To Humber Faculty, Support Staff and Administrators;

On behalf of the Mentoring Partnership, I ask that you consider volunteering your time to this very important initiative.

Humber is a corporate and community partner of The Mentoring Partnership, a program of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC). This program is a collaboration of community organizations and corporate partners that connects skilled immigrants with established professionals in occupation-specific mentoring relationships. Since 2007
Humber’s Community Employment Services has been successful in over 673 mentoring matches.

Humber staff can play an important role in mentoring internationally-trained professionals by offering valuable advice and insight to help them understand Canada’s workplace cultures. A small commitment from you can have a big impact in the lives of new immigrants.

By sharing your knowledge and experience, a mentor gives 24 hours of their time over a four- month period to help a skilled newcomer navigate through the job search process. A mentor’s role is to help a skilled immigrant:

• identify skills required by market demands;
• proceed with accreditation or skills upgrading;
• improve professional terminology; and
• collect information on local industries and employers.

Mentors are needed from many occupations, including IT, business, finance, social services, education, human resources, engineering, health professions etc. - all the skills that we have at Humber.

I hope you will help demonstrate Humber’s community leadership by becoming a mentor. To get involved, please contact Peter Pipiska, Mentor Coach, Humber Community Employment Services at 416-748-7200 ext. 281, peter.pipiska@humber.ca.

Sincerely,

Chris Whitaker
President and CEO

The Mentoring Partnership brings together recent skilled immigrants and established professionals in occupation-specific mentoring relationships. As a mentor, you volunteer 24 hours of your time over a four-month period to help a skilled newcomer navigate through the job search process by sharing your knowledge and experience.\

We invite you to attend an Information Session to learn more about how you can volunteer to be a mentor – and make a difference to an internationally-trained professional’s job search strategies.

Lunch and refreshments will be served

AGENDA

12 noon – 12:05 p.m. Chris Whitaker – Welcome
12:05 p.m. – 12:08 p.m.Geraldine Babcock – Humber College
12:08 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.  Melwyn D’Costa – The Mentoring Partnership, Becoming a Mentor
12:30 p.m. – 12:35 p.m. TBC, Humber Mentor – Mentor Perspective
12:35 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. TBC, Humber Mentee – Mentee Perspective
12:40 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. Melwyn D’Costa & Peter Pipiska – Q&A
12:50 p.m. – 12.55 p.m. Elana Lewis – Closing Remarks

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