Press Release: GTA Employers And Newcomers Celebrate Mentors Who Have Given Back To Their Professional Communities
Toronto, ON (February 26, 2019) – Recent immigrants and established professionals, along with employers and employment service providers in the Greater Toronto Area are convening this evening at the Toronto Region Board of Trade to celebrate individuals and...
“The most important thing that our mentors gain is a different perspective” – Accenture on their TRIEC Mentoring Partnership Award
Professional services firm Accenture won a TRIEC Mentoring Partnership Award on February 26 for providing mentors to over 100 newcomers to Canada. The program’s Coordinator, Eric Madan, explains why mentoring is so important for a business that exists to...
“Our mentors gain personal growth and satisfaction… the feeling that they are giving back” – City of Toronto on reaching 1,500 matches
For the first time, TRIEC is giving awards to employers who have provided mentors to support more than 1,500 newcomers to Canada in their employment journeys. One of those winners is the City of Toronto. Alicja Idzior, the program’s coordinator for the...
RBC’s Largest Mentoring Cohort with TRIEC Mentoring Partnership
Three hundred mentors and newcomer mentees, three hours, one amazing orientation session. Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)’s new mentoring cohort with TRIEC Mentoring Partnership on January 25th was a huge success. It was the largest orientation session ever in TRIEC...
Employment gap narrows between university-educated immigrants and Canadian-born counterparts
The following is a story from the Toronto Star that was published online on Friday, January 18th, 2019. Written by immigration reporter Nicholas Keung, you can find the original story here. The unemployment gap between university-educated immigrants and their Canadian...
Continue to help newcomers fulfill their potential: our pre-budget submission to the Government of Ontario
Read TRIEC's submission to the Government of Ontario on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, as part of their pre-budget consultations. Introduction Immigrants are vital to the economic growth and ongoing prosperity of Ontario. They bring skills, innovation, new perspectives,...
RBC and TRIEC Announce National Expansion of Career Mentorship Program for New Canadians
Many newcomers to Canada arrive with extensive work experience and a significant education; yet many are unable to find employment where they can put this experience to good use and truly fulfill their potential. In 2017, the unemployment rate for recent immigrants...
Five Potential Diversity, Inclusion and Immigrant Integration Trends in the Workforce – 2019
2018 was a year of mixed progress for diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the Canadian labour market. On the positive side, unemployment rates for immigrants have been on the decline for the last five years,[1] and last year was not an exception. Yet, inequalities...