TRIEC to announce new initiative to boost immigrant success
TORONTO, Nov. 29 /CNW/ - On Thursday, December 2nd, TRIEC will announce a new initiative that will support thousands of skilled immigrants to strengthen professional networks across the GTA. The initiative will be sponsored by Scotiabank. The announcement will be made at an event celebrating corporate partners that have reached significant milestones in mentoring skilled immigrants and helping to build networks through The Mentoring Partnership, a TRIEC program.
| What: | TRIEC's Mentoring Partnership Recognition Reception | |
| - | Scotiabank to announce sponsorship of new TRIEC initiative | |
| - | Recognizing five local organizations that have reached significant milestones in mentoring skilled immigrants | |
| When and Where: | Toronto Board of Trade, 4th floor | |
| Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 | ||
| 4 p.m. | ||
| Who: | ||
| - | Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Dr. Eric Hoskins | |
| - | TRIEC Executive Director Elizabeth McIsaac | |
| - | Scotiabank's Deanna Matzanke, Director, Global Employment Strategies and Ahmad Dajani, Vice President, Multicultural Banking | |
| - | Leadership from five corporate partners being recognized | |
| - | Representatives from 27 active Mentoring Partnership corporate partners | |
| - | Mentors and their skilled immigrant mentees | |
| - | Leaders from professional immigrant networks | |
About TRIEC's work with professional immigrant networks:
TRIEC is working collaboratively with immigrant networks to increase their capacity to more successfully connect their members to meaningful employment. Learn more about work-to-date: http://www.triec.ca/programs/ImmigrantNetworks
About The Mentoring Partnership Program:
The Mentoring Partnership is offered in the City of Toronto and the regions of Halton, Peel and York and is a program of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC). TRIEC creates and champions solutions to better integrate skilled immigrants in the Greater Toronto Region labour market. Funding for The Mentoring Partnership is provided by the Government of Ontario, The Maytree Foundation and Manulife.
For further information:
To set up interviews and/or get more information please contact:
Munira Ravji, TRIEC communications and media relations specialist
[email protected] | 416-944-1946 x 282 (o) or BB 416-464-2243
Claire DeVeale-Blane, TRIEC communications manager
[email protected] | 416-944-1946 x 271 (o) or BB 416-464-4042
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