The Newcomer Journey to Fruitful Canadian Employment [Part 1: The Mentees]
Securing a job in a new country is not an easy task for any newcomer, but help along the way can make finding fruitful work a little less challenging. Volunteer mentors at TRIEC Mentoring Partnership hope to make the newcomer’s employment journey a bit easier and that...
RBC Mentor-Mentee Story “I feel like I have already grown”
Thousands mentors and mentees are matched every year in TRIEC Mentoring Partnership. Ahmeed and Carine came together at a huge networking event where 150 newcomer professionals met their RBC mentors for the first time in Toronto at RBC Water Park Place on January...
Saunjay Duggal – “[Mentoring] is a win-win model for everyone involved.”
A civil engineer by trade, Saunjay Duggal is a senior structural engineer at Tetra Tech, a leading provider of consulting, engineering, and technical services worldwide. Having more the 20 years’ experience in the USA, India, and Canada, Saunjay has completed more...
Karen Sinotte – “Being a mentor has made me a better listener, a better coach, a better mentor and the ability to know the difference!”
Karen Sinotte brings over 30 years’ experience in marketing, business strategy, and data analytics (primarily in financial services) to her role as professor at George Brown College. As a faculty member of the college’s School of Management, Karen enjoys teaching...
That Was Fun: Mentoring and Loaning my Network to a Recent Immigrant Professional by Darin Diehl
That Was Fun: Mentoring and Loaning my Network to a Recent Immigrant Professional Darin Diehl, Director, Content Marketing and Corporate Communications at Tangerine I had never heard of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council when I was contacted by...
Mentorship matters when it comes to career success for newcomers by Sean MacKay
The following is a story from Civic Action Leadership in January 2019. Written by digital marketing and communications professional Sean MacKay, you can find the original story here. ELN Member Spotlight: Sean MacKay 01/2019 ELN Communications Lead Sean Mackay is a...
“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...