DEI Strategy

1 hourGuides

Employer’s Guide: Newcomers and Your Workplace

Attraction, hiring and retention strategies are important aspects that employers must embrace to ensure a competitive business environment.

Published Date: 13 March 2024DEI StrategyDiversityHow to find talentHow to hire talentHow to retain talentInclusionInclusivity StrategyOnboardingRecruitmentRetentionENAccess the Guide
25 minReports

Hiring Immigrant Talent: The Path to a Thriving Workforce

We trust you will find in this report valuable Insights, best practices and solutions that will fuel your efforts to attract and retain newcomer employees, in an inclusive and sustainable way.

Published Date: 12 March 2024AttractionDEI StrategyHow to find talentHow to hire talentHow to retain talentMentoringMulticultural IntelligenceOnboardingRecruitmentRefugeesRetentionENAccess the Report
1 hourPrintable Resource

Guelph-Wellington Employers’ Guide to Hiring and Retaining Newcomers and Immigrants

Key principles to attract and retain an immigrant workforce. As Canada’s workforce shrinks and more employers begin to face skills and labour shortages, immigration has been recognized to be a critical source for economic growth and workforce development.

Published Date: 12 March 2024DEI StrategyHow to hire talentHow to retain talentOnboardingRecruitmentRetentionENAccess the Resource
45 minToolkit

Employer Toolkit: Attracting and Integrating Internationally Trained Employees (ITEs) in South Okanagan-Similkameen

Guide to attracting and integrating Internationally Trained Employees (ITEs) in South Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia.

Published Date: 12 March 2024DEI StrategyHow to hire talentOnboardingRecruitmentENAccess the Toolkit
1 hourToolkit

Employer’s Tool Kit – Foreign Trained Professionals

Essential guide to employing highly skilled workers in the Greater Quinte Area, Ontario.

Published Date: 12 March 2024How to find talentHow to hire talentInclusionInclusivity StrategyRecruitmentENAccess the Toolkit
4 minsVideos

Immigration Matters for Canadian Companies – Friesens Corporation Testimonial

Immigration Matters For Canadian Companies— Friesens Corporation— Altona, Manitoba

Published Date: 12 March 2024InclusionENAccess the Video
53 minsWebinar (On-Demand)

Webinar – How to Assess Credentials and Screen-In New Canadians

On November 20, 2014, IEC-BC hosted a webinar on assessing credentials of new Canadians with Sarah Husain, HR Business Partner with Coca Cola and Roger Hur, Manager with International Credential Evaluation Services at BC Institute of Technology.

Published Date: 06 February 2024How to hire talentInclusionRecruitmentENAccess the Webinar
1 hourToolkit

The Employer’s Roadmap: Hiring & Retaining Internationally Trained Workers

Hiring & Retaining Internationally Trained Workers (ITWs) can help you: 1) Meet your labour needs; 2) Increase your competitiveness; 3) Access new markets; 4) Make your organization more effective; 5) Connect you with other valuable workers and organizations.

Published Date: 14 November 2023DiversityHow to hire talentHow to retain talentRecruitmentRetentionENAccess the Toolkit
25 minPrintable Resource

Enabling the Economic Inclusion of Refugees

This briefing paper by the World Economic Forum’s Refugee Employment Alliance builds on what enabled the rapid labour market inclusion of Ukrainian refugees to identify globally relevant strategies for refugee employment.

Published Date: 10 November 2023AttractionBelongingBusiness Case for InclusionDEI StrategyRefugeesENAccess the Resource
10 minPrintable Resource

Measuring Cultural Intelligence: Implications and Opportunities

Cultural intelligence is an ability that varies with individuals and explains differences in intercultural effectiveness. This ability is difficult to assess, yet managers must be able to measure it in order to determine which employees are talented at working across cultural contexts and with people from different cultures.

Published Date: 10 November 2023DEI StrategyDiversityInclusionInclusivity StrategyMulticultural IntelligenceENAccess the Resource