Horticole -- Conference topics also include COOL preparations and tapping into consumer trends

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Working in a greenhouse requires a large assortment of skills, from dexterity to technical knowledge, from physical strength to an eye for detail, and from communication skills to patience. Seeding is one job that requires a lot of patience, but Raymo nd Gingras Monette knows it now more than ever before, and he appreciates it. Gingras is participating in a project in Quebec's Monteregie region southeast of Montreal, the objective of which is to integrate young people with employment challenges, such as physical limitations, into the work environment. With the financial support of Human Resources Development Canada and other regional and local partners, Gingras and 21 other students received basic training in horticulture, and went on to work in a gr eenhouse in Beauharnois on the South Shore, "We also gave them a sense of attitude, and of what is appropriate behaviour to find and maintain employment," says Marie Montplaisir, one of the project's directors. "That's part of our objective. "