Five Steps In Planning a Successful Network Summit
On October 27, 2018, PINs association, Black Female Accountants Network (BFAN), hosted the Women in Leadership Summit. Chidimma Eghagha, Communications Editor at BFAN, shares her experience of organizing the event and takeaways for other organizations interested in...
“Why volunteer? I feel I’m extremely blessed in my life,” Eric Madan
There are many great ways to volunteer and give back to the community. Mentoring a newcomer and coaching them on their professional journeys is just one of those ways. To give you an idea of what’s involved in mentoring, we asked Eric Madan, a Security Strategy &...
Give, and it will be given to you – Sophie Duan
Sophie Duan, an association leader in TRIEC’s Professional Immigrant Networks program, has been volunteering for 11 years in many different organizations. As an immigrant professional herself, she believes that volunteering can help immigrants achieve success in their...
Celebrate “Giving Tuesday” with TRIEC Mentoring Partnership
Today is Giving Tuesday - a global movement dedicated to giving and volunteering each year after Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It's a time when individuals, charities and companies join together to give back and think of others. Celebrating Giving Tuesday doesn’t...
GTA’s highly skilled immigrants continue to face underemployment, report finds
Toronto, ON (November 26, 2018) – Newcomers’ ability to find skills-commensurate employment has improved, however, the challenge of underemployment continues to persist and threatens the progress being made, according to a new report published by the Toronto Region...
From coffee company CEO to coffee server – one newcomer’s journey
The majority of Canadian newcomers are highly skilled, educated, and come with years of experience as working professionals. But as indicated in our “State of Immigrant Inclusion in the Greater Toronto Area Labour Market” report, unemployment and underemployment is a...
Celebrating three outstanding champions of immigrant inclusion
The Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC) presented awards to three individuals or organizations who have demonstrated, through their partnership with TRIEC, an outstanding commitment to championing immigrants and creating the conditions for...
Eliminating the barrier of credential recognition for immigrant professionals
When TRIEC began, a key employment barrier faced by immigrants was a lack of recognition of international credentials and experience. Our newly released State of Immigrant Inclusion report has found that today, some employers are better at recognizing international...