Claudia Medina – “I knew I wanted to be a mentor as soon as I finished the program as a mentee.”
Claudia Medina is the brand governance manager at CIBC. She is an internationally trained advertising and marketing professional who moved to Canada from Venezuela with her family in the summer of 2013. She registered as a mentee in TRIEC Mentoring Partnership through...
Muhammad Sarwer – “I have memories of when I was a mentee…as a mentor I feel that I can think from a mentee’s point of view.”
Muhammad Sarwer immigrated to Canada from Pakistan with his family in 2008. He is now a Canadian citizen. He earned his MBA and worked as a web developer in his home country. He signed up as a mentee with TRIEC Mentoring Partnership a few years after landing. In 2018,...
Ali Raza – “I think it will help me learn from another person’s journey.”
Ali Raza immigrated to Canada from Pakistan in August 2013. With an MBA in Marketing and over 10 years of experience in different industries, he joined TRIEC Mentoring partnership as mentee through a bridging program with Access Employment, in November 2013. Ali now...
Camelia Bobb – “I will leave the world better than I found it…”
Camelia Bobb works as an Information Counselor in the not-for-profit sector. She is an internationally trained lawyer and came to Canada from Romania in 2001. She registered as mentee in TRIEC Mentoring Partnership through Sheridan College in 2006 and became a mentor...
Alena Miatlushka – “My purpose is to help you achieve your goal.”
Originally from Belarus, Alena settled in Canada in June 2015 after working in HR in the Middle East for 13 years. She signed up for TRIEC Mentoring Partnership through COSTI shortly afterwards. How Mentoring helped when Alena Immigrated to Canada “I was given...
Zoser Mankarious – It’s important to remember how you were feeling at that stage.
Zoser was at the forefront of launching Egypt’s first online banking system for Citibank, and he’s worked at several other top financial institutions. But when political instability struck the country in 2011, he moved his family to Canada. He found support from...
Sumeet Sethi – In the Canadian job search, “soft skills” make the difference
Sumeet Sethi migrated to Canada in 2010 from India, after gaining experience studying and working in the U.K. Sumeet works in the IT industry and holds a Master’s of Science in Computing and Information Systems. Early in his job search, he signed up with The Mentoring...
Ovais Aziz – “Believe in yourself and don’t lose hope!”
Ovais is originally from Pakistan but immigrated to Canada from the Middle East where he was working at a large financial institution. After arriving in Canada, he registered with ACCES Employment where he completed the Business Law module and signed up to be...
Akhil Shah – create a legacy that has a lasting impact
Akhil Shah migrated to Canada in 2003 from India having worked as a Pharmaceutical Sales professional for more than 20 years. Being a mentee with TRIEC Mentoring Partnership helped him greatly in his job search. Now working in regulatory affairs at Medtronic of Canada...
Laverne Moxey – mentee to mentor, pension analyst
Laverne came to Canada from the Bahamas in 2011 and took advantage of the many programs available to newcomers, including The Mentoring Partnership through JVS Toronto. “I wanted to get insight into the Canadian workplace culture,” says Laverne. “I wanted to present...