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Mentoring

Mentoring connects recent skilled immigrants to established Canadian professionals in the same or related occupations or industries. Immigrants entering a mentoring program possess the education, experience and language skills needed to excel in the workforce. Mentoring opens networks, builds relationships and increases social capital, leading to employment.

Mentoring programs for newcomers are currently active in eight cities: Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Calgary, Edmonton,  and Vancouver.

For employers
ALLIES and the local Immigrant Employment Councils work with employers to facilitate their participation in mentoring for newcomers.

As a local employer, you can set up mentoring for newcomers within your organization, encouraging your employees to volunteer as mentors to support corporate values, develop leadership skills and build an inclusive community. As a national employer, you can roll out mentoring for newcomers across your Canadian branches  in the different cities where the mentoring program is active. ALLIES will support you at all levels in the process.

Why participate?
Employers who support mentoring report the following benefits:

• Mentoring helps the employer identify hidden talent;
  
• Employees improve their employees’ leadership and coaching skills;
  
• It is a form of community Involvement;
  
• It recognizes corporate volunteerism;
  
• Mentoring reinforces the core value of diversity; and
  
• Employers gain greater visibility.

For further information, please visit the ALLIES website or contact Valeisha Sobhee at vsobhee@maytree.com.

Other Mentoring Programs

Connections Ottawa Mentorship Program (COMP)

links volunteer professionals employed at Algonquin College, SCO Health Service and the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group with skilled immigrants in a mentorship relationship.

Mentoring Link

is a program being designed to assist internationally-trained professionals in their quest for knowledge of the Canadian workplace and relevant employment in the St. John's area. Newcomers will be matched with volunteer mentors working in their fields of expertise who would support and guide them as they conduct their job search and prepare to enter the labour market.

The Mentoring Program at Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization (OCISO)

matches established professional women with newcomer women from the same profession.