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2014-2017 TRIEC Strategic Plan

TRIEC and our partners have had 10 years of amazing success. Yet, skilled immigrants still face barriers to employment in the Greater Toronto Region. What is more, often they find themselves in roles that do not use their skills fully with little opportunity for...

Group mentoring a successful form of PINs collaboration

The intercultural mentoring program at JVS Toronto is a group mentoring initiative that helps connect the members of professional immigrant associations with mentors in their field. It’s a great example of how professional immigrant associations can benefit them from...

Adecco: Cultural Competence & Diversity Management

Despite being one of the most multicultural countries in the world, Canada still presents significant obstacles to those who are not of the longstanding western European, particularly British, heritage that characterized the country for much of its history. Such...

Toronto Star: Foreign-trained nurses translate skills

Drew Gough Godfrida Bamnjo comes from a family of nurses. Three of her sisters are nurses, another is a midwife and her father was a veterinary nurse. She grew up surrounded by the language and the spirit of caregiving, studied nursing (in both English and French) and...

Toronto Star: Building a bridge to Canadian career

Jaclyn Tersigni Program helps immigrants adjust to culture and find relevant employment. Ana Gabriela Garcia Murillo was a trilingual, cultured, well-educated woman when she came to Canada seeking better opportunities. The then-29-year-old Mexico City native had...