This presentation underscores the benefits of TRIEC and other immigrant employment councils for effective immigrant integration. The presentation explains how OMEGA, an immigrant employment council in New Zealand, was able to learn from the TRIEC experience in the Toronto Region and set up an immigrant integration initiative that would work at home.

1. Fulfilling the Promise: Integrating Immigrant Skills into the Urban Economy Welcome Presentation by Elizabeth McIsaac (TRIEC, Toronto) and Justin Treagus , (OMEGA, Auckland) Remarks by Nick Main (Deloitte New Zealand) July 28/29, 2009

3. Cities of Migration Partners

4. Fulfilling the Promise: Integrating Immigrant Skills into the Urban Economy Justin Treagus, Programme Director, OMEGA Cities of Migration Webinar July 28/29, 2009

6. Why OMEGA?

7. City to City, from TRIEC to OMEGA OMEGA Model TRIEC sharing

9. Fulfilling the Promise: Integrating Immigrant Skills into the Urban Economy Elizabeth McIsaac, Executive Director, TRIEC Cities of Migration Webinar July 28/29, 2009 New Realities. New Opportunities.

10. Immigration to Canada: Immigration to Toronto Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada, 2005

11. Underemployment (2001) Source: Schellenberg, Statistics Canada, September 2004

14. Stakeholder Engagement

17. Creating opportunities for skilled immigrants to connect to the labour market The Mentoring Partnership – program snapshot As of May 2009 Registered mentors 2913 Matches 4489 Corporate partners 52

19. Working with employers

20. hireimmigrants.ca Roadmap

21. hireimmigrants.ca Roadmap

22. Building employer awareness

23. Recognizing Success: IS Awards

24. Leveraging Employer Champions