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Skilled Immigrant Integration Program
Map of Community Partners Involved in State and Local Programs Participants in the 2023-2024 program are divided into three subcohorts focused on the following themes: Developing Initiatives in the Field of Immigrant and Refugee Economic Inclusion, Creating Strategies to Promote Employer Engagement, and the SIIP Alumni Exchange. The three selected partner organizations: Mayor’s Office of […]
Career Pathways
Ways We Work
WES Spearheads Efforts to Help Refugees Have Their Educational Credentials Recognized
Initiative Addresses the Concern That a Lack of Educational Credential Recognition Is a Major Barrier to Employment and Income Stability Among Refugees TORONTO, ON–(May 18, 2016) – After years of enduring civil war, more than 25,000 Syrian refugees recently arrived in Canada and are dreaming about a successful life in their new home. Like thousands of refugees before them, they will struggle to reach their full potential if their educational credentials are not recognized. Without appropriate credential recognition, these individuals can find themselves underemployed, underpaid, and unable to achieve their aspirations or meet their potential in society.
Welcoming Communities in Action
Updated IMPRINT Map Tracks Trends in Immigrant Professional Integration Programs Across the U.S.
A growing number of states and community colleges across the country have taken new measures to help foreign-trained immigrants and refugees qualify for and find professional level work in the United States. California, Michigan, and New York as well as Arizona’s Pima Community College, and Miami Dade College in Florida are all helping foreign-born workers […]
Funding and Financing for Impact
Shifting Power Through Collaboration: Redefining Philanthropy Together
Written by Mohammad Jawad Shahabi, Program Manager Last year, the WES Mariam Assefa Fund partnered with the Foundation of Greater Montreal (FGM) to support its 2023 Collective Fund for Social Equity, a participatory grantmaking initiative and a collaboration between several funders focused on supporting asylum seekers and refugees. Asylum seekers and refugees face significant […]
Immigration
Spotlight on Success: Manjushree Thapa (Part 1)
I first learned of Manjushree Thapa’s work in 2015 when I was finishing up my trip in Nepal. Her book, Forget Kathmandu: An Elegy for Democracy, was on my friend’s bookshelf, and I was immediately gripped by its unflinching, wry, and humane examination of Nepal’s history and present-day predicaments. I finished reading the book in […]
Credential Advice
How to Survive Your First Year of College
When initially thinking of starting college, many students feel a rush of excitement. College is an opportunity for students to pursue their dreams, try new things, and become independent. As excited as some students get when they think of college, there is usually some nervousness as well. This blog post will provide tips for incoming […]
Credential Advice
Spotlight on Success: Ramanuj Basu
Ramanuj Basu is an internationally educated lawyer from India who immigrated to Canada in pursuit of a fulfilling life and career. Ramanuj’s career pathway in Canada is a reflection of the drive, sacrifices, and energy it takes to be successful as an internationally educated professional. In this spotlight on success article, we explore some factors […]
Funding and Financing for Impact
Fund for Workforce Equity Selects Inaugural Grantees to Center Workers and Learners of Color
Today, the Fund for Workforce Equity, a new pooled investment fund led by Workforce Matters, announced 15 organizations that will each receive grants of up to $75,000 for initiatives that center the perspectives of workers and learners of color in designing or implementing workforce policies and programs. The grantees – workforce development organizations from across […]
Credential Advice
Immigrant Success Story: How to Find a Job After Graduate School
Antonnet Botha is a Senior Training & Events Development Coordinator at WES. She traveled from South Africa to the United States to pursue a master’s degree in international business. Upon graduation, she completed Curricular Practical Training (CPT). However, with both a graduate degree and work experience, she did not find it easy to immediately find […]
Refugee Resettlement
How One Non-Profit Champions the Voices of Refugees
On World Refugee Day, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) calls on us to “champion [the right of refugees] to seek safety, build support for their economic and social inclusion, and advocate for solutions to their plight.” We recently sat down with Chris Khoury and Cheri Chan from Voice of Refugees, a referral […]
