Recent employer sector dialogues, roundtables and focus groups have highlighted the deeper challenges that employers face when attracting, hiring, onboarding and retaining newcomers. In an effort to help BC employers … Continued

IEC-BC’s FAST Program has been expanded to include pre-arrival services for immigrant workers in 35 skilled trades, 16 occupations in IT and Data Services, and 17 occupations in Biotechnology and Life Sciences.

They are City of Vancouver Engineers, Architects, Urban Planners, Business Analysts, HR, IT and Finance Specialists; and each of these 119 people has made a difference in the lives of newcomers to Canada.

A huge ThankYou to each of our 500 mentors who have generously shared their knowledge, expertise, local insights, and connections – helping newcomers to our country prepare for success in the Canadian labour market.

With immigration discourse coming to the fore – both nationally and internationally – we have a unique opportunity to re-affirm our country’s leadership and re-assert our “Canada brand.”

IEC-BC thanks Kelly Pollack for 8 years of vision, leadership and inspiration, welcomes Patrick MacKenzie as new CEO effective April 3, 2017.

Zhila Pirmoradi got matched with her City of Vancouver mentor shortly after she arrived from Iran, and now 18 months later she works as an analyst in the City’s Continuous Process Improvement Program.

IEC-BC’s Kelly Pollack penned an OpEd in The Vancouver Sun on the need for concerted strategies and actions to connect refugees to meaningful employment.

Hear first-hand from 6 new Canadians who arrived in BC as refugees about their big dreams for a new life here, and learn from innovative BC employers who realized early enough that tapping into this talent pool is a win, win.

Our recent event “Tapping into New Talent: Opportunities for BC Businesses” has generated interest among BC’s news organizations, and you can access top stories and interviews here.