A review of TRIEC's PINs program in 2014-15.

1. PINs Leaders Roundtable: Building on our
Strengths
March 7 2015
www.NetworksForImmigrants.ca

2. Time Agenda item
9:00 am Registration
9:20 am – 9:25 am Welcome
9:25 am – 10:00 am Program Review: Building on our Strengths
10:00 am – 12 noon Introduction to Network Mapping
12:00 noon-1:15pm Lunch, open networking
PINs association video shoot (Room 302)
1:15 pm – 2:05 pm Breakout session #1
2:05 pm – 2:15 pm Afternoon break and snack (Room 309)
2:15 pm – 3:05 pm Breakout session #2
3:10 pm – 3:30pm Final remarks and close (Room 308)
Today’s Agenda

3. Racquel Sevilla
Director of Immigrant Employment Initiatives,
TRIEC
Program Review: Building on our
Strengths

4. Who’s in the Room
• Association of Professionals in Thorncliffe
• Canadian Colombian Professional
Association
• Canadian Hispanic Lawyers Association
• Canadian Network of Iraqi Engineers and
Architects (CNIEA)
• Career Networking Club
• Chinese Workers Support Network
Professional Group
• CIMA Canada
• Communications, Advertising and Media
Professionals (CAMP Networking)
• Council of Filipino Canadian
Professionals of Ontario
• EXATEC ONTARIO
• I CAN SOW
• International Medical Graduates Waste-
Prevention Network
• JoinTheLeaders
• KCWA Family and Social Services
• Latin American MBA Alumni Network
(LAMBA)
• Latin Project Management Network
(LPMN)
• Muslim Association of Canada
• MANYATTA
• M-Bridge Culture Integration Society
for Professionals
• Mexican Talent Network, Toronto
Chapter
• New Canadian Media Professionals
• Nepalese Canadian Community
Services
• PINs@YorkU
• RDÉE Ontario
• TNO-IDEAS
• University of Asmara Alumni
• Women of Success

5. PINs Learning Exchange Video

6. Thank you to PINs sponsor and funder.

7. .
Goal:
To work collaboratively with professional immigrant associations
to increase their capacity to connect their skilled immigrant
members to employment.
Objectives:
• Raise awareness of the associations to skilled immigrants
and to employers
• Foster collaboration between the associations and key
partners – employers, professional associations, service
providers, government, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Develop leaders of professional immigrant associations by
providing learning opportunities and refer them as experts on
immigrant employment at consultations and in the media.

8. Building on our Strengths
Recognition
• Model for Collaboration
• PINs associations
• PINs leaders as
spokespersons

9. Building on our Strengths
Network
Our PINs community is
represented by:
55 PINs associations represented by
over 100 leaders serving more than
30,000 members across the GTA
70 PINs partner organizations
including: community organizations,
employment agencies, post secondary
institutions and other stakeholders

10. Building on our Strengths
Collaborations and Partnerships
Community Matters Toronto

11. Building on our Strengths
Focus on Employment
• PINs as a talent source
• 3 networking events
• Magnet pilot
• TRIEC programs and
resources
• PINs member survey

12. Building on our Strengths
Platform for Collaboration
• Staff and funding to deliver
program
• Website, online community
and communications tools

13. What’s Next?
TRIEC Priorities 2015/16
• Scale-up the Mentoring Partnership
• Sustain and enhance Connector model for scale
• Increase employer engagement
• TRIEC Campus: increase usage and develop new
tools
• Identify solutions to support immigrants who are
underemployed
• Pre-arrival program (pending funding): support
both immigrants and employers

14. What’s Next?
Raise Awareness
• Ramp-up awareness building and
outreach efforts
• Website revamp

15. What’s Next?
Foster collaboration
• Strengthen and develop the PINs
network
• Pathways for PINs members to
participate in TRIEC programs
• Quarterly meetings
• Employer connections

16. What’s Next?
Develop leaders
• E-learning modules with
facilitated sessions
• Speaking opportunities for PINs
leaders
• Volunteer Toronto’s “Grassroots
Growth” project

17. • Your members: membership survey
highlights
• Our network: introduction to networking
mapping and analysis
• Your associations: Video shoot for PINs
promotional video
• TRIEC programs: learn how your
members can benefit and explore how
we can work together
Today’s purpose

18. Closing Remarks & Thank You
• Please complete the Evaluation for today’s event in
your kits
• See you at the PINs Annual Networking Event!
May 6, 2015 at the Arcadian Loft 5:30 – 7:30pm