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With an aging workforce, skills shortages & strong demand expected to continue, it’s a jobseekers’ market, and that’s good news for skilled immigrants.

Employing skilled immigrants to fill gaps will be key to Canada’s post-COVID recovery

Windmill Microlending empowers new Canadians to achieve career success

Inaugural Social Impact Report highlights results generated from Pollinator Fund’s 10 investments in first year of operation, with the latest investments...

Recently, a new report from the United Nations Refugee Agency shows that the number of displaced people from all countries reached its highest number last year…

TORONTO — Scotiabank says it is donating $2.5 million to Windmill Microlending to help skilled immigrant women with career mentoring and financial support. Windmill Microlending is a not-for-profit working to address underemployment of internationally trained professionals. It offers loans up to $15,000 to pay for the credentials, licensing, training or professional development.  Windmill Microlending CEO […]

TORONTO - Scotiabank says it is donating $2.5 million to Windmill Microlending to help skilled immig...

Claudia Hepburn: Canada needs to speed up the integration of skilled immigrants Opinion: We need to ensure that newcomers who aspire to work in health care and other licensed professions have the skills to match Canadian standards, but also to ensure that the costs of meeting those standards are not needlessly high. Author of the article: Claudia Hepburn Publishing date: Apr 09, 2021  •  3 hours ago  •  3 minute read  •  Each year, Canada welcomes hundreds of thousands of...

Benefits of having a mentor — and how to find one! Finding a mentor is a key strategy for achieving professional success in Canada. Through mentorship, skilled immigrants “gain firsthand knowledge of local best practices and industry information,” says Tony Lee, an advisor with the Career Paths program at the North Shore Multicultural Society in North Vancouver, B.C. The benefits of a personal mentor In addition to industry insights, Lee explains that a mentor can help foster understandin...

February 15th, 2021 comments Is your profession licensed in Canada? It can be a challenging journey to get back to your field Even though Canada is known worldwide as a country that welcomes newcomers, many skilled immigrants are surprised by the career challenges they face after arriving. Despite being accepted to immigrate based on their experience in in-demand professions like health care and engineering, they face costly and time-consuming barriers, such as retr...