ACCES Employment Services
Represented by Allison Pond, Executive Director
ACCES Employment is a leader in the not-for-profit employment services sector. More than 15,000 job seekers from diverse backgrounds use its services annually at five locations across the GTA. ACCES specializes in connecting employers to internationally-trained individuals with a wide range of professional qualifications.
Allison Pond is the executive director of ACCES Employment. In her leadership role, Allison has been dedicated to building effective and integrated services for newcomers settling in the GTA, working to ensure that internationally-trained people have full and equitable access to employment in their professions and trades. She is committed to making this happen through community collaboration, local service coordination and through partnerships with the broader public and private sectors.
Along with a previous work history in fundraising and career placement, Allison has an MA in Social Anthropology from York University where her studies focused on cross-cultural and diversity issues in employment. In 2003, she completed a York University-Shculich School of Business Management Certificate program and she is a certified ESL instructor.
Allison is currently VP of the Board of Directors of ONESTEP, the Ontario Network of Employment Skills Training Projects, an umbrella organization for the community-based training and employment sector. She is an active member of the Consortium of Agencies Serving Internationally-trained Persons (CASIP), and sits on the Career and Work Counselling Program Advisory Committee at George Brown College.
