Mentoring for Success: Sarbani Biswas’s Journey with TRIEC’s Mentoring Partnership Program
Sarbani Biswas brings over a decade of experience in data analytics and insights across various industries. Since joining RBC in 2015, she has held several roles within Personal and Commercial Banking, Group Risk Management and Wealth Management. In her current role...
Tejas Thakor – “Mentorship serves as a crucial guiding light for newcomers starting their careers in Canada”
Tejas Thakor, a Real Estate Broker Owner has worked with IBM Canada, TELUS and many start-up Tech companies. His expertise lies in bridging the realms of computer software and real estate, leveraging his in-depth knowledge of software development to enhance the real...
Teresa Cobarrubias – “I believe being “once one of them” and “now being one with them” in this journey, keeps the passion in me”
Teresa Cobarrubias has over a decade of executive administration, office management and project coordination expertise. Teresa is currently an Administrative Assistant 1 with the City of Toronto, responsible for providing executive administrative support in the...
Pradip Jaitly: Honoured for Remarkable Mentoring Impact
Pradip Jaitly is a Civil Engineer and has worked in Construction and Project Management of Residential & Commercial/Office High rise buildings. He previously worked on a prestigious project in Dubai, which has been acknowledged in the Guinness Books of World...
From Marketing Leader to Mentor: Vickram Agarwal’s Journey of Giving Back
Vickram Agarwal is a digital and technology entrepreneur, CMO and Board member. He founded Daddy's Digest, acquired in 2021, a platform addressing the parenting gap with curated content. Raised in India and the Middle East, educated in the UK, Vickram’s marketing...
“Witnessing the growth and achievements of my immigrant mentee has been an incredibly fulfilling experience.”
Sarah Haqqani successfully transitioned from a five-year career in education in Pakistan to the banking sector when she moved to Canada. In 2019 Sarah joined RBC, and over the span of four and a half years, she acquired extensive knowledge about finances and banking...
TRIEC Mentoring Partnership recognizes 46 Mentors for their outstanding mentoring achievements
Since 2004 over 12,000 mentors have registered in the TRIEC Mentoring Partnership program and have matched with over 24,000 newcomers. Many of the mentors in the program were once mentees themselves and decided to become mentors to give back to their community of...
“Since each mentee is unique, I have learned the importance of working with one newcomer at a time”
Mina Wong joined TRIEC as a mentor in 2017 and is a 10-time Mentor. Mina realized that helping new Canadians was something she had done informally for over forty years, ever since her family moved to Canada from China. As a new Canadian in public school, she was...
“Like life, some partnerships are more successful, and some are not as successful. Do not take it personally”
Veronica Seeto is a 40-time Mentor with TRIEC Mentoring Partnership. Veronica shares her mentoring story to celebrate this milestone and why she has continued to mentor newcomers for almost 18 years. What motivates you to keep coming back as a mentor? I am truly...
Mentee and Mentor Spotlight
Fara Abrar, a Mentee turned Mentor in TRIEC Mentoring Partnership knew starting a new life in a new country wouldn’t be easy. It wasn’t. “The initial days were all about getting documentation completed. Finding a space for my daughter in daycare (with exorbitant...