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From Toronto and Auckland:
Webinar, July 28 & 29, 2009. ->Watch the archived event
Fulfilling the Promise: Integrating Immigrant Skills into the Urban Economy
Today’s global economy is characterized by unprecedented levels of labourforce mobility and growing levels of international trade. Research and common sense tells us that urban prosperity and well-being depends on the quality of welcome the newcomer receives and the relative success of the settlement and integration experience.
New Zealand City View
Cities that are able to harness the competitive advantage of diversity are able to reach into new markets, internationalize their customer base and benefit from skills and talent that fuel innovation and drive high performance. So how do successful cities do it?
Join Elizabeth McIsaac, Executive Director, of the internationally recognized Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council, to learn about TRIEC’s multisector approach to labour market integration and how corporate leadership can help you and your city benefit from the so-called “immigrant advantage”; with Justin Treagus, Program Director, OMEGA at the Committee of Auckland, New Zealand, and corporate partner and moderator Nick Main, Chairman, Deloitte New Zealand.
Now available online! To access the archived webinar, click here.
Read about OMEGA’s experience replicating the TRIEC model, see: From Alpha to Omega: Innovating in the Workplace.
Date (By Timezone)
July 28 in Toronto and western North America (note time zone)
16:00 in Vancouver and Los Angeles
19:00 in Toronto
July 29 in New Zealand and Australia (note time zone)
11:00 - 12:00 AM in Auckland NZ
8:30 AM in Adelaide
9:00 in AU (Melbourne Sydney, Brisbane)
Note: EU timezones are not compatible with the Toronto/New Zealand time of the webinar. For more information, please email citiesofmigration@maytree.com
Presenter bios
Elizabeth McIsaac
Executive Director, Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC)
Elizabeth McIsaac is the Executive Director of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC), a multi-stakeholder collaboration that identifies and implements local and practical solutions that lead to meaningful employment for skilled immigrants. Elizabeth has worked with TRIEC since it was launched in 2003 as a project of The Maytree Foundation. She has also held various positions at Maytree, most recently as the Director of Policy.
Before joining Maytree, Elizabeth was the Executive Director of the Association of International Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, and also worked in direct service with immigrant and refugee communities, as well as holding various roles in research and teaching.
Justin Treagus
Programme Director, OMEGA
Justin joined the Committee for Auckland as Omega’s Programme Director in January 2008. Justin brings a diverse array of experience in Leadership, Learning, Organisational Development and Change Management. His experience includes roles in Corporate, Consulting and Non Profit Organisations, with his work varying from developing E-Business capability within a global corporation, to piloting and developing a best practice adolescent peer leadership programme in Africa.
His passion for cultural diversity developed from living and working through South Africa’s transformation into a multicultural society and being part of a global organisation in Europe that actively pursued cultural diversity. Married to a Kiwi, Justin moved from Cape Town to New Zealand four years ago.
For more infomation and good ideas on Immigrants and the Job Market, see this online interview with Liz MacIsaaac, and Tavia Grant and Jennifer Yang, of Toronto’s The Globe and Mail. The interview wraps up a special report on the two sides of Canada’s economic recovery with a look at immigrants in the work force (The Globe@Mail, Toronto, August 28, 2009). Go to the interview. 
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