Stories  >>  Media Gallery  >>  Leadership Messages

Leadership Messages


Leadership strategies for successfully integrating skilled immigrant talent

Gordon Nixon, President and CEO, RBC and chair, TRIEC, speaks about the important role that business leaders can play by setting goals around diversity and integrating skilled immigrants.


Skilled immigrant integration and organizational change

Zabeen Hirji, Chief Human Resources Officer, RBC and co-chair, TRIEC, talks about changing corporate culture to recognize, welcome and leverage assets of the skilled immigrant talent pool. She also speaks about successful strategies for making this kind of change a reality.


The business case for skilled immigrant integration

Gordon Nixon, President and CEO, RBC and chair, TRIEC, speaks about the business case for skilled immigrant integration, why it’s important for companies to tap into this diverse talent pool and the impact of immigration on how RBC does business.


Building corporate support for immigrant employment
Dominic D’Alessandro, founding TRIEC chair and Manulife’s retired President and CEO, speaks with Ratna Omidvar about why he and Manulife stepped up as early champions for immigrant employment. He also speaks about the impact of TRIEC’s work during the organization’s first six years.

 

 

  • Related Content

    Board of Directors

     See more
    Gord Nixon to lead Ontario Jobs and Prosperity Council

    Gord Nixon, CEO of RBC and co-chair of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council has been a…

     See more
    Selection Committee

    Barb Conway, Canadian HR ReporterBob Hepburn, Toronto StarDr. Dan Ondrack, Rotman School of Management, University of TorontoJennifer Lynn, Diversity Advantage InternationalKathy Lockwood, Manulife FinancialKay Blair, Community MicroSkills Development CentreKim Clark, CBC TorontoNiranjan Brahmbhatt, American Express CanadaNorma Tombari, RBCSue Skawinski, Thales Canada…

     See more
    Toronto Star: New Canadian immigrants are bearing the brunt of the recession

    Paul Dalby
    Dreams sometimes get a sharp reality check, and that’s especially true for skilled immigrants hoping to start a new life in Canada. …

     See more
    Hamilton Spectator: Immigrant job searchers need better access, more training

    A report released Tuesday by the Toronto-Dominion Bank says Ottawa could put 370,000 more people …

     See more