Leading the way in immigrant mentor recruitment
The City of Toronto was one of five corporate partners recognized for its leadership in mentor recruitment. The Mentoring Partnership, one of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council's (TRIEC) initiatives, has proven to be a successful strategy to get skilled immigrants closer to meaningful employment. The program brings together recent skilled immigrants and established professionals in occupation-specific mentoring relationships. Since 2004, over 5,300 skilled immigrants have been mentored by professionals from over 50 corporate partners.

Top row, left to right: Deloitte's Yezdi Pavri, TRIEC executive director Elizabeth McIsaac, Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Dr. Eric Hoskins, Scotiabank's Brian Toda, and City Manager Joe Pennachetti. Bottom row, left to right: KPMG's Michael Bach, TRIEC chair of the board Ratna Omidvar, and TD Bank Financial Group's Carrie Blair. photo credit: Mansa Photography

Profession to Profession

Are you an internationally trained professional living in Toronto who needs help finding work in your field/occupation? If your training and experience is in one of the fields below and you are interested in being mentored by a City of Toronto employee working in these fields, visit The Mentoring Partnership

Members of the Toronto Public Service working in any of these fields or occupations can become a mentor (* most needed)

• Accounting/Finance *
• Business Administration *
• Business Development *
• City Planning
• Communications
• Engineering / Architecture *
• Facilities Management
• Human Resources
• Information & Technology *
• Laboratory Sciences
• Legal Services
• Marketing *
• Public Health
• Public Policy
• Purchasing & Materials Management
• Social Policy
• Special Events Planning

The Profession to Profession Mentoring Immigrants Program responds to employment barriers faced by skilled immigrants in Toronto by engage City staff to mentor new immigrants who have training in related fields/occupations. About 600 skilled immigrants have been mentored by City staff since the program began in 2004. The City of Toronto collaborates with a consortium of community agencies to match experienced members of the Toronto Public Service with skilled immigrants and mentor them for a period of four to six months. Mentors provide job search advice and support to help ease newcomers' transition into the Canadian job market.

If you are Toronto resident professional and want to mentor a skilled immigrant in your community, or if you are a skilled immigrant interested in participating in the program, please register online with The Mentoring Partnership.