Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC)

Building Employer Awareness

Building Employer Awareness: This program is designed to change perceptions among Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) about the strong business case for hiring internationally-trained individuals. An intensive twelve-month media campaign will target the business audience and will outline both the benefits that result from hiring immigrants and the resources available to assist in the process. Audience awareness levels will be tracked throughout the campaign to ensure effectiveness. A public relations initiative will use media kits, press releases, interviews and article placements to reinforce the effect of the advertising campaign.

Contact:
Kevin McLellan, Program Manager
Phone: 416-944-1946
Email: kmclellan@triec.ca
Website: www.hireimmigrants.ca

Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC)

Bringing Employers Onboard

Bringing Employers Onboard: is developing and implementing a coordinated outreach and education strategy for employers and human resource professionals to promote the benefits of hiring internationally-trained individuals (ITIs). The project also aims to build options for employers to successfully recruit, retain and promote ITIs in workplaces in the Greater Toronto Area.

Contact:
Kevin McLellan, Program Manager
Phone: 416-944-1946
Email: kmclellan@triec.ca
Website: www.hireimmigrants.ca

Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC)

Employer Toolbox

Employer Toolbox: assists Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) to effectively recruit and hire internationally trained individuals (ITIs) by promoting change in human resource practices. Program components include:

• Training job developers to advise businesses on building awareness and capacity for bringing skilled immigrants into their workforce
• The use of a human resources expert to assess current practices and recommend change
• The improvement of hireimmigrants.ca to position it as the authoritative source for information on hiring ITIs
• Engaging third-party human resource service providers to improve the services they offer to SMEs in hiring immigrants.

Contact:
Kevin McLellan, Program Manager
Phone: 416-944-1946
Email: kmclellan@triec.ca
Website: www.hireimmigrants.ca

Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC)

Workshops for Change

Workshops for Change: This project is developing and delivering workshops designed specifically for Small and Medium sized Employers (SMEs). These employers have traditionally lacked the human resource capacity to effectively assess foreign credentials and work experience, leading them to view hiring immigrants as a risk. Working with Ryerson University, TRIEC will offer workshops designed to meet the particular needs of the finance/accounting, IT/technical and health sciences sectors, along with a more general workshop for other SMEs. Content will be drawn from existing research by hireimmigrants.ca along with other case studies, with emphasis on awareness and leadership, planning and sourcing candidates, developing staff and creating an inclusive work environment.

Contact:
Kevin McLellan, Program Manager
Phone: 416-944-1946
Email: kmclellan@triec.ca
Website: www.hireimmigrants.ca

Algonquin College

Settlement to Employment Program (STEP)

The “Settlement to Employment Program” will facilitate the rapid integration of internationally trained individuals to employment in the field for which they have been trained and educated. The program will provide individual assessment including language assessment, settlement to employment counselling, educational pathways, employment/profession specific training, profession-specific mentorship and profession-specific work placements. Emphasis will be placed on engineering, financial services, accounting, information technology and the trades.

Contact:
Colette Garvin
Email: garvinc@algonquincollege.com

United Way/Centraide Ottawa

Hire Immigrants Ottawa

“Hire Immigrants Ottawa” will develop and implement solutions to integrate internationally trained individuals into the Ottawa region workplace. The project will provide a structure for employer leadership and participation through three main components: an employer summit and employer circle of champions, an employer engagement strategy, and an employer marketing and communications campaign.

Contact:
Carole Gagnon, Project Lead
Phone: 613-228-6700
Email: cgagnon@unitedwayottawa.ca

WIL Counselling for Training and Employment

Access Centre for Regulated Employment- ACRE

Access Centre for Regulated Employment (ACRE): provides current information in the London area on licensure, local and provincial labour market information, and assists internationally trained individuals in the licensing process. The Centre also provides information on training and academic upgrading initiatives and helps facilitate appropriate referrals to education and training facilities.

Contact:
Anne Langille, General Manager
Phone: 519-663-0774

WIL Counselling for Training and Employment

SkillsInternational.ca Marketing and Enrolment Program

SkillsInternational.ca: is a searchable online database of candidate profiles that markets the skills and experience of internationally trained individuals seeking employment in Ontario. The project will develop online support tools to assist employers in maximizing the effectiveness of hiring practices and addressing labour market needs.

Contact:
Sohail Khan, Project Manager
Phone: 519-663-0774 ext. 237
Email: sohail@wil.ca
Website: www.skillsinternational.ca

Niagara Training and Adjustment Board

Niagara Immigrant Employment Initiative

The “Niagara Immigrant Employment Initiative” will develop a model to attract and integrate internationally trained individuals (ITIs) into Niagara’s community and workforce through the identification and reduction of existing barriers to successful integration. The project will work with area employers both to identify barriers and promote the benefits of employing immigrants, with the goal of increasing employer commitment to hiring ITIs. The result will be a seamless approach to immigrant settlement, employment, health care and social services, with employers actively engaged in every step of the process.

Contact:
Trudy Parsons
Phone: 905-641-0801
Email: tparsons@ntab.org

Career Edge Organization

Career Bridge Accelerated Marketing Campaign

The “Career Bridge Accelerated Marketing Campaign” will increase the number of Career Bridge internships offered in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) through a targeted marketing and sales campaign. This initiative will be targeted at large employers who are likely to become 'repeat' host Career Bridge employers.

Contact:
Donna Smith
Phone: 416-977-3343 ext. 259

Greater Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber of Commerce

Employer Engagement Strategy

The “Employer Engagement Strategy” is being delivered by The Waterloo Region Immigrant Employment Network (WRIEN), a local strategy to help ensure that the skills of immigrants are more optimally used to the benefit of immigrants and their families, the economy and the community as a whole. The project will actively engage Waterloo area employers to change perceptions of the benefits and barriers involved in hiring internationally trained individuals (ITIs). The program will use a marketing campaign, an employer resource guide, immigrant hiring forums and case studies of successful contributions immigrants have made to area employers to demonstrate the value of hiring newcomers. Site visits and focus groups with employers will help identify the specific barriers these employers have faced, and solutions they have adopted, in integrating immigrants into their workplaces. In addition, a Breakfast Series and workshops will allow potential employers to interact directly with ITIs to discuss integration and employment opportunities.

Contact:
Peter McFadden, Program Manager
Phone: Telephone: : 519-749-6033 
Email: pmcfadden@greaterkwchamber.com

Community MicroSkills Development Centre

Newcomer Employment Integration Project

This project is designed for people who were trained internationally in the information technology and business services fields. The program works with both participants and employers, to help participants find employment. Participants receive:

• Assessment of their credentials
• Help with career planning
• Advice about job searching strategies
• Orientation to Ontario workplace culture and communication.

The program also helps employers to:

• Create job shadowing opportunities
• Provide work placements
• Provide employment
• Learn about recruiting, hiring, and integrating people who are internationally trained.

The program also provides seminars for participants, which are developed with employers. These seminars provide information about labour market opportunities and requirements for specific occupations, sectors and industries.

Contact: Hazel Webb, Program Director
Phone: 416-247-7181
Email: hwebb@microskills.ca
Email: www.microskills.ca