ALLIES
ALLIES (Assisting Local Leaders with Immigrant Employment Strategies) is a project jointly funded by Maytree and The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation. ALLIES provides funding, information, networks and technical expertise to Canadian cities so that they can successfully adapt and implement local ideas for skilled immigrants to find suitable employment.
For more information, please read the backgrounder.
ALLIES News
ALLIES Newsletter now Available
Read the latest ALLIES newsletter featuring resources, event listings and news from across the country.
hireimmigrants.ca webinar
From Good Ideas to Practice: What we do to Create an Inclusive Environment
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
9-10am PST | 10-11am MST | 11-12am CST |
12 Noon-1pm EST | 1-2pm- AST | 1:30-2:30 NST
Visit hireimmigrants.ca to register or login to sign up for this webinar
New Brunswick to launch mentoring program
New Brunswick is the newest community to join the ALLIES family. With support from the ALLIES National Mentoring Initiative (funded by TD Bank Financial Group), the New Brunswick Multicultural Council (NBMC) will develop a province-wide mentoring program for skilled immigrants. NBMC has received funding from Citizenship and Immigration Canada to develop the program by March 2010. Read the full story >>
Ratna Omidvar on diversity’s competitive advantage
In September 2009, Ratna Omidvar, president of Maytree, sat down with Canadian HR Reporter’s Angela Scappatura to talk about the competitive advantage of diversity in the workplace.
National Mentoring Initiative
The National Mentoring Initiative supports urban centres in Canada to develop, implement and enhance mentoring programs for skilled immigrants in their communities. It will establish mentoring as a successful labour market strategy across Canada.
What the National Mentoring Initiative offers to communities
The National Mentoring Initiative supports communities to launch their own successful program through:
- Mentoring toolkit: This online toolkit highlights practices which will lead to a successful mentoring program and to generate discussion about how best to proceed. It is a description of the “nuts and bolts” of a successful model and includes good practices, indentifies discussion points, and provides ideas how to implement a program.
- Coaching: Technical assistance through coaches who have been involved in the development and delivery of successful mentoring programs in other communities.
- Networking: Opportunities to network with other mentoring service providers across Canada to share and learn from one another.
For more information, please read the backgrounder.
Contact information
Sangeeta Subramanian, Project Leader
ssubramanian@maytree.com
Funding for the National Mentoring Initiative is provided by TD Bank Financial Group.
Funded in part by the Government of Canada
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