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15 Years of Immigrant Skills Inclusion in Toronto: A Report on Progress
The prominence of the conversation on diversity and inclusion has risen over the last few decades across Canada. In Toronto, much of the progress can be attributed to the work of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC) that has been driving this conversation for 15 years now. To mark the anniversary, TRIEC released the […]
Year in Review: Skilled Immigrant Integration Program
WES Global Talent Bridge |
Representatives from organizations around the country attend a convening in Toronto as part of the Skilled Immigrant Integration Program As the Successes Mount, We’re Looking Ahead This past year marked the launch of WES Global Talent Bridge’s Skilled Immigrant Integration Program (SIIP), a national pilot program offering selected communities the opportunity to leverage technical […]
Congratulations to the Organizations Awarded ORR Funding for the Refugee Career Pathways Program!
WES Global Talent Bridge |
WES Global Talent Bridge congratulates the 17 communities awarded funding from the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to implement the Refugee Career Pathways program. Four of the recipients – organizations from Denver, Santa Clara, St. Louis, and Boise/Salt Lake City – have partnered closely with Global Talent Bridge in 2018 through their participation in its […]
WES Gateway Program Launches in Canada
WES Global Talent Bridge |
The new WES Gateway Program reliably assesses credentials of immigrants displaced by conflict, environmental disasters, and economic turmoil when verifiable documents are not available. Almost 50 percent of the 47,000 Syrian refugees who escaped to Canada since 2015 attained college degrees in their home country, yet many of these individuals fled their homes without documents […]
Spotlight on the Boise, Twin Falls, Salt Lake City Team
WES Global Talent Bridge |
Boise, Twin Falls, Salt Lake City delegation at Toronto convening 2018. How has the team progressed since the start of the program? The Skilled Immigrant Integration Program has provided a structured opportunity for us (One Refugee and the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Salt Lake City; College of […]
Skilled Immigrant Integration: Spotlight on Denver
WES Global Talent Bridge |
Photo: Emily Griffith Technical College representatives at Toronto Convening. Pictured L-R: Barbara Lindsay, director of Workforce Development and Career Services; Tiffany Jaramillo, career navigator; and Heather Colwell, student navigator. Photo by Anthony Castro. Q&A With the Denver Skilled Immigrant Integration Team How has the Denver team progressed since the start of the program? Emily Griffith […]
Impact of Language on Shifting Public Discourse on Immigration
Anne Greenwood |
Photo: The 2018 conference of the WC2 University Network at Ryerson University. Photo by Aurore Hochard. There is a felt shift in the public discourse on immigration across North America as ‘irregular migration’ joins our common lexicon and immigration increasingly becomes a topic of debate. The Honourable Ratna Omidvar, C.M., O.Ont., independent senator for […]
Skilled Immigrant Integration Program Spotlight: Louisville, Kentucky
WES Global Talent Bridge |
Louisville Forward, Jewish Family Services, and KentukianaWorks make up the Louisville cohort in the WES Global Talent Bridge Skilled Immigration Integration Program. We asked Bryan Warren, who directs the Office for Globalization at Louisville Forward, about the group’s progress. How has the Louisville team progressed since the start of the program? Our professional career […]
New WES Report Showcases the Mission in Action
WES Global Talent Bridge |
In 2017, WES undertook a number of initiatives to empower skilled immigrants and international students. Along with providing thousands of credential evaluations, the organization built the foundation for offering blockchain-based digital badges to its customers, approved the creation of a philanthropic fund to accelerate efforts to help skilled immigrants integrate into the workforce, and conducted […]
New Global Talent Bridge Site: Our Content at a Glance
Morris Ardoin |
With the launch of the new Global Talent Bridge landing page on the World Education Services website, we want to engage visitors with robust content that reveals the breadth of our focus areas — at a glance. Features of the new site include recent blog posts; a list of tools, including webinars and training endeavors; […]
Spotlight on Ohio: Progress in the Buckeye State
WES Global Talent Bridge |
As we pass the midway mark of the Global Talent Bridge Skilled Immigrant Integration Program, which involves eight U.S. communities working to advance immigrant success, the Ohio team reports great momentum. “We’ve been very successful in getting the attention of Governor Kasich’s office,” says Nadia Kasvin, co-founder and director of US Together, Inc., a nonprofit […]
Strengthening the Future of Canadian Immigration
Anne Greenwood |
Digitization, cross-sector collaboration, and innovation are going to drive how Canada approaches immigration going forward. Those factors and others influencing the immigration process were among the key topics of discussion at “Strengthening Our Economy and Settlement Program,” a Conference Board of Canada summit held in May in Ottawa. The annual conference is an opportunity to […]