“Why volunteer? I feel I’m extremely blessed in my life,” Eric Madan
There are many great ways to volunteer and give back to the community. Mentoring a newcomer and coaching them on their professional journeys is just one of those ways. To give you an idea of what’s involved in mentoring, we asked Eric Madan, a Security Strategy &...
Herman Chang – “I cannot think of a better way to pay it forward than to be a mentor”
Every mentoring partnership has a story of its own. Herman Chang shared the story of his partnership with Paulo Moraes, a project management professional who moved to Canada from Brazil, bringing with him an engineering degree, an MBA and PMP designation. Herman was...
Joaquin Milo – “As Benjamin Franklin once said, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
A mechanical engineer by profession, Joaquin Milo currently works as an engineering project manager at Enbridge. He first registered with TRIEC Mentoring Partnership as a mentee, after accessing support from Community Partners ACCES Employment, JVS Toronto and Costi....
Sanjeev Ohri – “I am passionate about giving back to the community and helping people find the right opportunity in the Canadian workplace.”
Sanjeeev Ohri is an experienced Business Analyst and Scrum Master at RBC bank. Having completed 10 partnerships with a successful track record, he brings a lot of knowledge and helpful advice to the people he mentors through TRIEC Mentoring Partnership. Why he started...
Sue Chan – “I want to help others like they have helped me.”
Sue Chan is the Vice President of Digital Delivery and Release Management at the Royal Bank of Canada. She has a Bachelors in Computer Science from The University of Waterloo, she has worked at RBC for 31 years — as an IT professional for most of that time. Why Sue...
Emad Bishara – “I like to help people, it’s a big reward to see them succeed in what they want to achieve.”
For the first time, in 2018, TRIEC is recognizing people who have mentored 20 or more recent immigrants to help them progress in their careers. Emad Bishara, a building engineer at the City of Toronto, is one of the mentors being celebrated for this outstanding...
Vimla Menezes – “I go into a partnership knowing I will be able to help my mentee.”
Vimla understands the challenges that many immigrants to Canada face because she and her family were once newcomers themselves. At the time she did not know of any mentoring programs for newcomers. But after completing her CPA, CGA Vimla came across The Mentoring...
Jennifer Veenboer – Mentoring incredibly talented and skilled newcomers is truly humbling
Jennifer Veenboer has a wealth of experience working in provincial and municipal government. Still, every time she’s mentored a skilled immigrant through The Mentoring Partnership – over 10 individuals since 2011 – she’s humbled by the education, skill and experience...
Andrew Bakos – Mentoring – A really worthy cause!
In 2012, Andrew Bakos signed up with The Mentoring Partnership to become a mentor in the engineering field. In that time, he has mentored many internationally-trained engineering professionals from diverse cultural backgrounds. Having recently completed his...
Santsingh (Sant) Marwaha – multiple-time mentor and a proud engineer
First introduced to The Mentoring Partnership and the opportunity to mentor immigrant professionals in 2005, Santsingh (Sant) Marwaha has been mentoring internationally trained engineers from all over the world looking for ways to get into their professional fields in...