WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Alan Rego
This year we’re celebrating our 8th Annual Immigrant Success Awards, which recognize extraordinary leadership in immigrant inclusion. As we do so, it's interesting to look back at our past IS Awards winners to see where they are now in their engagement with immigrant...
Launch of ICE Research Series – Redesigning Collaboration: Opportunities for Innovation in Toronto’s Labour Market
The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) has many programs and services to help new immigrants and youth find jobs, yet unemployment and under-employment among these groups remain stubbornly high. The Intergovernmental Committee for Economic and Labour Force Development is...
Thank you, Volunteers
This week is National Volunteer Week and on behalf of The Mentoring Partnership, we’d like to thank you for volunteering your time to help skilled immigrants integrate into the Toronto region labour market. As a volunteer-mentor you have shared your insights about...
TRIEC’s March e-Lert is out
Learn how we can help immigrants open G.A.T.E.S. to employment through collaboration and partnership. Also, see the names of shortlisted candidates for the Immigrants Success (IS) Awards and get recent tools, tips and news about diversity, inclusion and immigrant...
CTV News: Canada’s competitiveness will suffer if immigrants aren’t better integrated: experts
Romina Maurino Canada's global competitiveness will suffer unless companies deal with biases that are keeping professional immigrants underemployed, experts say. "Many people still don't get it. They still think that accepting immigrants to Canada is a social agenda,...
An immigrant’s path to employment
Toronto gets the lion’s share of skilled immigrants coming to Canada. Thirty-seven per cent of all foreign-born individuals in Canada live in our region. Toronto also has a wealth of organizations that provide programs and services to help immigrants connect to jobs...
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Share your experiences and perspectives with us to help us support you better. It’s been 10 years since TRIEC has been created. As we enter the next decade, we’re asking you to helps us better understand your experiences, needs and concerns. Fill out a short survey...
HBR Blog Network: Encourage Foreign-Born Employees to Participate More in Meetings
Andy Molinsky Imagine the following: Feng Li is a Chinese-born management consultant for a major American-based professional services firm in Chicago. Feng has impeccable oral and written English and outstanding technical skills. He is also very creative. In fact, he...