Globe and Mail: Productivity woes aggravated by failure to hire new immigrants
Companies that fail to capitalize on the skills of new immigrants are aggravating Canada’s productivity woes by erecting employment barriers that hamper innovation and economic growth. And if foreign-born workers continue to experience the promise of prosperity as...
TRIEC’s fall e-Lert is out
Read about the changes we’ve made to the TRIEC website and why, how a Metro Morning story helped connect a skilled immigrant with his first job in Canada and why group mentoring is working for professional immigrant networks. TRIEC’s Executive Director, Elizabeth...
Globe and Mail/Economy Lab: What’s in a name? A job, maybe
Tavia Grant Job seekers with common anglophone names such as Greg Brown on their résumés get more responses from employers in Canada’s three largest cities than applicants with foreign-sounding names – regardless of work experience, education or language proficiency,...
HRReporter.com: It’s never about the awards, but they sure look pretty
Why the Canadian HR Reporter Individual Achievement Award continues to motivate winner to do more By Michael Bach Now that it’s officially October, it’s much more challenging to recall that we did just have a summer. Most of us are back to busy and are fully ramped up...
Metro Morning mention provides new immigrant with link to first job in Canada
John Simeone is a faithful listener of CBC Toronto’s Metro Morning. Early on in the year he heard an interesting interview about skilled immigrants trying to find work in their field and mentally filed the name TRIEC as an organization that is working to improve...
TRIEC presents at: The Conference Board of Canada’s Leaders’ Roundtable on Immigration
The Leaders’ Roundtable on Immigration will bring together business leaders, government officials and practitioners to address common issues related to immigration. When October 17-18, 2011 Where Ryerson UniversityThe G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education,...
TRIEC participates in: The Peel Halton Workforce Development Group’s workshop
World of Talent on Your Doorstep workshop This event is brought to you by the Peel Halton Workforce Development Group (PHWDG), in collaboration with ACCES Employment, Sheridan College, JobSkills, and Skills for Change. When October 6, 20118 – 11 a.m. Where Living Arts...
Globe and Mail: Helping immigrant workers fit in
Marlene Habib Aileen Raquel knows all too well how tough it can be for an immigrant worker to adjust in Canada and why employers need to take their struggles seriously, especially as the country prepares for a projected influx of immigrant talent over the next 20...