Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council to celebrate winners of fourth
annual Immigrant Success Awards

Businesses benefit from immigrant talent

TORONTO, March 23 /CNW/ - The Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC) and RBC are pleased to invite media to attend a reception to announce and honour the winners of this year's Immigrant Success (IS) Awards. Four companies and one individual will be recognized for their steadfast commitment to recruiting and integrating skilled immigrants at an invitation-only reception hosted by RBC on Thursday evening.

    
    What:  TRIEC's IS Awards ceremony and winners reception

    When:  Thursday, March 25, 2010
           5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

    Where: RBC, Royal Bank Plaza, 200 Bay Street, South Tower, 40th Floor

    Who:
           -  MC - Matt Galloway, Host, Metro Morning, CBC Radio One 99.1
           -  Keynote - Zabeen Hirji, Chief Human Resources Officer, RBC and
              Co-Chair, TRIEC
           -  Four GTA companies and one individual from the business
              solutions, manufacturing, healthcare, legal and human resources
              sectors that have demonstrated leadership and innovation in
              integrating skilled immigrant talent
    

For profiles of the winners and more information about the IS Awards, please visit www.isawards.ca.

The IS Awards are presented by TRIEC and sponsored by RBC, with media partners Canadian HR Reporter, CBC Toronto and the Toronto Star.

About TRIEC

The Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC) creates and champions solutions to better integrate skilled immigrants into the Greater Toronto Region labour market. For more information on the work of TRIEC visit www.triec.ca.

For further information: and to RSVP for the award reception, please contact: Emily Mills at [phone] x 282 or [email protected]; Claire DeVeale-Blane at [phone] x 271 or [email protected]